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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, 2013Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2013Description: 303pages 23cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
ISBN:
  • 9781402280917 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 387.7 23
LOC classification:
  • HE9776 .S584 2013
Contents:
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.
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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.

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