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Betty in the Sky with a Suitcase: Hilarious Stories of Air Travel by the World's Favorite Flight Attendant
epub |eng | 2010-01-20 | Author:Thesky, Betty N. & Janet Spencer & Nanette Weston [Thesky, Betty N.]

A male flight attendant: “We were in the middle of a flight and I was walking down the aisle checking on my passengers when I noticed a very large woman ...
( Category: Commercial March 26,2014 )
China Airborne by James Fallows
epub |eng | 2012-05-14 | Author:James Fallows [Fallows, James]

* Just to give a flavor, here is a sample ad I saw on a Western aviation site in 2011: Sichuan Airlines—A320 Captains (UPGRADED Package!)—Now the BEST OPPORTUNITY in China! ...
( Category: Asian March 26,2014 )
Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines Into Chaos by Thomas Petzinger & Thomas Petzinger Jr
epub |eng | 1995-01-01 | Author:Thomas Petzinger & Thomas Petzinger Jr. [Petzinger, Thomas & Petzinger, Thomas Jr.]

Frank Borman was beside himself with anguish and frustration. He had spent his adult life operating within a chain of command, much of it with himself at or near the ...
( Category: Aviation March 26,2014 )
Highest Duty by Chesley B. Sullenberger
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-12-26 | Author:Chesley B. Sullenberger

WHEN THERE are maintenance issues or other delays, I believe in telling passengers exactly what is going on. Sometimes a plane has to be taken out of service after passengers ...
( Category: Commercial March 25,2014 )
FAR/AIM 2014: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual by Federal Aviation Administration FAA
mobi |eng | 2013-08-28 | Author:Federal Aviation Administration FAA

( Category: Commercial March 25,2014 )
Boeing 787 Dreamliner by Mark Wagner; Guy Norris
mobi |eng | 2009-11-15 | Author:Mark Wagner; Guy Norris

Here is a view through the Rockwell Collins HGS head-up display looking south along a simulated runway 13 Right at Boeing Field. Altitude is indicated down the right side, and ...
( Category: Commercial March 25,2014 )
Comm Check...: The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia by Michael Cabbage & William Harwood
mobi, epub |eng | 2004-01-26 | Author:Michael Cabbage & William Harwood

Gehman spent the afternoon at his home, reading contingency plan documents being faxed to him by Gregory’s office. The first thing he decided to do was change the name of ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Space Shuttle Columbia: Her Missions and Crews by Ben Evans
mobi, pdf |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Ben Evans

Seventh time lucky 239 pressure oxidiser turbopump discharge ducts to determine that they were of the correct thickness. Also during the delay period, one of Columbia's five flight deck computers ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 25,2014 )
This New Ocean by William Burrows
mobi |eng | 1998-01-02 | Author:William Burrows

* By way of reemphasizing that no tricks were being played, Korolyov not only had Nikolayev and Popovich communicate over open radio channels, describing each other’s spacecraft, but they made ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight March 25,2014 )
The Airplane by Jay Spenser
mobi, epub |eng | 2008-01-02 | Author:Jay Spenser

9 FLIGHT DECK COCKPITS FOR AERIAL SHIPS Deep into the darkness peering; long I stood there wondering, fearing… —“THE RAVEN” BY EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809–1849) As human beings built their ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Cruising Attitude by Heather Poole
mobi, epub |eng | 2012-06-29 | Author:Heather Poole

Chapter 10 Flying Freak Show DREAMS REALLY DO come true, I thought to myself after a male flight attendant walked on board and announced that the agent had told him ...
( Category: Commercial March 25,2014 )
Falling Upwards by Richard Holmes
epub |eng | 2013-03-10 | Author:Richard Holmes [Richard Holmes]

The picture seems to carry an allegorical message, skilfully developed from that of the Times editorial: the Scientist presses the extreme limits of Nature at his peril. The well-ordered world ...
( Category: History March 25,2014 )
Outlaws Inc. by Matt Potter
epub |eng | | Author:Matt Potter

SLIGHT, MOUSY-HAIRED, AND leather jacketed, Andrei Alexeivich Soldatov looks more like the bass player in an indie band than the scourge of the Russian secret service’s more maverick tendencies. And ...
( Category: Russian & Former Soviet Union March 25,2014 )
n20321.pdf by Federal Aviation Administration
epub |eng | 2013-08-21 | Author:Federal Aviation Administration

Figure 1: Primary Containment Area (WAC Depiction) GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. 6 COMPANY PROPRIETARY Report: DP06-600-001 Rev: A Title: Program Letter for ERMP Special Airworthiness Certificate Date: 21 Dec ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 24,2014 )
n188hk.pdf by Federal Aviation Administration
epub |eng | 2012-08-12 | Author:Federal Aviation Administration

SATCOM GROUND I BATTERY * GENERATORS DATA TERMINAL CHARGERS GROUND 1 FIRE EXTINGUSI-ER CONTROL STATION PB0CO1.*. Figure 2: Typical Predator B UAS System Architecture The aircraft is a long-endurance, high-altitude ...
( Category: Piloting & Flight Instruction March 24,2014 )

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