Airbus Industrie Airbus A340 - Airliner Tech Vol. 3

Scot Germain's Airbus A340 includes coverage of flight tests, pilot reports, FMGS details and latest 500/600 versions of this workhorse of the sky. Profusely illustrated with 160 b/w photos in addition to four pages of color photography, Airbus A340 is a definitive introduction to one of the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft to date. Indeed, the Airbus A340 was the first aircraft to be completely designed on computer.One of the illustrated series that takes a technical look at airliners. This volume explains the A340's interior, cockpits, engineering tests, exploded views, engines, flight systems, wing and fuselage structure, and safety systems. Airliner Tech 3.

Customer Reviews:

Highly recommended for aviation enthusiasts & historians.

By Midwest Book Review - April 4, 2000

Volume Three in the Specialty Press "Airliner Tech Series", Scot Germain's Airbus A340 includes coverage of flight tests, pilot reports, FMGS details and latest 500/600 versions of this "workhorse of the sky". Profusely illustrated with 160 b/w photos in addition to four pages of color photography, Airbus A340 is a definitive introduction to one of the most technologically advanced commercial aircraft to date. Indeed, the Airbus A340 was the first aircraft to be completely designed on computer. Airbus A340 will be greatly appreciated by aviation enthusiasts and historians.

Not as expected

By Guillote - March 5, 2012

The book is good but the information is too old and also informative. just talk about the aircraft but not the systems.
I bought it as a back up information about the A340 systems . It seems to be more and historical book