Book Review of
Airlines of the 2000s
Author: Gerry Manning
Key Books
ISBN: 978-1-80282-256-4
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $29.95
ISBN: 978-1-80282-256-4
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2022
MSRP: $29.95
HISTORY:
All decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major producer of airliners, with a full range from the smallest, the a318, to the largest of all passenger aircraft, the a380. It saw the early jets either disappear or get converted to haul freight. The old piston-powered props still served in remote parts of the world but in declining numbers.
On a sad note, the 2000s saw the final Concorde services, bringing to an end the era of supersonic passenger flights for perhaps many years to come. With over 300 color photographs with extended and informative captions, this book details the many facets of commercial air transport around the world, from the smallest to the largest airlines.
THE BOOK:
Key Books is located in the UK.
This book is of soft-cover of 160 pages in 6 ½” x 9 ½” page format.
It contains 322 color photos, including the cover arts.
The front cover shows a color photo of a Boeing 767-316 (ER) CC-CZT s/n 39228 of Lan Chile Airlines, climbing out of the company base at Santiago de Chile, in October 2003. It is white with a dark-blue spine. Its rudder is white at the tip and dark-blue at the bottom, blending into the spine. Ith has a grey star over a white LAD on the rudder and white LAN CHILE on its fuselage spine.
The rear cover shows a color photo of a Boeing 747-467B-HOX c/n 24955 of Cathay Pacific Airways. It is overall dark blue with a white bottom. It says CATHAY PACIFIC over SAVE TEAM-SAVE DREAMS and a line of illustrations of kids down the whole length of the fuselage in various colors.
Color photos in the book are of:
2 photos of an ATR-42, 3 photos of an ATR-72, a photo of a Beechcraft Model 18, 2 photos of a Beechcraft 1900D, a Cessna 208A, 2 photos of a Caravan, a photo of a de Havilland Canada DHC-7, a Beaver 1C and 111C, a de Havilland PT-6A, 4 photos of a DHC Dash 8, 2 photos of a DHC Dash 8-400, a Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, a Piper 3A-31 Navajo, 4 photos of an Airbus 319-112, 7 photos of an Airbus , 3 photos of an Airbus a320-212, 2 photos of an Airbus a320-231, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-232, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-211, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-321B and 7 photos of an Airbus a320-300B-4.
A photo of an IL-86 and IL-96, 3 photos of a Tupolev TU-134, 15 photos of a Tupolev TU-154, 4 photos of a Tupolev TU-204, a photo of an Antonov ANT-24, a photo of a BAC-III, 2 photos of a Canadair CR 200LR and a 300 and a 900, 5 photos of a British Aerospace T-46, a photo of an Avro 1100, 2 photos of a Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, a photo of a C-133 Cargomaster, a photo of a Lockheed Electra and 2 photos of a Lockheed Electra L-188(c) F, a photo of a Caravan 580, 2 photos of a Avro 748, a photo of a BAE ATP IGCSE, 2 photos of a SAAB SF340B, a photo of a Handley-Page HP-147, 2 photos of a BAE Jetstream 4100, 2 photos of a Metroliner III, a photo of a Short Bros SD-320 and SD-360, a photo of a Dornier 228 and 3 photos of a 328.
Two photos of a Fokker 100, a photo of an Embraer EMB-110, 2 photos of an Embraer 120 Brazil and 2 photos of a EMB 145, one of a EMB 190 and one of a 195, 5 photos of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota, 3 photos of a DC-4, 6 photos of a DC-6, 2 photos of a Curtis C-46, a photo of an Antonov AN-8, an AN-129P, an AN-121, 2 of a AN-24B, an AN-26, an AN-124, a photo of an Ilyushin IL-14, a photo of a Yak 40, 4 photos of a Yak 42, 2 photos of an IL-18 and 2 photos of an IL-62 and 3 photos of an IL-76.
Ten photos of a Boeing 757, a photo of tails of airliners at Hong Kong, 3 photos of a Boeing 707, 4 photos of Boeing 717, 6 photos of Boeing 727, 35 photos of Boeing 737, 24 photos of Boeing 747, 12 photos of Boeing 767, 3 photos of Boeing 777, 3 photos of a Lockheed L-1091 Tristar, 3 photos of a Macdonald Douglas DC-8, 2 photos of a Mcdonald MD-82, a photo of a MD-81, 2 photos of a MD-83, a photo of a MD-90, a photo of a General Electric CF6 Turbofan, 2 photos of a DC-10, 5 photos of a Macdonald Douglas MD-11, 2 photos of a F-27, 2 photos of a Fokker 50 and 3 photos of a Fokker F-28, one photo of an Airbus a310-308, 3 photos of an Airbus a310-304, a photo of an Airbus a310-222 and a310-203, 7 photos of an Airbus a310-A330, 5 photos of an Airbus a310-A380 and a photo of an Aero Speciale Canada 102.
This book will be of great interest to modelers planning on building an airliner kit and to aviation historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of Key books and all Key titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
All decades of aviation have important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consortium finally overtook Boeing as the major producer of airliners, with a full range from the smallest, the a318, to the largest of all passenger aircraft, the a380. It saw the early jets either disappear or get converted to haul freight. The old piston-powered props still served in remote parts of the world but in declining numbers.
On a sad note, the 2000s saw the final Concorde services, bringing to an end the era of supersonic passenger flights for perhaps many years to come. With over 300 color photographs with extended and informative captions, this book details the many facets of commercial air transport around the world, from the smallest to the largest airlines.
THE BOOK:
Key Books is located in the UK.
This book is of soft-cover of 160 pages in 6 ½” x 9 ½” page format.
It contains 322 color photos, including the cover arts.
The front cover shows a color photo of a Boeing 767-316 (ER) CC-CZT s/n 39228 of Lan Chile Airlines, climbing out of the company base at Santiago de Chile, in October 2003. It is white with a dark-blue spine. Its rudder is white at the tip and dark-blue at the bottom, blending into the spine. Ith has a grey star over a white LAD on the rudder and white LAN CHILE on its fuselage spine.
The rear cover shows a color photo of a Boeing 747-467B-HOX c/n 24955 of Cathay Pacific Airways. It is overall dark blue with a white bottom. It says CATHAY PACIFIC over SAVE TEAM-SAVE DREAMS and a line of illustrations of kids down the whole length of the fuselage in various colors.
Color photos in the book are of:
2 photos of an ATR-42, 3 photos of an ATR-72, a photo of a Beechcraft Model 18, 2 photos of a Beechcraft 1900D, a Cessna 208A, 2 photos of a Caravan, a photo of a de Havilland Canada DHC-7, a Beaver 1C and 111C, a de Havilland PT-6A, 4 photos of a DHC Dash 8, 2 photos of a DHC Dash 8-400, a Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander, a Piper 3A-31 Navajo, 4 photos of an Airbus 319-112, 7 photos of an Airbus , 3 photos of an Airbus a320-212, 2 photos of an Airbus a320-231, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-232, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-211, 3 photos of an Airbus a320-321B and 7 photos of an Airbus a320-300B-4.
A photo of an IL-86 and IL-96, 3 photos of a Tupolev TU-134, 15 photos of a Tupolev TU-154, 4 photos of a Tupolev TU-204, a photo of an Antonov ANT-24, a photo of a BAC-III, 2 photos of a Canadair CR 200LR and a 300 and a 900, 5 photos of a British Aerospace T-46, a photo of an Avro 1100, 2 photos of a Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules, a photo of a C-133 Cargomaster, a photo of a Lockheed Electra and 2 photos of a Lockheed Electra L-188(c) F, a photo of a Caravan 580, 2 photos of a Avro 748, a photo of a BAE ATP IGCSE, 2 photos of a SAAB SF340B, a photo of a Handley-Page HP-147, 2 photos of a BAE Jetstream 4100, 2 photos of a Metroliner III, a photo of a Short Bros SD-320 and SD-360, a photo of a Dornier 228 and 3 photos of a 328.
Two photos of a Fokker 100, a photo of an Embraer EMB-110, 2 photos of an Embraer 120 Brazil and 2 photos of a EMB 145, one of a EMB 190 and one of a 195, 5 photos of a Douglas DC-3 Dakota, 3 photos of a DC-4, 6 photos of a DC-6, 2 photos of a Curtis C-46, a photo of an Antonov AN-8, an AN-129P, an AN-121, 2 of a AN-24B, an AN-26, an AN-124, a photo of an Ilyushin IL-14, a photo of a Yak 40, 4 photos of a Yak 42, 2 photos of an IL-18 and 2 photos of an IL-62 and 3 photos of an IL-76.
Ten photos of a Boeing 757, a photo of tails of airliners at Hong Kong, 3 photos of a Boeing 707, 4 photos of Boeing 717, 6 photos of Boeing 727, 35 photos of Boeing 737, 24 photos of Boeing 747, 12 photos of Boeing 767, 3 photos of Boeing 777, 3 photos of a Lockheed L-1091 Tristar, 3 photos of a Macdonald Douglas DC-8, 2 photos of a Mcdonald MD-82, a photo of a MD-81, 2 photos of a MD-83, a photo of a MD-90, a photo of a General Electric CF6 Turbofan, 2 photos of a DC-10, 5 photos of a Macdonald Douglas MD-11, 2 photos of a F-27, 2 photos of a Fokker 50 and 3 photos of a Fokker F-28, one photo of an Airbus a310-308, 3 photos of an Airbus a310-304, a photo of an Airbus a310-222 and a310-203, 7 photos of an Airbus a310-A330, 5 photos of an Airbus a310-A380 and a photo of an Aero Speciale Canada 102.
This book will be of great interest to modelers planning on building an airliner kit and to aviation historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of Key books and all Key titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.