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Series
Publisher
Aviation Supllies & Academics
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
In the second volume of The Proficient Pilot, veteran airline captain Barry Schiff provides new material as rich and varied as that in his prizewinning first volume. His valuable advice for general aviation pilots is based on more than 26,000 hours of first-hand experience. The Proficient Pilot Volume 2 contains a wealth of information published nowhere else; how to execute and survive a crash landing, how to hot-start an engine without fail, how...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents an introduction to air travel, covering such topics as safety measures on modern planes, the mechanics of takeoffs and landings, the effects of lightning, bird strikes, and ice-build-up, and the reasons for delays, overbookings, and poor customer service.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c1972.
Language
English
Description
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 How do you know you're about to stall?
• The landing approach. How the pilot's eye functions in judging the approach.
• The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The twenty-first century has relegated airplane flight--a once remarkable feat of human ingenuity--to the realm of the mundane. When most people today think of flying, they imagine tedious routines that involve security checkpoints, exorbitant baggage fees, shrinking legroom, and frustrating delays. Mark Vanhoenacker, a 747 pilot who gave up careers in academia and the business world to pursue his childhood dream of flight, asks us to re-imagine...
Author
Series
Publisher
A & D Xtreme, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Some planes fly with alternative forms of power. Electric motors, which may run on solar cells or batteries, are bringing the aviation industry closer to zero emissions and noiseless travel. Kids learn the benefits and challenges of electric aircraft and the newest and coolest futuristic aircraft flying today. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--
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