Joe Keller and Herbert Deever, partners in a machine shop during the war, turned out defective airplane parts, causing the deaths of many men. Deever was sent to prison while Keller escaped punishment and went on to make a lot of money. In a work of tremendous power, a love affair between Keller's son, Chris, and Ann Deever, Herbert's daughter, the...more
First electronics. Then automobiles. Now the Japanese are ready to strike at our largest industrial export--airplanes. Intrigue and danger heighten as America faces its worst industrial challenge since the Great Depression. With the Cold War over, Japanese industrial espionage may succeed tomorrow where, fifty years ago, their military might failed...more
Readers join desperate pilots in the cockpit as they fight gravity and time in a plane that's falling out of the sky.Anyone who watches the news knows about the "black box." Officially called the cockpit voice recorder, the black box (which is actually Day-glo orange) records the final moments of any in-flight accident. Often it provides the only e...more
Boeing is the biggest exporter in the US, America's one undisputed industrial champion after years in which the world's richest economy has been imperilled by foreign competition. The company took tremendous risks to conquer the American and then the world market, yet it now faces a new threat from Airbus, the European consortium-built aircraft tha...more
Exploring both the early history of aviation and the ongoing, transoceanic battle between two massive corporations--Boeing and the European Airbus consortium, this book describes the inner workings of these corporations, how each company first conceives a product--the Airbus or the 747--and then creates the need for that product, and how the battli...more
"I had not expected a semi-authorized history of the European aerospace industry . . . to be so good to read . . . the deceit; the rivalry; the gambles that put companies at risk; the confrontation with the Americans. It's all here. This is an engrossing story."-Bob Ayling, fomer CEO, British Airways"A thorough, well-balanced recounting of the Airb...more
MysteryLarge Print EditionOn its final test flight, a new American airliner crashes mysteriously in the Arizona desert. An accident or something more sinister? Mitchell Gant, an expert on aviation accidents, must risk his life by repeating the test flight in every detail. Is it a coincidence when another plane crashes off the coast of Finland, or a...more
Listen to a short interview with Jeffrey A. Engel Host: Chris Gondek | Producer: Heron & Crane In a gripping story of international power and deception, Jeffrey Engel reveals the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain in a new and far more competitive light. As allies, they fought communism. As rivals, they locked ...more
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