This is a new title in the IBN Wings series, primarily intended for model makers and aviation enthusiasts. Douglas Aircraft developed the DC-9 in the 1960s as a short-range companion to the larger DC-8. In the 1970s the new McDonnell Douglas Company introduced the MD-80 series. Rear-engined aircraft designed for frequent short-haul flights for 130-172 passengers. The MD-82 version was used by the two Italian airlines Alisarda and Meridiana (now merged as Air Italy) for nearly 33 years, with so...
Handbook of Business Aviation: Europe, Russia, Middle East and Africa Edition
This study of air traffic safety examines topics ranging from ageing aircraft to pilot error, sabotage to weather conditions, overcrowded skies to maintenance slips and from skimping on costs to muddled communications. It cites many examples from around the world, with reconstructions of events leading to disasters - and some very near misses - and how they could or should have been avoided. The author, who also wrote "Aircrash Detective", based this investigation on more than 300 interviews wit...
Auch die 2. Auflage des Buches informiert umfassend uber alle Bereiche moderner Flugsicherung. Dies bedeutet eine umfassende Darstellung der aktuellen europaischen Programme zur Harmonisierung und Integration der Flugsicherung. Ausgehend von den internationalen Vereinbarungen und gesetzlichen Grundlagen zur weltweiten Sicherung des Luftverkehrs werden die Strukturen und die Organisation der deutschen Flugsicherung erlautert. Die Flugsicherung als System zu verstehen bedeutet, sowohl die Bedingun...
Airlines (Key Note Report S.)
This work, used as a course book in the American Association of Airport Executives' accreditation programme, features coverage of industry statistics, trends and legislation. This revised edition includes expanded coverage of deregulation and passenger facility charges; technological developments such as navaids and procedures; and changes in such airport operations as security, noise monitoring, and runway maintenance.
United Kingdom and Ireland Civil Aircraft Registers
by Barrie Womensley
Chicago-O'Hare, DFW, LAX, New York-La Guardia. Across the country, Americans take for granted the convenience of air flight from one city to another. The federal role in managing air traffic and the cooperative corporate planning of major airlines mask to some degree the fact that those airports are not jointly owned or managed, but rather are local public responsibilities. In this unique history of the places travelers in cities across America call "the" airport, Janet R. Daly Bednarek traces t...
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a flight attendant or what kind of things they go through? "Cruising Altitude" explains what it is like being a flight attendant in a unique and fun way. You will get to see things through the eyes of a real flight attendant. This book will touch on all of your emotions. You will get a kick out of the lively stories!
I Am a Flight Attendant My Level of Sarcasm Depends on Your Level of Stupidity
by M Shafiq