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Author Langewiesche, William.

Title Fly by wire : the geese, the glide, the miracle on the Hudson / William Langewiesche.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar,Straus & Giroux, [2009]
©2009

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  363.124 LANGEWIESCHE    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  363.12 LANGEWIESCHE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.1355 LANGEWIESCHE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  629.132 LANGEWIESCHE    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  363.124 LAN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  363.124 LANGEWIESCHE    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  363.124 LAN    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  363.124 LANGEWIESCHE    DUE 04-30-24
Edition First edition.
Description 193 pages : map ; 22 cm
Contents New York, January 15, 2009 -- The Inquest -- Gear Up -- The takeoff -- The birds -- The collision -- The glide -- Fly by Wire -- The engineer -- The problem -- The paradox -- Survival -- The decision -- The flare -- The escape.
Summary Argues that the miraculous safe crash landing on the Hudson River of US Airways Flight 1549 should not only be credited to pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, but also to advances in aviation and computer technology.
Subject Fly-by-wire control.
Airplanes -- Control systems.
Aeronautics -- Human factors.
Aircraft accidents -- New York (State) -- New York.
Aircraft bird strikes -- New York (State) -- New York.
US Airways Flight 1549 Crash Landing, Hudson River, N.Y. and N.J., 2009.
Airplanes -- Ditching -- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)
ISBN 0374157189: $24.00
9780374157180
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