Alligators, Freight Trains & Near Flying Disasters: How To Fly An Airplane Backwards, And How To Lose Over 18 Engines And Live To Retire Or Mayday, Ma
ISBN: 9781438926339 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
87,47 zł |
Aviation Safety Through the Rule of Law: ICAO's Mechanisms and Practices
ISBN: 9789041131157 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flight is inherently a risky venture, carried out in a hostile environment at great speed. Realistically and regrettably, a commitment to aviation safety can achieve no more than 'as few accidents as possible'. Moreover, the tragic events of 11 September 2001 have conclusively demonstrated that aviation safety goes beyond accident prevention from a technical point of view and extends to more profound political, strategic and legal dimensions. Accordingly, aviation safety requires a multidisciplinary approach: technical, economic, managerial, and legal. This ground-breaking study analyzes,...
Flight is inherently a risky venture, carried out in a hostile environment at great speed. Realistically and regrettably, a commitment to aviation saf...
|
|
cena:
983,75 zł |
Turbulence: Life in the Friendly Skies
ISBN: 9781438972619 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
74,77 zł |
Where Do We Get Such Men: The Story of One Such Man
ISBN: 9781438992990 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
128,96 zł |
Where Do We Get Such Men: The Story of One Such Man
ISBN: 9781438992983 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
77,35 zł |
A History of Aviation Safety: Featuring the U.S. Airline System
ISBN: 9781449007973 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
86,51 zł |
Mentor Inbound: The Authorized Biography of Fred J. Ascani, Major General, USAF Retired: Holder of the 1951 World Speed Record
ISBN: 9781438999746 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
108,11 zł |
Mentor Inbound: The Authorized Biography of Fred J. Ascani, Major General, USAF Retired: Holder of the 1951 World Speed Record
ISBN: 9781438999739 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
|
cena:
139,07 zł |
Bird Hazard in Aviation
ISBN: 9781449033347 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bird strike is a common threat to flight safety, which can often be catastrophic.Birdstrike means a collision between a flying bird and the aircraft. Bird strikes cost $1.5 billion to $2 billion in damages worldwide and $600 million only in USA. Bird strike requires more investigative attention and positive analysis to reduce these incidents. Flight safety is the main objective of all the aviation organizations and aviation professionals. Playing a small roll in ensuring the flight safety is the main objective of this book, which discusses some significant bird strike incidents, reasons,...
Bird strike is a common threat to flight safety, which can often be catastrophic.Birdstrike means a collision between a flying bird and the aircraft. ...
|
|
cena:
67,03 zł |
Critical Issues in Air Transport Economics and Business
ISBN: 9780415570558 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands from economic to legal issues, bankruptcy and safety and security. The carefully selected papers offer a thorough and structured analysis of major current developments in the air transport industry. Fully up to date, topics covered include competitive strength, capacity utilisation and risk. The most likely future scenarios are more or less known. Only, the timeframe remains uncertain. The speed at which the various market... This book offers material for strategic thinking featuring contributions from key figures in Europe, the US and Asia. The focus of the book expands... |
|
cena:
752,12 zł |
United States Air Force Aircraft Fleet Retention Trends: A Historical Analysis
ISBN: 9780833047946 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This report provides historical contextual information on the ages of aircraft designs operated by the Air Force. The authors find that, since the end of World War II, there has been a consistent trend for the Air Force to keep aircraft designs in operation for ever-longer periods. While the mean age of aircraft designs currently in operation is at an all-time high, this has been true throughout the history of the Air Force.
This report provides historical contextual information on the ages of aircraft designs operated by the Air Force. The authors find that, since the end...
|
|
cena:
125,67 zł |
Highest Mountain: Surviving the 20th Century 1925-2000 and Beyond
ISBN: 9781449041014 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. How did we ever grow up, children were born in their mothers bedroom. We drank raw milk, with thick cream on the top. There was lead paint on EVERYTHING, asbestos insulation on every school building, no seat belts, no bicycle helmets, no child labor laws, no clean air laws, no safety caps on pill bottles or ant poison. Actually, we were free people, free to think and learn for ourselves. The hazards of the period were measles, mumps, dyptheria, polio. There was ONE doctor in my town, and he was kept busy delivering babies and removing kids' tonsils. There was ONE lawyer and I guess most of...
How did we ever grow up, children were born in their mothers bedroom. We drank raw milk, with thick cream on the top. There was lead paint on EVERYTHI...
|
|
cena:
87,68 zł |
Flying Higher
ISBN: 9781425166526 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The rise of transport airlines stems from the final days of World War II, when airplanes were used mostly by the military and for Government mail. Juan Trippe's idea of an "Empire of the Air" transporting people was a distant dream. There were no footsteps to follow. Beyer, working himself up through the ranks, cast his practical eye at the many aspects of how an airline could run and prosper, and became known as an efficiency wizard.
During his international career, he says what it was like dealing with government regulations, he describes the fleets and their maintenance, and at one... The rise of transport airlines stems from the final days of World War II, when airplanes were used mostly by the military and for Government mail. Jua...
|
|
cena:
97,79 zł |
The Battle of Life
ISBN: 9781449039424 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The true story of the hardships and adventures of a boy joining the navy at 15 in the 1950's. Training at HMS Ganges and serving on ships and submarines operating around the UK, Far East, Middle East, Australia, West Indies and the Arctic. The traumatic life continues as a civilian in the various contracts as a self employed engineer and life itself.
The true story of the hardships and adventures of a boy joining the navy at 15 in the 1950's. Training at HMS Ganges and serving on ships and submarin...
|
|
cena:
87,68 zł |
The Touch of Greatness: Colonel William C. Bentley Jr., USAAC/USAF; Aviation Pioneer
ISBN: 9781449023850 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Colonel William C. Bentley Jr. was a member of the small elite group of U.S. Army Air Corps officers who formed the genesis for the development of what we now know as the U.S. Air Force. He was not only rated as a Command Pilot and was a test pilot on the B-17, but he was a doctrinal visionary in airlanding tactics and serving as an advocate for servicemembers higher education. Colonel Bentley commanded the Paratroop Task Force during Operation Torch; the longest and first airborne mission in American military history. He was the first graduate of the University of Maryland's off campus...
Colonel William C. Bentley Jr. was a member of the small elite group of U.S. Army Air Corps officers who formed the genesis for the development of wha...
|
|
cena:
74,77 zł |
Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects
ISBN: 9781405182614 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011
This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.
NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011
This theoretically informed research explores what the development ... |
|
cena:
136,45 zł |
Thirty Seconds to Impact: The Captain's Story of Flight BA38
ISBN: 9781449088583 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything other than a routine flight of the sort he had made so many times before. It was not until moments before landing that anything went wrong. Coming in to Heathrow Airport, the plane suffered inexplicable loss of power to both engines, and it was suddenly likely that the plane would plough into a built-up area outside the airport, with the loss of all lives on board. Peter tells us in graphic detail his thoughts and actions when he managed to help...
When Peter took charge of the flight deck of the 777 and took off from Beijing airport, there was nothing to suggest that this trip would be anything ...
|
|
cena:
103,15 zł |
Aerial Life: Spaces, Mobilities, Affects
ISBN: 9781405182621 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011
This theoretically informed research explores what the development and transformation of air travel has meant for societies and individuals.
NOMINATED AND SHORT LISTED FOR THE SURVEILLANCE STUDIES BOOK PRIZE 2011
This theoretically informed research explores what the development ... |
|
cena:
327,60 zł |
Technology Engineering and Management in Aviation: Advancements and Discoveries
ISBN: 9781609608873 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Technology Engineering and Management in Aviation: Advancements and Discoveries details the essential new developments in technology and management in the aviation industry. Specific and important advances in navigation, air traffic control, and environmental impact all make their way into this volume, which also focuses on management policies keeping up with new technology. This volume is a vital reference for practitioners, management, students, and all those interested in the field of aviation.
Technology Engineering and Management in Aviation: Advancements and Discoveries details the essential new developments in technology and management in...
|
|
cena:
1124,68 zł |
Tales from the Tarmac: An Astonishing Behind the Scenes Anthology of True Cases about Passengers and Ground Staff at Airports Worldwide
ISBN: 9781426950346 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tales From The Tarmac...compelling, "behind the scenes" stories of the outlandish and bizarre interactions and incidents between passengers and ground staff at one of the world's most intimidating airports, New York's JFK and beyond. These actual tales take you on an emotionlal roller coaster, ranging from humorous to crazy, from poignant to the macabre. The author, along with her many colleagues who contributed their amazing stories have years of airport ground experience, both operational and in passenger handling. The readers will undoubtedly relate to many of these tales, as the stories...
Tales From The Tarmac...compelling, "behind the scenes" stories of the outlandish and bizarre interactions and incidents between passengers and ground...
|
|
cena:
73,44 zł |