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Having Fun Over Bristol, World Capital of Hot Air Ballooning: Cat de Multe Dintre Aceste Obiective Turistice Puteti Identifica ?
ISBN: 9781495353628 / Rumuński / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A hot air balloon ride over Bristol including 40 panoramic, colour photographs. Taking-off in the early morning from Ashton Court Estate, west of the city and landing near Pucklechurch to the east. Our flight lasted for about 1 hour and was wonderful value-for-money. Many tourist attractions and interesting features (including Clive's spitometer ) were seen from the balloon's basket as we floated peacefully along on the gentle winds. Romanian Edition]
A hot air balloon ride over Bristol including 40 panoramic, colour photographs. Taking-off in the early morning from Ashton Court Estate, west of the ...
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59,58 zł |
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50 Tales of Flight: From Biplanes to Boeings.
ISBN: 9780987495433 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "50 Tales of Flight" captures the magic of flight from the ground up. The flight deck door has now been opened, taking the reader aloft in everything from biplanes to Boeings. From the alarm clock buzzing to begin the airline pilot's day to the threatening sound of silence when a light aircraft's engine fails and all that lies beneath are trees and cliffs. There are moments of pulse-racing tension and others of humorous relief to be found amongst this collection of stories from Owen Zupp's thirty years of flying. Interspersed are tales of combat veterans of wars passed and of those who lost...
"50 Tales of Flight" captures the magic of flight from the ground up. The flight deck door has now been opened, taking the reader aloft in everything ...
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97,80 zł |
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Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviet Supersonic Airliner
ISBN: 9780764348945 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union's only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides in-depth coverage of the "Concordski," including projected versions, the Tu-144's production and service history, and a comparison with the Concorde. First flown on the last day of 1968--ahead of the Concorde--the Tu-144 had to undergo a long gestation period before the production version entered service in November 1977. Unfortunately, its...
Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union's only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all ...
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303,71 zł |
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Remember the Magic...: The Story of Horizon Air
ISBN: 9781681623382 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Remember the Magic is the inspiring story of the birth of Horizon Air and how it became one of the top regional airlines in the United States under the leadership of Milt Kuolt, one of the great entrepreneurs of the twentieth century.
Remember the Magic is the inspiring story of the birth of Horizon Air and how it became one of the top regional airlines in the United States under th...
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69,67 zł |
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The Inside Man: Evaluating Security Communication Failures at a United States Commercial Airport
ISBN: 9780761867258 / Angielski / Twarda / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study explores whether miscommunication among the TSA agents and airport employees relates to effective implementation of airport security policies. The central question focuses on the degree to which miscommunication regarding prohibited items at security checkpoints impeded the effective execution of federal law regarding carry on luggage on commercial aircraft.
This study explores whether miscommunication among the TSA agents and airport employees relates to effective implementation of airport security polici...
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458,83 zł |
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Deregulating Desire: Flight Attendant Activism, Family Politics, and Workplace Justice
ISBN: 9781439909881 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at National and many other U.S. airlines sought to win political power and material resources for people who live beyond the boundary of the traditional family. In Deregulating Desire, Ryan Patrick Murphy, a former flight attendant himself, chronicles the efforts of single women, unmarried parents, lesbians and gay men, as well as same-sex couples to make the airline industry a crucible for social change in the decades after 1970. Murphy... In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at Nationa... |
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409,26 zł |
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Deregulating Desire: Flight Attendant Activism, Family Politics, and Workplace Justice
ISBN: 9781439909898 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at National and many other U.S. airlines sought to win political power and material resources for people who live beyond the boundary of the traditional family. In Deregulating Desire, Ryan Patrick Murphy, a former flight attendant himself, chronicles the efforts of single women, unmarried parents, lesbians and gay men, as well as same-sex couples to make the airline industry a crucible for social change in the decades after 1970. Murphy... In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at Nationa... |
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146,86 zł |
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Delta Air Lines: 75 Years of Airline Excellence
ISBN: 9781531610753 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The history of Delta Air Lines can be traced back to 1924 and the start of an aerial crop dusting outfit, but it was in 1929 that scheduled passenger services began. From the small beginnings at Macon, Georgia and then Monroe, Louisiana and a small five-passenger plane, Delta has grown to become one of the world's leading airlines. This book celebrates a remarkable 75-year history in words and pictures, highlighting the men and women who have helped to make Delta a tour de force. Monumental growth and change occurred at Delta throughout the second half of the 20th century. By the start of the...
The history of Delta Air Lines can be traced back to 1924 and the start of an aerial crop dusting outfit, but it was in 1929 that scheduled passenger ...
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179,05 zł |
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Tupolev Tu-160: Soviet Strike Force Spearhead
ISBN: 9780764352041 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union's most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were rejected, and a highly controversial contest involving some of the Soviet Union's top-class aircraft design companies took place before the Tu-160 variable-geometry bomber reached the hardware stage. Its design made use of many advanced features not used previously on Soviet bombers. While being a nuclear deterrent for most of its career, the Tu-160 has recently seen actual combat in the war on terrorism. The Tu-160 story is not over yet, since...
Developed as the answer to the American B-1, the Tupolev Tu-160 was the Soviet Union's most potent strategic bomber. Several project versions were rej...
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303,71 zł |
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The Independent Airport Planning Manual
ISBN: 9780081014349 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This independent manual provides airport planners and architects with an essential planning guide and reference tool, based on the author's extensive experience in the field and involvement in developing best practice airline and airport industry guidelines. Chapters cover topics such as demand forecasting, masterplan development, terminal pier and satellite infrastructure, baggage handling, apron design and airport security.
This independent manual provides airport planners and architects with an essential planning guide and reference tool, based on the author's extensive ...
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1779,71 zł |
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Pan Am
ISBN: 9781531603564 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pan American World Airways could be considered a corporate Cinderella--a rags-to-riches-and-back-again phenomenon. From its founding in 1927 and its relatively obscure inauguration as a mail carrier on a 90-mile mail run from Florida's Key West to Cuba, Pan Am's route system grew to span the globe. The company that would eventually become famous for its blue-and-white-world logo grew into a conglomerate of hotels, airlines, business jets, real estate, a helicopter service, and even a guided missiles range division. But financial problems plagued Pan Am in its last two decades, and in 1991,...
Pan American World Airways could be considered a corporate Cinderella--a rags-to-riches-and-back-again phenomenon. From its founding in 1927 and its r...
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174,68 zł |
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Supply Chain Integration Challenges in Commercial Aerospace: A Comprehensive Perspective on the Aviation Value Chain
ISBN: 9783319461540 / Angielski / Twarda / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents firsthand insights into strategies and approaches for the commercial aerospace supply chain in response to the numerous changes that airlines, aircraft OEMs and their suppliers have experienced over the past few decades. In doing so, it investigates the entire product value chain. Accordingly, the chapters address the challenges of configuration and demand, and highlight the specificities of customization in the aviation industry. They analyze component manufacturing, share valuable insights into assembly and integration activities, and describe aftermarket... This book presents firsthand insights into strategies and approaches for the commercial aerospace supply chain in response to the numerous changes ... |
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332,24 zł |
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Washington Dulles International Airport
ISBN: 9781531612528 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the three major airports that transports passengers into and out of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. The beauty of the site is admired not only by millions who arrive and leave the area, but by local residents as well. After an extensive study of three separate locations in Virginia, Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower agreed to the Chantilly site and later chose to rename the world's first jet airport after his former secretary of state, John Foster Dulles. Renowned architect Eero Saarinen designed the magnificent building that serves as a...
Washington Dulles International Airport is one of the three major airports that transports passengers into and out of the Washington, D.C., metropolit...
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139,73 zł |
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Quad City International Airport
ISBN: 9781531655723 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,73 zł |
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The Forgotten Flight: Terrorism, Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Justice
ISBN: 9781786070920 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Gripping, shocking, forensic: a true legal thriller."
--Philippe Sands, author of East West Street Combining the international intrigue of John le Carre with the courtroom drama of John Grisham, this real-life legal thriller asks how we can bring leaders of sovereign nations to account for their crimes. On September 19, 1989, 170 people were killed when UTA Flight 772 was destroyed by a suitcase bomb planted by Libyan agents. Despite being one of the deadliest terror attacks in history, outside France it remained overshadowed by the Lockerbie bombing that had taken... "Gripping, shocking, forensic: a true legal thriller."
--Philippe Sands, author of East West Street Combining the international i... |
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103,48 zł |
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Airplane Manufacturing in Farmingdale
ISBN: 9781531697730 / Angielski / Twarda / 130 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Farmingdale, located in west-central Long Island on both sides of the Nassau-Suffolk County border, was an important center of airplane manufacturing from the First World War until almost the end of the Cold War. Aviation pioneers like Lawrence Sperry, Sherman Fairchild, Leroy Grumman, Alexander de Seversky, and Alexander Kartveli directed the manufacture of aircraft, aircraft engines, and key subassemblies as they evolved from the propeller, biplane era to the jet and space age. Farmingdale witnessed the creation of such cutting-edge aircraft as the Sperry Triplane Amphibian and Messenger;...
Farmingdale, located in west-central Long Island on both sides of the Nassau-Suffolk County border, was an important center of airplane manufacturing ...
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139,73 zł |
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Cognitive Engineering and Safety Organization in Air Traffic Management
ISBN: 9781138049727 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book covers the Air Traffic Management (ATM) environment and the controller-crew interactions. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regulations and organizational procedures are also presented in a succinct manner so that novel and experienced aviation practitioners appreciate how safety organization affects their cognitive performance. The book distills theoretical knowledge about human cognition and presents real examples and case studies to help readers understand how air traffic controllers make sense of difficult situations, make decisions under time pressure,... This book covers the Air Traffic Management (ATM) environment and the controller-crew interactions. The International Civil Aviation Organization (... |
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813,27 zł |
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North Carolina Aviatrix Viola Gentry: The Flying Cashier
ISBN: 9781540207302 / Angielski / Twarda / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first solo flight. The following year, she flew under the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, and in 1928, she established the first officially recorded women's solo endurance flight record. She became the first federally licensed female pilot from North Carolina that same year. She was a national celebrity, and her job in a New York restaurant secured her the nickname the "Flying Cashier." Gentry became personal friends with fellow pioneers of aviation...
Viola Gentry of Rockingham County, North Carolina, learned to fly in 1924 and quickly achieved greater heights. In 1925, the aviatrix took her first s...
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139,73 zł |
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Two Up
ISBN: 9781908135391 / Angielski / Twarda / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Two Up' is a collection of aviation anecdotes and photographs covering five decades and going back to the brothers' early fascination with aircraft in the sixties. It includes a wealth of insider information from two brothers who spent their working lives in the aviation industry.. From the sixties both Smith brothers have spent their life, leisure and working time in and around an industry that has seen phenomenal changes over the last fifty years. Ron Smith has had a long and varied association with aviation. He is an aerospace engineer, a... 'Two Up' is a collection of aviation anecdotes and photographs covering five decades and going back to the brothers' early fascination ... |
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273,04 zł |
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B-52 Stratofortress: Boeing's Iconic Bomber from 1952 to the Present
ISBN: 9780764355875 / Angielski / Twarda / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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104,88 zł |
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