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“neal schier”

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  • The Outer Whorl - Essays of an Airline Pilot

    by Neal Schier ...
    Ever since man has taken to the air, flight has exerted a strong, almost irresistible, appeal to follow a life of flying--not only to allow it to be a hobby, but to make it one's avocation. Many who have followed this call have written of this journey and how they pursued the various forms of flying - their first flight, their first job flying for hire, and a look back at their career.In The Outer ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Spitfire Manual

    by Edited by Dilip Sarkar ...
    An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out, and so on. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Fly Without Fear

    by Alison Smith, Keith Godfrey ...
    Do you have a deep-rooted fear of flying, or would you simply like to be more relaxed when you get on a plane? In this informative and accessible guide, veteran airline pilot Captain Keith Godfrey and psychologist Dr Alison Smith welcome you aboard and take you through everything from take-off to touchdown, helping you to feel more confident and at ease when journeying by air. Many of the ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Human Factors

    by Gunnar Fahlgren ...
    The purpose of this book is, that readers might get interested in every day psychology, Human Factors, their own functions and how these can be used to improve their own well being, like stress management, in order to function better. It is a book for management, for staff members, teachers, parents, health-care professions, flight deck crew, cabin crew, engineers, flight controllers, maritime ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Flying The Big Jets (4th Edition)

    by Stanley Stewart ...
    Flying the Big Jets presents the facts that people want to know about the world of the big jets. How does a large aircraft fly? How long is the take-off run at maximum weight? How much fuel is carried on a transatlantic flight? How do the radios work? What aircraft maintenance is required? How often are the tyres changed? What is the life style of a pilot? The answers to these and a thousand other ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • From Lysander to Lightning

    Teddy Petter, Aircraft Designer

    by Glyn Davies ...
    The Lysander, Canberra, Lightning and Folland Gnat are massive names in the world of aviation. Only three aspects bound together these top-class aircraft: they were each radical in design, they were all successful in Britain and overseas, and they were all born of the genius of Teddy Petter. This book tells the story of Petter's life and family, with his ability to inspire the loyalty of his teams ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Safety Was No Accident

    History of the Uk Civil Aviation Flying Unit Cafu 1944 -1996

    by James Fuller ...
    This book will appeal to aviation engineers, air traffic controllers and all pilots who have taken a U.K. commercial pilots license. It explains how the U.K. Civil Aviation Flying Unit (CAFU) was formed during WWII and the work for which it was intended. How Flight Inspection methods were evolved to meet increasing challenges of improving navigational and landing aids and to ensure suitable flying ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Powered Parachute Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-29)

    by Federal Aviation Administration ...
    As far back as the twelfth century, people have loved to parachute. From China’s umbrella and Leonardo da Vinci’s pyramid-shaped flying device to the first air-plane jump in 1912, the urge to leap and soar with the wind has long been a part of history. Parachuting has come a long way since its earliest days due to the advancement of technology, and, now, more people then ever are taking up this in ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Bracing for Impact

    True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

    by Robin Suerig Holleran, Lindy Philip ...
    Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.”Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. Bracing for Impact’s compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes.In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of life-a ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • To Scale the Skies

    The Story of Group Captain J.C. 'Johnny' Wells DFC and BAR

    by Peter Cornwell ...
    With humble beginnings as an RAF apprentice, Johnny Wells progressed to pilot and rose to the higher echelons of command at the Air Ministry. From idyllic pre-war training, he would fly bombers against rebels over Iraq, combat Fw190s over England in the newly introduced and equally dangerous Typhoon; he would undertake hazardous low-level anti-shipping strikes in the English Channel, as well as ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Around the World in 50 Years

    The Stories of a Pan American World Airways Aeronautical Engineer

    by Vincent P. Flury ...
    Vince Flury spent 50 years in the field of Aviation. He started out as an Aircraft and Engine Mechanic in the U. S. Air Force. He attended the University of Miami School of Engineering under the G. I. Bill. After graduation, was hired by Pan American World Airways as an Aeronautical Engineer. He retired from Pan Am after 30 years and opened his own Aeronautical Consulting Service which he operated ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Aircraft

    by David Pascoe ...
    Series series Objekt
    In his celebrated manifesto, ‘Aircraft’ (1935), the architect Le Corbusier presented more than 100 photographs celebrating aeroplanes either in imperious flight or elegantly at rest. Dwelling on the artfully abstracted shapes of noses, wings, and tails, he declared: ‘Ponder a moment on the truth of these objects! Clearness of function!’In Aircraft, David Pascoe follows this lead and offers a ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD