The name Boeing evokes vivid images, from the B-17 Flying Fortresses of World War II to the 707 and 747 jet transports that revolutionized air travel. Less well known: The Boeing Company built the first stage of the Saturn rocket that started men on the way to the moon, developed the Minuteman missile system, and is now designing America's space station. Boeing jets, in service around the globe, carry 675 million passengers annually--the equivalent of twelve percent of the world's population.Behind the statistics and the awe-inspiring aircraft is a company of paradoxes, a vast organization nimble enough to take daring market risks that have kept it at the top of its industry. Robert J. Serling, forty-five years an award-winning aviation writer, takes the reader behind the scenes with humor, objectivity, and abundant anecdotes: Boeing once went seventeen months without seeing a single domestic jetliner and came close to bankruptcy. One of its legendary test pilots unexpectedly barrel-rolled a prototype jetliner, into which the company had sunk one-quarter of its net worth, because he thought the stunt would help sell the airplane. Legend and Legacy, Robert J. Serling's most ambitious work to date, reads like a novel, complete with memorable characters who, despite occasional stumbles, helped win the war and conquer the commercial skies: The salesman who almost traded a used 727 for $12 million worth of underwear. The vice president who worked in a darkened office illuminated ...

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New York, NY: St Martin's Press, Date: 1991. 1st Stated Ed 1st Pr. Front end papers split at spine, edge wear to boards, bottom corner bumped, overall content excellent. Hardbound. 8vo. 10 Pgs.. VG in Good- DJ/Good. Legend & Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People by Robert J Serling. Published by St Martin's Press, New York, NY, 1991. 1st Stated Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: VG in Good- DJ. Front end papers split at spine, edge wear to boards, bottom corner bumped, overall content excellent. 480 Pgs. ISBN 031205890X. LCCN 90-27408. The name Boeing evokes vivid images, from the B-17 Flying Fortresses of World War II to the 707 and 747 jet transports that revolutionized air travel. Here is the definitive saga of America's most exciting company, which also built the first-stage Saturn rocket that started men on their way to the moon, and which is now designing America's space station. A fascinating history of American aviation. 16 pages of photographs. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 14559. 1991. St Martin's Press ISBN 031205890X 9780312058906 [US]

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