عنوان

The flying book :

(Number (ISBN

0802713785

(Number (ISBN

0802776914

(Number (ISBN

9780802713780

(Number (ISBN

9780802776914

Erroneous ISBN

0713995130

Number

b778817

Title Proper

The flying book :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

everything you've ever wondered about flying on airplanes /

First Statement of Responsibility

David Blatner.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Walker & Company,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2003.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

248 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

19 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

How do airplanes work?: How airplanes fly -- What is air? -- Parts of an airplane -- Airplane engines -- Sound barrier -- How fast does it fly? -- Gimli glider -- Birds do it, bees do it -- Skyways: Weather -- Turbulence -- Air traffic control -- From point A to point B -- Things that go bump in the flight: Bumps and noises of a typical flight -- Trouble with cell phones -- Tips for anxious flyers -- Staying healthy in the air -- Flight attendants -- Behind cockpit doors: What are those pilots up to? -- Cockpit instruments -- Weight and balance -- Runways -- Fear factor: Flight statistics -- Why airplanes sometimes crash -- Be prepared: What you can do to survive an emergency -- Media's fascination with airline disasters -- Less stress, more fun -- Behind the scenes at the airline: Scheduled departures -- Airplane food -- Trouble with toilets -- Fill 'er up: Airplane fuel -- Airport security -- Luggage -- Deregulation and ticket prices -- Building airplanes: Making airplanes -- Boeing 747 -- Aircraft maintenance -- Flying through history: Brief history of flight -- Wright brothers -- Lindbergh: Lone eagle -- Other flying machines: Airships and helicopters -- Aircar and other oddities -- Epilogue: Future of flying -- Appendix: Identifying airplanes -- For more information -- Art credits -- Index.

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Text of Note

David Blatner takes readers from the cockpit to the runway, the control tower, the baggage and security systems, the airplane manufacturing plant, and beyond, explaining the many factors that make airline travel possible.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

QBI

Stock Number

1177033

Aeronautics-- History, Popular works.

Aeronautics, Commercial, Popular works.

Airplanes, Popular works.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Aeronautics.

Airplanes.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Blatner, David.

Date of Transaction

20201203123757.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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