Author: D.P. DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Handling the Big Jets
Author: D.P. DaviesQF32
Author: Richard de CrespignyPublisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1743347898
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
QF32 is the award winning bestseller from Richard de Crespigny, author of the forthcoming Fly!: Life Lessons from the Cockpit of QF32 On 4 November 2010, a flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the world's worst air disasters. Shortly after leaving Changi Airport, an explosion shattered Engine 2 of Qantas flight QF32 - an Airbus A380, the largest and most advanced passenger plane ever built. Hundreds of pieces of shrapnel ripped through the wing and fuselage, creating chaos as vital flight systems and back-ups were destroyed or degraded. In other hands, the plane might have been lost with all 469 people on board, but a supremely experienced flight crew, led by Captain Richard de Crespigny, managed to land the crippled aircraft and safely disembark the passengers after hours of nerve-racking effort. Tracing Richard's life and career up until that fateful flight, QF32 shows exactly what goes into the making of a top-level airline pilot, and the extraordinary skills and training needed to keep us safe in the air. Fascinating in its detail and vividly compelling in its narrative, QF32 is the riveting, blow-by-blow story of just what happens when things go badly wrong in the air, told by the captain himself. Winner of ABIA Awards for Best General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2013 and Indie Awards' Best Non-fiction 2012 Shortlisted ABIA Awards' Book of the Year 2013
Flying the Big Jets
Author: Stanley StewartPublisher: Specialty Press (MN)
ISBN: 9781840371895
Category : Boeing 777 (Jet transport)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Presents the facts about the jumbo jet. Chapter by chapter, the reader is taken from the basics of the big jets until, ultimately, the preparation for the pilot's seat on an actual flight from London to New York is outlined. All aspects are shown - from examining the weather forecast to landing.
Flying the Big Jets
Author: Stanley StewartPublisher: Swan Hill Press
ISBN: 9781853102905
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the 'glass cockpit' in preparation for the pilot's seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Examine the weather forecast with the pilots, monitor the take-off from the flight deck, listen to the radio reports along the way, view the mid-Atlantic weather from above the clouds, witness the preparations for descent and experience the excitement of landing in Boston. Flying the Big Jets is a comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot.
Flying The Big Jets (4th Edition)
Author: Stanley StewartPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847979211
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Flying the Big Jets presents the facts that people want to know about the world of the big jets. How does a large aircraft fly? How long is the take-off run at maximum weight? How much fuel is carried on a transatlantic flight? How do the radios work? What aircraft maintenance is required? How often are the tyres changed? What is the life style of a pilot? The answers to these and a thousand other questions are given in sufficient detail to satisfy the most inquisitive of readers. Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the 'glass cockpit' in preparation for the pilot's seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Flying the Big Jets is a comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot. "Written by a pilot with over 15,000 flying hours on heavy jets during a 30-year career in commercial aviation, this title is a comprehensive text book taking the reader into the 'glass cockpit' of a Boeing 777. It is also a guide to the principles of flight, the art of navigation and meteorology, and an appreciation of the role played by Air Traffic Control in modern airline operations. An absorbing read for that next long-haul flight." WINGSPAN
Airframe
Author: Michael CrichtonPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345526775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this extraordinary thriller about airline safety, business intrigue, and a deadly cover-up. “The pacing is fast, the suspense nonstop.”—People Three passengers are dead. Fifty-six are injured. The interior cabin is virtually destroyed. But the pilot manages to land the plane. At a moment when the issue of safety and death in the skies is paramount in the public mind, a lethal midair disaster aboard a commercial twin-jet airliner flying from Hong Kong to Denver triggers a pressured and frantic investigation. Airframe is nonstop reading, full of the extraordinary mixture of super suspense and authentic information on a subject of compelling interest that are the hallmarks of Michael Crichton. “A one-sitting read that will cause a lifetime of white-knuckled nightmares.”—The Philaelphia Inquirer “The ultimate thriller . . . [Crichton’s] stories are always page-turners of the highest order. . . . [Airframe] moves like a firehouse dog chasing a red truck.”—The Denver Post “Dramatically vivid.”—The New York Times
The Great Planes
Author: James GilbertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Filled with air-to air color photographs, this book shows a pilot's choice of the most spectacular, most significant, and best-flying aircraft in the history of aircraft.
How Do Jets Work?
Author: Buffy SilvermanPublisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 1467710083
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Jets are sleek and powerful. They travel very fast. But how do these heavy planes fly? And how do pilots land them? Read this book to find out!
Handling the Big Jets
Author: David P. DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jet planes
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Flying the Big Jets
Author: Stanley StewartPublisher: Specialty PressPub & Wholesalers
ISBN: 9780933424463
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Complete details about the Jumbos, including the Boeing 747-400 series. Covers the basics of the big jets, preflight preparations, weather forecasts, flight crew's check, takeoff from the flight deck, and more. Over 25,000 copies sold!