Description |
xv, 303 pages ; 22 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
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. |
Subject |
Air travel -- Miscellanea.
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Airplanes -- Piloting -- Miscellanea.
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Miscellanea.
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Airlines -- Miscellanea.
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ISBN |
9781402280917 paperback |
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1402280912 paperback |
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