Author: Kevin Freiberg
Twenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is Hire people with a sense of humor, and in-fligh ... |
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The History of the First Aeronauts
Author: L.T.C. Rolt
First published in 1966 as The Aeronauts: A History of Ballooning 1783-1903, this book is a complete history of balloons and the intrepid men who flew in them. Beginning in 1783, the year in which balloons first took fli ... |
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British South American Airways - The Rise and Controversial Fall of a Trailblazer
Author: Susan Ottaway & Ian Ottaway
From 1946-49, British South American Airways pioneered the dangerous air routes from England to West Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Under the leadership of Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, the inspirational wartim ... |
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Author: Peter R. March
Peter R. March tells the amazing story of 'stealth', describing its origins in the U-2 and SR-71, and the subsequent development and operational service of the stealth fighter and bomber with the USAF. He also includes a ... |
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Author: Eric Brown
Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany in 1939, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realizing he was a pilot in the RAF volunt ... |
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An Expalnation of the Art of Flying
Author: Wolfgang Langewiesche
What's in "Stick and Rudder": the invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight - the Angle of Attack, what it is, and why it can't be seen. How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it; why airplanes stall; ... |
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Author: Gary V. Bristow
A tool for acing the technical pilot interview. It provides answers to almost 1000 questions you may be asked during the technical interview. It features more than 50 illustrations to clarify key useful points. It provid ... |
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Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback
Author: Gordon Bethune & Scott Huler
The numerous anecdotes alone are worth the price of the book. most readers will find themselves asking why everyone doesn't run a business as preached by the chief executive of Continental Airlines. The Washington Post B ... |
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The Theory and Application of Flying Qualities and Simulation Modelling
Author: G.D. Padfield
The behaviour of helicopters is so complex that understanding the physical mechanisms at work in trim, stability and response, and thus the prediction of Flying Qualities, requires a framework of analytical and numerical ... |
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Author: Anthony T. Kern
The most effective aviation safety tools ever, "Controlling Pilot Error" guides give you expert protection against the causes of up to 80 per cent of aviation accidents - pilot mistakes. Each title provides: real-life pi ... |
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Author: Gary V. Bristow
This work features hundreds of informative illustrations! If aviation is your profession - or if you're simply an aircraft enthusiast - here's an authoritative, easy-to-use resource that puts a world of technical informa ... |
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Author: Cambridge Aerospace
Although the complexity and capability of flight simulators have matched the growth of aerospace technology, there has until now been no textbook dealing specifically with the design and construction of flight simulators ... |
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The Mystery of American Airbus Flight 587
Author: Brian Power-Waters
Sew another stripe on the arm of Captain Brian Power-Waters as the Conscience-in-Chief of America's flying industry. In 93 Seconds to Disaster, the story of the tragic post-9/11 crash of American Airlines A-300 Airbus fl ... |
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Airline Security in a Post-9/11 Society
Author: Byron L Cherry
As a doctoral student, author Byron Cherry researched and studied the airline industry for two years. His case study outlines his findings and how passengers' perceptions of airline safety and airline security have chang ... |
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A Personal History of Air Traffic Control
Author: Billy D Robbins
Written by a retired air traffic controller, Air Cops: A Personal History of Air Traffic Control takes a closer look at this adrenaline pumping occupation. Author Billy D. Robbins draws on his experience in this professi ... |
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Author: John Greenwood & Von Hardesty Robin Higham
In 1977, Robin Higham and Jacob Kipp edited Soviet Aviation and Air Power, the first comprehensive study of Russian aviation. This new volume brings together both new editors and new contributors to take a fresh look at ... |
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Design and Planning
Author: R.G. Kasilingam
Focuses on the key activities within the functional areas of logistics and transportation, with emphasis placed on the quantitative treatment of the design and planning issues in logistics. This book covers functional ar ... |
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Author: Jefferson M. Koonce
In this educational yet entertaining text, Jeff Koonce draws on his 44 years of pilot experience and 31 years as a professor of psychology and human factors engineering in addressing the questions of how to apply sound ... |
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Productivity and Cost Competitiveness of the World's Major Airlines
Author: Tae Hoon Oum & Chunyan Yu
Winning Airlines: Productivity and Cost Competitiveness of the World's Major Airlines examines the supply side of air transport services, where airline management has considerable control. This volume focuses on fundamen ... |
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An Aviator's Story
Author: Drake Hokanson & Carol Kratz Wolfgang Langewiesche
Wolfgang Langewiesche is revered among pilots for his 1944 flying primer, Stick and Rudder, currently in its seventieth printing. Considered the bible of aviation, it tells us the how of flying America from the Air tells ... |
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