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    Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747
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    Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747

    By Clive Irving

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    The Jumbo made world travel commonplace and yet it very nearly broke the company that made it. This is the inside story of the men who, against all odds, brought the Boeing 747 into being.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEdditt Publishing
    Release dateJun 2, 2014
    ISBN9781909230156
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    Jumbo: The Making of the Boeing 747
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    Clive Irving

    Clive Irving has had a long and distinguished career in journalism. He was managing editor of the Sunday Times, where he created and led the Insight investigative team. He was director of current affairs programming for London Weekend Television, where he was executive producer of David Frost’s programmes, and he also worked as a consulting editor for Newsday in New York. He was a founding editor of Condé Nast Traveller and he is a regular columnist for the Daily Beast. Most recently, he was a key contributor to the acclaimed two-part BBC documentary Margaret: The Rebel Royal, which was also broadcast on PBS in America.

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