Jeffrey A. Engel. Cold War at 30,000 Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy

The demise of Great Britain's aviation industry in the aftermathof World War II is an oft-repeated object lesson among the aviationpolicy community in Washington, D.C. Usually, it is interpretedas a warning to American policymakers not to decrease federalfunding for both aeronautical technology and infrastructure,lest USA decline as an air power like the British did afterWorld War II. As Jeffrey A. Engel shows in Cold War at 30,000Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation     

Philip Lawrence and David Thornton. Deep Stall: The Turbulent Story of Boeing Commercial Airlines. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2005. xii + 160 pp. ISBN 0-7546-4626-2, $79.95.

In the panoply of airframe manufacturers, the Boeing Companyholds special status. Founded in 1916, it has since the beginningof the jet age dominated the jet airliner market. In 1985 apassenger had a 75 percent chance of boarding a Boeing airlinerwhen flying virtually anywhere on the globe. Boeing attainedthat status with path-breaking jet transports—the 707,727, 737, 747, 757, and 767—as well as a host of variants.Much of this story is well known,