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title: "Airbus: The Complete Story"
brand: "bill gunston"
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# Airbus: The Complete Story

**Brand:** bill gunston
**Price:** 121153 kr
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- **What is this?** Airbus: The Complete Story by bill gunston
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The definitive story thus far
  

*by C***G on Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2010*

Bill Gunston needs no introduction to readers of aviation books...not with some 300 titles to his credit.  This one first appeared in 1988 and is here substantially updated and now illustrated in color throughout. There are also some wonderful two-page cutaway diagrams of all the key aircraft. Gunston's book is the best single source of Airbus history, taking the story right down to the huge A380 and the forthcoming A350 airliners as well as the troubled military transport project. But the author also discusses issues of management (always complex in this case), sharing of manufacture among the European nations involved (chiefly Germany and France, but including the UK and Spain), the logistics of a widespread manufacturing program, and labor issues. Given how Airbus has grown in the past quarter-century, the new edition is an important addition to the literature, one well worth buying even if you own the 1988 book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Excellent - clear insight into a European success
  

*by J***M on Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2011*

Gunston writes with clarity and passion about all things within Aviation - here his respect and affection for the plucky little European conglomerate that could is obvious. He waxes lyrical about the Airbus products - but he states his rational clearly and succintly.The industrial History side of the book is very interesting as we see the birth of a complex organisation and many revolutionary ways of doing business - it is a interesting juxtaposition to the competion first appraoch across the ditch from Europe.It is a large format book but does not make great use of the format in terms of how the pictures are presented - but it is a great read

### ⭐ 1.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Airbus puff piece with poor photos
  

*by S***I on Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2012*

Deep inside this book the author admits he was a consultant for Airbus.  The book can be summarized as "Airbus is Perfect" and "Airbus Can Do No Wrong".  He also attacks the British government at every opportunity.  That's okay if you want just technical information on the planes, but the technical descriptions are cryptic and poorly illustrated.  For example, the author spends several pages explaining the wonderful cabin width of the Airbus A300, but there is not a single photograph or clear diagram of the cabin width and layout.  The photography is poor, often low-resolution and mainly old Airbus stock photos.  All Airbus problems are ignored or given the shortest shrift.  The author spends only 1 paragraph on the A320 treetop crash and blames the entire incident on the pilot and then incorrectly states that all aboard the plane were killed -- in fact there were only 2 fatalities out of over 50 on board.  How can you trust the author's conclusions when the basic facts are wrong?  I recommend instead any aviation book by Guy Norris-- superb photography and illustrations and good mix of technical and economic/political information.

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