New book out now: the aircrafts of Sabena

Post by **luchtzak** » 10 Jun 2005, 01:47

John Pacco introduces his newest book: the aircrafts of Sabena, de vliegtuigen van Sabena, les avions de la Sabena

This bilangual (Dutch/French) book gives us unique images of Sabena-aircrafts during the entire Sabena-era. Handley pages, Savoia Marchetti 73 and 83, Fokker FVII/3m, Junkers 52, DC3, DC4, DC6, DC7, Boeing 707-727-737-747, DC10, A310, A319/A320/A321 and A330/A340. Without forgetting the helicopters and the ad-interim Sabena-aircrafts. The book has 148 pages and 175 pictures. Read below to order today.

Kleine omschrijving in Nederlands: Dit boek beschrijft de toestellen van SABENA die bijna een eeuw lang de kleuren van België tot ver in de wereld hebben getoond. Dit met unieke fotos. De inhoud bevat het historiek van de toestellen in dienst sinds 1923 tot 2001 (jaar van haar faillissement), met een beschrijving over de Handley Pages, de Fokker FVII/3m's, de Junkers 52, de Savoia Marchetti SM.73's en SM.83's en deze van de naoorlogse periode:de DC.3/C.47, DC.4, DC.6, DC.7C, de Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747, de DC.10 en de laatste types toestellen in dienst: de reeks Airbusssen A.310, 319, 320/321, A330 en A340, dit zonder de helicopters te vergeten en de tijdelijke gebruikte toestellen die door de maatschappij gebruikt werden. Er is ook een beschrijving van de evolutie van de versieringen en de kleuren van de toestellen vanaf 1946. Het boek bevat 148 bladzijden en 175 fotos + inhoudtabels.

ISBN 90-801136-7-0 148 pages - J.P. Publications.

This book can be ordered by depositing €28 (+ €5 shipping) on account 409-7504001-28 of John Pacco, Kamersveld, 7 B2630 Aartselaar, Belgium

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 10 Jun 2005, 04:58

8) Great Information u have given here my friend.

Bart, Most humbly can i request, if you can find out if this book can be dispatched to India and will there be additional handling charges.

Is there any email of the author / publisher

Post by **luchtzak** » 10 Jun 2005, 09:29

Advisor wrote:Is there any email of the author / publisher

You can communicate via johnpacco@tiscali.be and I will invite him in this topic to answer all the questions.

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 10 Jun 2005, 11:20

What a pity there is no English translation I would love a copy of that book

Post by **sn26567** » 10 Jun 2005, 16:15

Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation

At least the pictures do not need a translation...

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 10 Jun 2005, 16:39

sn26567 wrote:
Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation
At least the pictures do not need a translation...

Yes, but I like to read about aircraft as well as look at pictures of them.

B744skipper · Post by **B744skipper** » 10 Jun 2005, 17:36

Well, study French or Dutch then.

SN30952 · Post by **SN30952** » 11 Jun 2005, 06:33

Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation I would love a copy of that book

If John Pacco allows, I'll make a translation in *.pdf, one can download from Luchtzak.
Ain't that a deal?

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 12 Jun 2005, 11:53

SN30952 wrote:
Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation I would love a copy of that book
If John Pacco allows, I'll make a translation in *.pdf, one can download from Luchtzak.
Ain't that a deal?

Thanks Fons, that's great

Buzz · Post by **Buzz** » 12 Jun 2005, 18:23

SN30952 wrote:
Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation I would love a copy of that book
If John Pacco allows, I'll make a translation in *.pdf, one can download from Luchtzak.
Ain't that a deal?

Would be great... But I would expect he wants a return on the hard work he has put into making this great book, and wants people to actually buy the book.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 13 Jun 2005, 08:25

Buzz wrote:
SN30952 wrote:
Comet wrote:What a pity there is no English translation I would love a copy of that book
If John Pacco allows, I'll make a translation in *.pdf, one can download from Luchtzak.
Ain't that a deal?
Would be great... But I would expect he wants a return on the hard work he has put into making this great book, and wants people to actually buy the book.

Be curious always, for knowledge will not acquire you, you must acquire it

Expecting returns is good but then we have to be not just practical in life, but promote goodwill and cheer also.

Skymaster · Post by **Skymaster** » 13 Jun 2005, 09:49

For me and several other aviation readers of Belgian related stories the latest John Pacco book on SN was a great disappointment!
On every page (!) grammar or/and orthography faults are included (why no checks?) Pictures used were seen in many previous publications and thus no additional information whas given.
Text was copied from different sources including the errors made by others in the past! No research was done by the author to present something 'new' to the interested reader. In my personal opinion it was a missed opportunity...

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 14 Jun 2005, 07:16

Skymaster wrote:For me and several other aviation readers of Belgian related stories the latest John Pacco book on SN was a great disappointment!
On every page (!) grammar or/and orthography faults are included (why no checks?) Pictures used were seen in many previous publications and thus no additional information whas given.
Text was copied from different sources including the errors made by others in the past! No research was done by the author to present something 'new' to the interested reader. In my personal opinion it was a missed opportunity...

Dear Bart,
You have strongly recommended this book and yes please reply to what skymaster has to say, cos if what he says is true, then it will be a great disappointment for international fans of Sabena like us.
Advisor

Post by **luchtzak** » 14 Jun 2005, 09:49

Advisor wrote:Dear Bart,
You have strongly recommended this book and yes please reply to what skymaster has to say, cos if what he says is true, then it will be a great disappointment for international fans of Sabena like us.
Advisor

Indeed Advisor, I recommended the book after an e-mail of the author. Maybe you can send him an e-mail @ johnpacco@tiscali.be to invite him in this topic to give his opinion.

Advisor · Post by **Advisor** » 14 Jun 2005, 09:59

luchtzak wrote:
Advisor wrote:Dear Bart,
You have strongly recommended this book and yes please reply to what skymaster has to say, cos if what he says is true, then it will be a great disappointment for international fans of Sabena like us.
Advisor
Indeed Advisor, I recommended the book after an e-mail of the author. Maybe you can send him an e-mail @ johnpacco@tiscali.be to invite him in this topic to give his opinion.

Thank you very much for your valuable opinion and yes reassurance. I shall invite John Pacco in this topic and oblige. Thank you for giving me a chance to be a brand ambassador of Luchtzak

Fragord · Post by **Fragord** » 21 Jun 2005, 21:30

I am sorry for my late reply. It was a great work (2 ½ years) to realise this important book. I wrote it in Flemish and French because it was a Belgian company and I thank the persons who help me to realise it, so well for the research as for the 175 photos (from Sabena and from private collections). Many people who get this book appreciated it, some not.

John Pacco
Author

SierraGolfDelta · Post by **SierraGolfDelta** » 17 Oct 2005, 16:49

I bought the book last weekend at Makro, at 23€. It is indeed a very pourly translated dutch that we find there.

Mr. Pacco says he wrote the book in dutch and french... but i'm sure that most of the dutch text was translated from french by a machine or by someone who doesn't speak dutch at all. In some parts you can still read 'our company', which to my opinion indicates that he just made a copy-paste from existing documents from Sabena.

Actually, Mr. Pacco ows all these people an apology for such a poor job and should do a rework asap and offer this fully revised version for free to all those who bought the first edition.