Taylor J.W.R., Swanborough G. Civil Aircraft of the World

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1974, 176 p. — ISBN: 0684141345.There was a time when civil aircraft were far less interesting and spectacular than military types. Today all that has changed. The supersonic Concorde, developed at a cost of more than two and a half billion dollars, fills newspaper headlines almost daily, making there-and-back flights across the Atlantic while a Boeing 747 completes a one-way journey, yet having to battle against those who wish to see it scrapped.