Cockpit confidential : everything you need to know about air travel : questions, answers, and reflections /

Smith, Patrick, 1966-

Cockpit confidential : everything you need to know about air travel : questions, answers, and reflections / Patrick Smith. - 303pages 23cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: The Painter's Brush -- Plane Truth : Things about Wings and Why Knots -- Elements of Unease : Turbulence, Windshear, Weather, and Worry -- What Goes Up : Takeoffs, Landings, and the Mysterious Between -- Flying for a Living : The Awe and Odd of a Life Aloft -- En Route : Life in the Cabin -- Must Come Down : Disasters, Mishaps, and Fatuous Flights of Fancy -- The Airlines We Love to Hate -- How to Speak Airline : A Glossary for Travelers.

9781402280917 (paperback : alkaline paper)

2013001395


Air travel--Miscellanea.
Airplanes--Piloting--Miscellanea.
Aeronautics, Commercial--Miscellanea.
Airlines--Miscellanea.

HE9776 / .S584 2013

387.7