Airbus: The Complete Story

by Bill Gunston

Bill Gunston’s original book, Airbus, was published by Osprey in 1988. This 2nd Edition includes all the prolific single-aisle aircraft that have followed the A320, the great new wide-bodies (the A330 and four-engine A340), the enormous A380 (an amazing tale dominated not by the technology but by politics and finance), the totally different A400M military air lifter and, not least, by the extraordinary gestation of the A350, which was launched in 2005, stopped in 2006 and re-launched in a redesigned and enlarged form in 2007.

Genres: Aviation

288 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

Bill Gunston was a British aviation and military author. He flew with Britain's Royal Air Force from 1945 to 1948, and after pilot training became a flying instructor. He spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. He was the author of over 350 books and articles. His work included many books published by Salamander Books.

Reviews

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reasonably up-to-date history of Airbus from the beginning. Fails to cover the recent problems with wing cracking on the A380, but good coverage of the continuing delays to the A350.