In Turbulent Skies

Author : Peter Reese
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780750994446

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In 1945 confidence in British aviation was sky-high. Yet decades later, the industry had not lived up to its potential. What happened? The years that followed the war saw the Brabazon Committee issue flawed proposals for civil aviation planning. Enforced cancellations restricted the advancement of military aircraft, compounded later on by Defence Minister Duncan Sandys abandoning aircraft to fixate solely on missiles. Commercially, Britain's small and neglected domestic market hindered the development of civilian airliners. In the production of notorious aircraft, the inauspicious Comet came from de Havilland's attempts to gain an edge over its American competitors. The iconic Harrier jump jet and an indigenous crop of helicopters were squandered, while unrealistic performance requirements brought about the cancellation of TSR2. Peter Reese explores how repeated financial crises, a lack of rigour and fatal self-satisfaction led British aviation to miss vital opportunities across this turbulent period in Britain's skies.

Author : T. A. Heppenheimer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995-09
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037464651

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Compelling and informative, Turbulent Skies will enthrall aviation buffs and prove a valuable resource for all those interested in business and technology in the twentieth century.

Author : Fabick Ronald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0228803586

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Author : Barbara Dorger
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781664180741

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Turbulent Skies by Barbara Dorger Pdf

TURBULENT SKIES is an intimate portrait of the author’s professional life over a period of nearly four decades. It describes from an insider’s perspective the thrill of being in one of the most exciting career fields for women in the 1960s and 1970’s – an airline stewardess. It captures in a unique way the fun and glamour of a way of life, which the author has dubbed “the wave” -- a wave of freedom and excitement that carried those lucky enough to be chosen for this profession forward through the years. But times change, and the author poignantly chronicles the toll of time as business realities forced changes in the airline industry and transitioned the job from “what it was” to “what it is” today. She further captures the national tragedy that occurred on September 11, 2001 and details the impact that terrible day had on the industry most directly affected by the events. She offers a deeply moving personal tribute to the flight crew heroes on those tragic United and American flights. The years following 9-11-01 saw crisis after crisis in the airline industry, which eventually resulted in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy for United Air Lines, one of the world’s largest commercial airlines. The difficulties brought on by the changing business times are chronicled in the lives and attitudes of those who labored in an industry fighting for survival. The author dissects her own physical and emotional agony over the course of the next two years that culminated in a premature retirement from the airline -- an action driven by a combination of physical ailments, a deteriorating work environment, an adversarial relationship between labor and management, and a concerted effort by the leadership of the bankrupt airline to drive out senior employees to achieve cost savings. She chronicles in a very personal way, the process she went through in coming to grips with this agonizing decision regarding the future and how she dealt with the significant life transition she subsequently endured. The book is written as a series of intimate personal thoughts and short stories, which span nearly 40 years. Readers will find themselves experiencing a range of emotions as they move through the episodes and thoughts in this book. At times, they will be amused, while at others, they will be deeply moved. The book concludes with a series of perspectives on the current business environment and offers insights for corporate management about how front line workers perceive their lives, their jobs, and the choices their management made for them -- regrettable choices that airline workers are paying for even today. It also offers suggestions to management on how things need to be improved for the future. While this book is written about the airline industry, it captures the emotional stress and frustration of many American workers in the depressed economy that followed the events of September 2001. Her insights will resonate with readers in a variety of professional fields.

Author : Alana Terry
Publisher : Alana Terry
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000300723

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Turbulent Skies Christian Thrillers Box Set 4-6 by Alana Terry Pdf

A hijacked plane. A fatal disaster. Desperate souls in need of salvation ... An unforgettable collection of interconnected novellas about strangers traveling together aboard a doomed flight. If you like harrowing stories of faith and redemption, spine-tingling adrenaline surges, and heart-pounding Christian suspense, you’ll love these edge of your seat novellas by USA Today bestselling author Alana Terry. Buy the Turbulent Skies 3-Book Box Sets and take a nosedive into adventure. Just be careful ... you may not be able to read just one!

Author : Alana Terry
Publisher : Alana Terry
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:6610000300716

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Turbulent Skies Christian Thrillers Box Set 1-3 by Alana Terry Pdf

A hijacked plane. A fatal disaster. Desperate souls in need of salvation ... An unforgettable collection of interconnected novellas about strangers traveling together aboard a doomed flight. If you like harrowing stories of faith and redemption, spine-tingling adrenaline surges, and heart-pounding Christian suspense, you’ll love these edge of your seat novellas by USA Today bestselling author Alana Terry. Buy the Turbulent Skies 3-Book Box Sets and take a nosedive into adventure. Just be careful ... you may not be able to read just one!

Author : Peter Moon
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1494488280

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Five and a half years after the Battle of the Atlantic, threats to the security of the American Empire are far from eliminated. Constant acts of terrorism by assassins of the Chinese Remnant have taken a tiring toll on Emperor John Dennis; when an opportunity to gain new intelligence about the Remnant threat emerges, he takes it, sending General Chris Jones on a mission with an old flame. Meanwhile, another threat looms on the horizon - or, more accurately, just outside the atmosphere...

Author : Ronald A. Fabick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 022880356X

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Jaffar Hamid Harraj is in love with Giti Roshtti, a bereaved widow who lives across the globe in the United States. Jack Coward, an ex-marine turned private investigator, is hired to find out everything he can about this beautiful woman. Jack has set in motion circumstances that bring together Giti and Jaffar together. Unfortunately for Giti, Jaffar Harraj has a deep, dark secret. Jaffar is not only a senior member of the Islamic Hamas Movement, but a psychotic killer. Jaffar's aim is to use Giti's U.S. citizenship as a mechanism through which he can establish inroads into the United States, the Great Satan of the western world. The mission of Islamic Hamas is to spread terror throughout the United States. Giti's late husband was working on a top secret project for California Robotics, when he was killed. The United States newest lettered agency, NATA or National Anti-Terrorist Agency has some new recruits, Jack Coward and his life-long friend Don Ziegler. They team up with other members of NATA, including ex-Air Force Lieutenant Michelle Hough, to try and discover the plans of Jaffar and the Islamic Hamas, and how Giti is involved in the two.

Author : Alana Terry
Publisher : Alana Terry
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941735992

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Terror in the Skies by Alana Terry Pdf

A hijacked airplane. A fatal disaster. A desperate soul in need of salvation ... Willow's spirited, carefree, and far too young to die. Trapped on a hijacked airplane with no promise of survival, Willow's forced to confront her darkest fear as well as her soul's deepest need. Terror in the Skies is the first novella in the Turbulent Skies Christian Thriller series, an unforgettable collection of interconnected novellas about strangers traveling together aboard a doomed flight. Find out why Christian fiction readers can't stop raving about this heart-stopping, fast-paced series you can devour in a single sitting. If you like harrowing stories of faith and redemption, spine-tingling adrenaline surges, and heart-pounding Christian suspense, you'll love these edge-of-your-seat novellas by USA Today bestselling author, Alana Terry. Dive into the breathtaking Turbulent Skies series today. Just be careful ... you may not be able to read just one!

Author : Diane Vaughan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 694 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226826578

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Dead Reckoning by Diane Vaughan Pdf

Vaughan unveils the complicated and high-pressure world of air traffic controllers as they navigate technology and political and public climates, and shows how they keep the skies so safe. When two airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, Americans watched in uncomprehending shock as first responders struggled to react to the situation on the ground. Congruently, another remarkable and heroic feat was taking place in the air: more than six hundred and fifty air traffic control facilities across the country coordinated their efforts to ground four thousand flights in just two hours—an achievement all the more impressive considering the unprecedented nature of the task. In Dead Reckoning, Diane Vaughan explores the complex work of air traffic controllers, work that is built upon a close relationship between human organizational systems and technology and is remarkably safe given the high level of risk. Vaughan observed the distinct skill sets of air traffic controllers and the ways their workplaces changed to adapt to technological developments and public and political pressures. She chronicles the ways these forces affected their jobs, from their relationships with one another and the layouts of their workspace to their understanding of their job and its place in society. The result is a nuanced and engaging look at an essential role that demands great coordination, collaboration, and focus—a role that technology will likely never be able to replace. Even as the book conveys warnings about complex systems and the liabilities of technological and organizational innovation, it shows the kinds of problem-solving solutions that evolved over time and the importance of people.

Author : Amy L. Fraher
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801470486

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The Next Crash by Amy L. Fraher Pdf

If you are one of over 700 million passengers who will fly in America this year, you need to read this book. The Next Crash offers a shocking perspective on the aviation industry by a former United Airlines pilot. Weaving insider knowledge with hundreds of employee interviews, Amy L. Fraher uncovers the story airline executives and government regulators would rather not tell. While the FAA claims that this is the "Golden Age of Safety," and other aviation researchers assure us the chance of dying in an airline accident is infinitesimal, The Next Crash reports that 70 percent of commercial pilots believe a major airline accident will happen soon. Who should we believe? As one captain explained, "Everybody wants their $99 ticket," but "you don't get [Captain] Sully for ninety-nine bucks." Drawing parallels between the 2008 financial industry implosion and the post-9/11 airline industry, The Next Crash explains how aviation industry risk management processes have not kept pace with a rapidly changing environment. To stay safe the system increasingly relies on the experience and professionalism of airline employees who are already stressed, fatigued, and working more while earning less. As one copilot reported, employees are so distracted "it's almost a miracle that there wasn't bent metal and dead people" at his airline. Although opinions like this are pervasive, for reasons discussed in this book, employees' issues do not concern the right people—namely airline executives, aviation industry regulators, politicians, watchdog groups, or even the flying public—in the right way often enough. In contrast to popular notions that airliner accidents are a thing of the past, Fraher makes clear America is entering a period of unprecedented aviation risk.

Author : Jenifer Van Vleck
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674727328

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Empire of the Air by Jenifer Van Vleck Pdf

From the flights of the Wright brothers through the mass journeys of the jet age, airplanes inspired Americans to reimagine their nation’s place within the world. Now, Jenifer Van Vleck reveals the central role commercial aviation played in the United States’ rise to global preeminence in the twentieth century. As U.S. military and economic influence grew, the federal government partnered with the aviation industry to carry and deliver American power across the globe and to sell the very idea of the “American Century” to the public at home and abroad. Invented on American soil and widely viewed as a symbol of national greatness, the airplane promised to extend the frontiers of the United States “to infinity,” as Pan American World Airways president Juan Trippe said. As it accelerated the global circulation of U.S. capital, consumer goods, technologies, weapons, popular culture, and expertise, few places remained distant from the influence of Wall Street and Washington. Aviation promised to secure a new type of empire—an empire of the air instead of the land, which emphasized access to markets rather than the conquest of territory and made the entire world America’s sphere of influence. By the late 1960s, however, foreign airlines and governments were challenging America’s control of global airways, and the domestic aviation industry hit turbulent times. Just as the history of commercial aviation helps to explain the ascendance of American power, its subsequent challenges reflect the limits and contradictions of the American Century.

Author : Richard Coopey,Peter Lyth
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199226009

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Business in Britain in the Twentieth Century by Richard Coopey,Peter Lyth Pdf

This collection of fresh, incisive scholarship, by some of the leading business historians, critically examines the nature of economic recovery in Britain in recent years. Covering the key issues for business history in this period, the book confronts the traditional literature on conclusions of relative decline, and monocausal, simplistic explanations. It provides an impressive range of studies forming a platform for a new debate on the nature of British business in the 20th century. Themes include productivity, management, research and development, marketing, regional clusters and networks, industrial policy, the use of technology, and gender. Sector studies include newer, post-war hopefuls and successes including: * aerospace, * IT, * retail, * banking, * overseas investment, * the creative industries. The book demonstrates that our understanding of the historic strengths and weaknesses of business in Britain, and the shifting balance between sectors of the economy, has until now been poorly understood, and that British business history needs a fundamental reappraisal.

Author : Victor Flintham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0851304680

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Truculent Tribes, Turbulent Skies by Victor Flintham Pdf

Author : J Paul Hodgson
Publisher : Air World
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781526774675

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Britain's Glorious Aircraft Industry by J Paul Hodgson Pdf

“The rich and diverse history of the British aircraft industry is captured in superb detail by the author in this weighty tome.” —Aviation News Great Britain’s aircraft industry started in 1908, with the first formally registered organization in the world to offer to design and build an aeroplane “for commercial gain.” This book tells the complete story of the 110 years since the start, all the companies formed and the aircraft they produced, highlighting the advances in aeronautical ambition and technology. It is the story of the creation, survival and decline of all one hundred and twenty-three of the aircraft design and construction companies formed between 1908 and 2018. The exhilaration of success and the magic of aviation technology are vividly illustrated by the technical and political birth stories of iconic projects, such as the Cirrus/Gypsy Moths, the Tiger Moth, the flying boats of Imperial Airways, Spitfire, Lancaster, Viscount, Vulcan, Harrier, Buccaneer and many more. The rotary wing industry is not forgotten. The birth of the jet turbine engine and the quest for supersonic speed is included. The stories of the disappointments of failure and disaster, such as the Brabazon, Comet, Princess, Rotodyne and TSR-2, and the growth of international collaboration in Concorde, Tornado, Airbus, Eurofighter Typhoon and other projects are included, in the context of the international scene and domestic politics. The conclusion highlights the prominent reminiscences and speculates on the future of the aircraft industry in Britain. “An outstanding reference book and a thoroughly enjoyable canter through the decades, from the days of wood and fabric to the modern composite structure of the wings of the A400 Atlas.” —RAF Historical Society