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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
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Jim DeFede
Shares the experiences of the citizens of Gander, Newfoundland, who were hosts to the more than six thousand passengers of thirty-eight U.S.-bound jetliners forced to land there in the wake of the September 11th attacks.
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Commercial Aviation Safety
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Clarence C Rodrigues, Alexander T Wells, Ed.D, Wells Alexander
It's a new world in commercial aviation safety. This fourth edition of the premier resource in the field is thoroughly revised and updated to serve the safety needs of commercial aviation in the United States. This text offers the best guidance on today's security concerns on the ground and in the air, changes in systems and regulations, new ...
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Moments of truth
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Jan Carlzon
Turning a business around, from debt to profitability, often makes for a good story. Here is Carlzon's, detailing his stewardship of Scandinavian Airlines System as president and CEO. Included is the blueprint Carlzon followed to effect change--and the rationale behind it.
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Aviation and the Law
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Laurence E Gesell
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Air Transportation: A Management Perspective
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John G Wensveen
Now in its Sixth Edition, "Air Transportation" by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future ...
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Smart and Sexy
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Jill Shalvis
Noah Fisher has worked for months to make Sky High the most prestigious charter airline in California. He's long overdue for a break - something involving ski slopes, cold beers, and hot ski bunny babes, not necessarily in that order. The itinerary doesn't include being hijacked by Bailey Sinclair, gorgeous widow of one of Sky High's wealthiest ...
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Turbulent Skies: The History of Commercial Aviation
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T A Heppenheimer
From rickety, post-World War I biplanes that navigated by following railroad tracks to today's supersonic airliners, this title chronicles the history of one of the most exciting industries of our time. It treats readers to behind-the-scenes glimpses into such topics as the Air Force's role in engine and aircraft development; management of a ...
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Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines Into Chaos
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Thomas Petzinger, Jr.
The inside story of the men who have ruled the world's airline industry for the past 25 years, and of their epic battles for control of the skies.
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Unfriendly Skies
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Reynolds Dodson, Captain X
This book--which the author, an anonymous commercial airline pilot, felt compelled to write--offers the first no-holds-barred portrait of American aviation in the late 1980s, the age of deregulation. Every person who has any contact with air travel will find interesting (if not heartening or horrifying) information about this extremely ...
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Flying Blind, Fly Safe H
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Mary Schiavo, Sabra Chartrand
A former top official for the Department of Transportation provides readers with an eye-opening account on the alarming condition of many of America's airlines.
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Classic American Airlines
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Geza Szurovy
Classic American Airlines vividly retells the alluring history behind America's greatest airlines: United, American, TWA, Eastern, Pan Am, Delta, Northwest, and Republic, among others. Individual profiles contain photographs of the aircraft used through the years and the variety of color schemes that adorned them. Airline advertisements, route ...
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Aviation Disasters: The World's Major Civil Airliner Crashes Since 1950
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David Gero
Flying as an airline passenger is, statistically one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is littered with high-profile disasters involving major loss of life. This new edition of the authoritative work on the subject has been meticulously researched and updated, bringing the grim but important story of air ...
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Business and Corporate Aviation Management: On-Demand Air Travel
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John J Sheehan, John W Olcott (Foreword by)
Corporate and charter aircraft bring benefits to businesses that use them effectively and efficiently. Getting started in this complex technical field can prove a bewildering experienced for the uninitiated. Once begun, managing an on-demand air transportation operation requires skill and knowledge to continue it successfully."Business and ...
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The Flying Book: Everything You've Ever Wondered about Flying on Airplanes
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David Blatner
Everything readers have ever wondered about airplanes is explained through history, physics, anecdotes, sidebars, and illustrations, by the acclaimed author of "The Joy of Pi."
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Civil Aircraft
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Jim Winchester
Aircraft of the World is filled with the fastest, biggest, weirdest, and most popular aircraft that ever flew. Each spread features a full-color photograph of the plane, an illustration displaying its special features, including fascinating cutaway illustrations, and a colorful diagram that highlights a fun fact about each aircraft, such as its ...
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Airline Marketing and Management
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Stephen Shaw
Through five previous editions "Airline Marketing and Management" by Stephen Shaw has established itself as the preferred textbook for students of the principles of marketing and their application in today's airline industry; as well as a reliable reference work for those with a professional interest in the area. Carefully revised, the sixth ...
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The Illustrated Directory of Commercial Aircraft
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Günter G. Endres
This incredibly fact-packed book provides a detailed analysis of all the major passenger-carrying airliners in service and under development, with information on the technology now being applied to commercial aircraft, including the very latest fly-by-wire systems, "glass cockpits", side-stick controllers, new, quiet and fuel-efficient engines, ...
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The Pilot's Manual: Ground School: All the Aeronautical Knowledge Required to Pass the FAA Exams and Operate as a Private and Commercial Pilot
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Barry Schiff (Foreword by)
From aerodynamics and weather to navigation and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, everything students need to know in order to pass the Private Pilot and Commercial Pilot FAA Knowledge Exams is covered in this exhaustive reference. Aeronautical concepts and flight procedures - such as using the flight computer, engine operation, ...
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Conquest of the Skies: A History of Commercial Aviation in America
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Carl Solberg
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Air transportation
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Robert M Kane
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The Age of Flight: A History of America's Pioneering Airline
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William Garvey, David Fisher
Celebrate 75 years of history and innovation with United Airlines' anniversary coffee-table book. United's rich history, from early airmail carrier to global airline, is presented in stirring words and archival pictures, featuring 256 pages and 286 color and black-and-white photos and illustrations.
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Flying Off Course: The Economics of International Airlines
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Rigas Doganis
The underlying crisis facing the airline industry has been apparent since early 2000. Despite increasing demand over the last 45 years, airlines have struggled to find financial success and this problem has started to filter through to the fore over the last few years. In the weeks that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, ...
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Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure
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Alastair Gordon
Although airports are now best known for interminable waits at check-in counters, liquid restrictions for carry-on luggage, and humiliating shoe-removal rituals at security, they were once the backdrops for jet-setters who strutted, martinis in hand, through curvilinear terminals designed by Eero Saarinen. In the critically acclaimed Naked Airport ...
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Commercial Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam
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Michael D Hayes
These exam guides teach applicants not only what to expect on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oral and written exams for pilot certification and flight review, but also how to exhibit subject mastery and confidence under tough examiner scrutiny. The most consistent questions asked in each exam are provided in a question-and-answer format ...
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Empires of the Sky: The Politics, Contests and Cartels of World Airlines
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Anthony Sampson
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