Air Confidential

Author : Patrick Smith
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781492663973

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Cockpit Confidential by Patrick Smith Pdf

A New York Times bestseller For millions of people, travel by air is a confounding, uncomfortable, and even fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of the popular website www.askthepilot.com, separates fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know: • How planes fly, and a revealing look at the men and women who fly them • Straight talk on turbulence, pilot training, and safety. • The real story on delays, congestion, and the dysfunction of the modern airport • The myths and misconceptions of cabin air and cockpit automation • Terrorism in perspective, and a provocative look at security • Airfares, seating woes, and the pitfalls of airline customer service • The colors and cultures of the airlines we love to hate COCKPIT CONFIDENTIAL covers not only the nuts and bolts of flying, but the grand theater of air travel, from airport architecture to inflight service to the excitement of travel abroad. It's a thoughtful, funny, at times deeply personal look into the strange and misunderstood world of commercial flying. "Patrick Smith is extraordinarily knowledgeable about modern aviation...the ideal seatmate, a companion, writer and explorer." —Boston Globe "Anyone remotely afraid of flying should read this book, as should anyone who appreciates good writing and great information." —The New York Times, on ASK THE PILOT.

Author : Richard Havers,Christopher Tiffney
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0750943807

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Airline Confidential by Richard Havers,Christopher Tiffney Pdf

This book will lift the lid on the airline industry and the world of aviation, highlighting the humorous and the sometimes downright alarming business of air travel. It avoids the question of fatal accidents and concentrates on stories, trivia, and salacious gossip that will make it an ideal read for the seasoned air traveler and an indispensable handbook for anyone working in the industry.

Author : Patrick Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1594480044

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Ask the Pilot by Patrick Smith Pdf

Though we routinely take to the air, for many of us flying remains a mystery. Few of us understand the how and why of jetting from New York to London in six hours. How does a plane stay in the air? Can turbulence bring it down? What is windshear? How good are the security checks? Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of Salon.com's popular column, "Ask the Pilot," unravels the secrets and tells you all there is to know about the strange and fascinating world of commercial flight. He offers: A nuts and bolts explanation of how planes fly Insights into safety and security Straight talk about turbulence, air traffic control, windshear, and crashes The history, color, and controversy of the world's airlines The awe and oddity of being a pilot The poetry and drama of airplanes, airports, and traveling abroad In a series of frank, often funny explanations and essays, Smith speaks eloquently to our fears and curiosities, incorporating anecdotes, memoir, and a life's passion for flight. He tackles our toughest concerns, debunks conspiracy theories and myths, and in a rarely heard voice dares to return a dash of romance and glamour to air travel.

Author : Graham Clews
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682472804

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Churchill's Phoney War by Graham Clews Pdf

Given the dearth of scholarship on the Phoney War, this book examines the early months of World War II when Winston Churchill’s ability to lead Britain in the fight against the Nazis was being tested. Graham T. Clews explores how Churchill, as First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed to fight this new world war, with particular attention given to his attempts to impel the Royal Navy, the British War Cabinet, and the French, toward a more aggressive prosecution of the conflict. This is no mere retelling of events but a deep analysis of the decision-making process and Churchill’s unique involvement in it. This book shares extensive new insights into well-trodden territory and original analysis of the unexplored, with each chapter offering material which challenges conventional wisdom. Clews reassesses several important issues of the Phoney War period including: Churchill’s involvement in the anti-U-boat campaign; his responsibility for the failures of the Norwegian Campaign; his attitude to Britain’s aerial bombing campaign and the notion of his unfettered “bulldog” spirit; his relationship with Neville Chamberlain; and his succession to the premiership. A man of considerable strengths and many shortcomings, the Churchill that emerges in Clews’ portrayal is dynamic and complicated. Churchill’s Phoney War adds a well-balanced and much-needed history of the Phoney War while scrupulously examining Churchill’s successes and failures.

Author : Ken S. Coates,Bill Morrison
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781459404366

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Campus Confidential by Ken S. Coates,Bill Morrison Pdf

In 2011, the first edition of Campus Confidential sparked a lively debate about what is really going on inside our colleges and universities. The media and readers alike welcomed this readable, honest book. University authorities didn't. They took the authors to task for spilling the beans. In this second edition, Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison pick up where they left off, adding new and up-to-date information for students and their parents to consider. Among the questions they address: Why more students should consider the skilled trades Whether a BA is ever worth the paper it's printed on How roving administrators are undermining universities Why we over-produce graduate students What's right (and wrong) with what's happening on campuses in Quebec Now that nearly everyone goes to college or university but only a small percentage of graduates actually find employment in their chosen field, understanding what's really going on in Canadian postsecondary institutions is more important than ever. Readers can count on Ken S. Coates and Bill Morrison for unexpected insights and lots of fresh new ideas and information.

Author : Peter Greenberg
Publisher : Villard
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-23
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781588361271

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Travel Detective Flight Crew Confidential by Peter Greenberg Pdf

The author of the New York Times bestseller The Travel Detective brings you insider travel secrets only pilots and flight attendants know. Pilots are notoriously frugal, and flight attendants are underpaid and on a budget. They may hit one city four to six times a month, but they are there for only twenty-four hours (or even less) each time, so they always know where to go to get the best value for their money. In The Travel Detective Flight Crew Confidential you’ll find: • great shopping (furniture in Atlanta, silk in Bangkok, leather in São Paolo) • great services (medical care in Paris and inexpensive manicures in Tokyo) • great food and drink (hidden ethnic restaurants in London, and the bars with the best attitude and cheapest drinks in Key West) • secrets to navigating the world’s airports during layovers • what to do and what never to do, what to seek and what to avoid You get tips in crew members’ own words—good, bad, or ugly—that you won’t find anywhere else. Opinionated, often controversial, but always helpful, The Travel Detective Flight Crew Confidential is a resource no one who flies can afford to be without.

Author : Simon Pridmore
Publisher : Sandsmedia via PublishDrive
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : PKEY:6610000143061

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Scuba Confidential by Simon Pridmore Pdf

Scuba Confidential is a unique book packed full of valuable tips and expert advice, giving you unprecedented access to the secrets of dive professionals and technical divers. With Scuba Confidential, you will learn how to master skills and techniques that will make you a more confident, capable and safe diver. It offers an informed, balanced view on some of scuba diving's most contentious issues like going solo, deep diving and rebreathers and includes a comprehensive analysis of how diving accidents happen and how to make sure you do not become a statistic. Scuba Confidential also gives you valuable insights on a vast range of topics such as what it is like to do a cave diving course, how to make sure you buy the right equipment, what to consider when choosing an instructor, things even the pros get wrong and where to find the best diving in the world. This is candid, no-nonsense practical advice from a professional who has been involved over the last three decades with virtually every aspect of the sport. Have you ever wondered? How to look as comfortable in the water as the professionals do? What it is like to dive inside shipwrecks? Which training courses are most worthwhile? If you would make a good technical diver? If you should be considering a rebreather? How you can improve your diving skills? How you can reduce your air consumption? Why diving accidents happen and how to prevent them? Whether you might sometimes actually be safer solo diving? How to dive deep safely? Or How muck diving can possibly be any fun? Scuba Confidential has the answers to these questions and many more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN : UCR:31210024751636

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1210 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCR:31210023918921

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Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1010 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Consolidation and merger of corporations
ISBN : UOM:39015012891993

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Hostile Takeovers by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Pdf

Author : Elliott Hester
Publisher : Random House
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Air travel
ISBN : 9780091930745

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Air Confidential by Elliott Hester Pdf

A tell-all expose from real-life experience, 'Air Confidential' reveals what really goes on behind the scenes and down the aisles of aeroplanes. We meet Miguel Mendoza, the playboy of the skies; Big Bertha, the flight attendant from hell; and the arrogant businessman so terrified of mild turbulence he cries all the way to Miami.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Nuclear reactors
ISBN : UOM:39015086579656

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Report on the Engineering Tests Made in Conjunction with the Design of the Brookhaven Nuclear Reactor by Anonim Pdf

Author : David E. Fetterman,Herbert W. Ridyard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Aerofoils
ISBN : UOM:39015086465674

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The Effect of a Change in Airfoil Section on the Hinge-moment Characteristics of a Half-delta Tip Control with a 60© Sweep Angle at a Mach Number of 6.9 by David E. Fetterman,Herbert W. Ridyard Pdf

Author : James Ellroy
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593313107

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Widespread Panic by James Ellroy Pdf

From the modern master of noir comes a novel based on the real-life Hollywood fixer Freddy Otash, the malevolent monarch of the 1950s L.A. underground, and his Tinseltown tabloid Confidential magazine. Freddy Otash was the man in the know and the man to know in ‘50s L.A. He was a rogue cop, a sleazoid private eye, a shakedown artist, a pimp—and, most notably, the head strong-arm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internet—and delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink, and the scurrilous skank. It mauled misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Mattress Jack Kennedy, James Dean, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson—Frantic Freddy outed them all. He was the Tattle Tyrant who held Hollywood hostage, and now he’s here to CONFESS. “I’m consumed with candor and wracked with recollection. I’m revitalized and resurgent. My meshugenah march down memory lane begins NOW.” In Freddy’s viciously entertaining voice, Widespread Panic torches 1950s Hollywood to the ground. It’s a blazing revelation of coruscating corruption, pervasive paranoia, and of sin and redemption with nothing in between. Here is James Ellroy in savage quintessence. Freddy Otash confesses—and you are here to read and succumb.

Author : David Hobbs
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473879942

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The Dawn of Carrier Strike by David Hobbs Pdf

A biography of a British pilot set against the backdrop of the Royal Navy’s fight to regain control of its aviation after the First World War. The establishment of the RAF came at a cost—and it was the Royal Navy that paid the price. In 1918 it had been pre-eminent in the technology and tactics of employing aircraft at sea, but once it lost control of its own air power, it struggled to make the RAF prioritize naval interests, in the process losing ground to the rival naval air forces of Japan and the United States. This book documents that struggle through the cash-strapped 1920s and ’30s, culminating in the Navy regaining control of its aviation in 1937, but too late to properly prepare for the impending war. However, despite the lack of resources, British naval flying had made progress, especially in the advancement of carrier strike doctrine. These developments are neatly illustrated by the experiences of Lieutenant William Lucy, who was to become Britain’s first accredited air ‘ace’ of the war and to lead the world’s first successful dive-bombing of a major warship. Making extensive use of the family archive, this book also reproduces many previously unseen photographs from Lucy’s album, showing many aspects of life in the Fleet Air Arm up to the end of the Norway campaign. The inter-war concentration on carrier strike would be spectacularly vindicated during World War II—and it was the Royal Navy that had led the way.