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Author : Penelope Grenoble O'Malley
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003446049
A look at commercial aviation from the pilots' perspective examines the impact of deregulation on the aviation industry.
Author : Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359092352
Author : U S Department of Transportation,Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-04
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 0160869439
Balloon Flying Handbook introduces basic pilot knowledge and skills that are essential for piloting balloons. It introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. This handbook is for student pilots, as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates. Student pilots learning to fly balloons, certified pilots preparing for additional balloon ratings or who desire to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, and commercial balloon pilots teaching balloon students how to fly should find this handbook helpful. This book introduces the prospective pilot to the realm of balloon flight and provides information and guidance to all balloon pilots in the performance of various balloon maneuvers and procedures. It is essential for persons using this handbook to become familiar with and apply the pertinent parts of 14CFR and the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). Performance standards for demonstrating competence required for pilot certification are prescribed in the appropriate balloon practical test standard.
Author : Philip Keeble
Publisher : Fonthill Media
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Jefferson M. Koonce
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0415253608
In this educational yet entertaining text, Jeff Koonce draws on his 44 years of pilot experience and 31 years as a professor of psychology and human factors engineering in addressing the questions of how to apply sound human factors principles to the training of pilots and to one's personal flying. The author discusses principles of human factors, and how they can be utilized in pilot training and evaluation. With a conversational tone, he also relates anecdotes, jokes, and truisms collected during his time as a flight instructor. He takes a positive approach to the subject, focusing on safety and good practice rather than on accidents. While problem areas are acknowledged, and the book points out how certain problems may result in mishaps, the author avoids focusing on individual accidents. Human Factors in the Training of Pilots is a must for pilots wanting to make a systematic study of the human factors issues behind safe flying, and for instructors or serious students needing an authoritative text.
Author : Guy Gratton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-17
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319756172
Designed as an introduction for both advanced students in aerospace engineering and existing aerospace engineers, this book covers both engineering theory and professional practice in establishing the airworthiness of new and modified aircraft. Initial Airworthiness includes information on: · how structural, handling, and systems evaluations are carried out; · the processes by which safety and fitness for purpose are determined; and · the use of both US and European unit systems Covering both civil and military practice and the current regulations and standards across Europe and North America, Initial Airworthiness will give the reader an understanding of how all the major aspects of an aircraft are certified, as well as providing a valuable source of reference for existing practitioners. This second edition has been updated for changes in regulation worldwide, including UK "E-conditions" and Single Seat De-Regulation, the new part 23 regulations in the USA and Europe, and developments to Extended Range Twin-Engine Operations worldwide. Entirely new sections have been added to explain the management of certification programmes, professional ethics within airworthiness practice, environmental impact of aircraft, and aeroplane departures from controlled flight. This edition also includes many new figures, case studies and references to sources of further information.
Author : Rick Austinson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467033480
The strong and courageous can define their own destiny, but fate falls on all men unless they fail to act. You can control your own course, but some events, once set into motion, cannot be stopped. As time marches inexorably forward, the ghosts of the past howl louder than ever. Mistakes, left turns that should have been right, and the sanctions of lesser men all come together in a perfect storm of circumstances. The enemy has been known for generations, the seer Hrethrel spoke of him. And the Dragon of the Setting Sun that would face him. Now the day has come, and succeed or fail, the fate of the Multi-Verse is once again in the hands of Hunter Jusenkyou. Its not fate, fate can be cheated, and destiny forged. But events will come to pass, as certain as the sunset. What happens then? Brave heroes will stand and fight, but the uncertain future, the unstable past, and the certain march of time will lead all things along The Inclination to Destiny.
Author : James A. White III M.D.
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781665712453
“There I Wuz” refers to being in flight somewhere in the sky or perhaps in an otherwise routine situation when something unforeseen happened. It was the way aviators started their most gripping stories. Flight surgeons are privy to many such stories and “Doc” White relates the scary situations and tales of funny, tragic and intriguing events from inside naval aviation. He highlights what it was like to live and work on an aircraft carrier during the Viet Nam conflict and the cold war. He writes from the perspective of a Navy Flight Surgeon, a physician and a medical officer. The narrative describes all the complexities of flight operations, how everything functions and coordinates ...... and the psychology of those who make it happen. Join the author as he looks back at an incredible life in the Navy filled with medical tales, aviation adventures, and highs and lows. The narrative is personal, entertaining and interesting on many levels. “Great read, unusual in that Navy Flight Surgeons seldom comment on life on the carriers. Superbly written ... another perspective of Navy Life at sea and a doctor’s wonderful memoirs.” – Warm Regards, Captain Dan A. Pedersen (USN, Retired), Founder of the “TOPGUN” Navy Fighter Weapons School in 1969 and Skipper of USS Ranger (CV-61) in 1982. “These recollections are familiar to me at different times and places...and are a treasured memory. Readers will find this book most interesting while greatly admiring the dedication, expertise and service of a Flight Surgeon.” – Mike Bristow, Naval Aviator, Experienced A-7 Pilot with over 200 Carrier Landings. “.... thoroughly enjoyed reading...I could relate to a number of the stories... other aviators will be struck with memories.” – Tom Petillo, U.S. Naval Academy ’66, Naval Aviator, Fellow Mediterranean Sailor. “There I Wuz” paints a candid picture of a flight surgeon’s naval career and experiences on an aircraft carrier. This insider provides fascinating stories of life in a carrier “city” and insights as to what makes Top Gun pilots tick. Throughout, the author’s humor is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.” – David R. Sobel, Medical Defense Attorney and Award-Winning Playwright.
Author : Moshe Schein,Paul Rogers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004-09-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3540215360
- Written in an easy-to-read tone, concise and to the point. - Assembled during 20 years of intensive involvement, both clinical and academic, in emergency abdominal surgery. - An extensive list of international contributors, including surgeons from Mount Sinai (NY) and Albert Einstein (NY). - The first edition was translated into both Spanish and Russian.
Author : Curtis C. Truver
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781412004565
Ten various real life experiences selected from 55 years of aviation life.
Author : Ed Mickolus
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1589809041
This compilation of espionage humor is based on the author's thirty-three years with the CIA as an analyst, operations officer, and manager. Practical jokes, comical essays, poems, bloopers from performance-appraisal reports, and more are all included.
Author : Paula Williams
Publisher : ABCI LLC
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780557568826
This book puts marketing in perspective, in plain English, explained in terms familiar to aviation professionals. It includes industry-specific examples and case studies.
Author : J. Storrs Hall
Publisher : Stripe Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781953953278
From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same types of planes we flew in over half a century ago. What happened to the future we were promised? In Where Is My Flying Car?, J. Storrs Hall sets out to answer this deceptively simple question. What starts as an examination of the technical limitations of building flying cars evolves into an investigation of the scientific, technological, and social roots of the economic stagnation that started in the 1970s. From the failure to adopt nuclear energy and the suppression of cold fusion technology to the rise of a counterculture hostile to progress, Hall recounts how our collective ambitions for the future were derailed, with devastating consequences for global wealth creation and distribution. Hall then outlines a framework for a future powered by exponential progress—one in which we build as much in the world of atoms as we do in the world of bits, one rich in abundance and wonder. Drawing on years of original research and personal engineering experience, Where Is My Flying Car?, originally published in 2018, is an urgent, timely analysis of technological progress over the last 50 years and a bold vision for a better future.
Author : The Friday Pilots
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781665519755
First person stories of The Friday Pilots of Tucson Arizona. Lessons learned flying the old airplanes in the old Air Force, Army and Navy in peace and war. They crashed, they burned, they laughed, they cried, they soared. These pilots are the REAL DEAL. They’ve been there, done that. You’ll enjoy.
Author : Oscar G. Williams
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-18
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781462067152
Flying High is a chronicle of flying experiences and observations which will stimulate forgotten memories of old pilots, peak the curiosity of new or to be new pilots and give the general public a glance into the world of a private pilot. The book will amuse some and cause many to shake their heads in disbelief.