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As environmental concerns increasingly dominate public
consciousness, businesses are called upon to incorporate green
methods and processes into their operations strategy. The aviation
industry is no exception and is responsible for taking more actions
to reduce the negative environmental impact. Designing and
implementing a top-down strategy conscious of environmental impact
is a monumental challenge. Only with a full understanding of the
scientific and logistical hurdles can a green approach to airline
operations succeed. Airline Green Operations Strategies: Emerging
Research and Opportunities is an essential publication that
examines methods of managing and limiting harmful waste and
emissions from airlines and supports the adoption of the most
effective green operation strategies, policies, and regulations by
airlines. Highlighting a broad range of topics including greenhouse
gases, noise management, and competitive priorities, this book is
ideally designed for executives, manufacturers, environmentalists,
policymakers, academicians, researchers, and students.
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 standards were set for the issue of newly created
licence requirements. It details the aircraft provided, their role;
the seemingly ever changing Ministries from MCA to the CAA . It
plots the beginning and the end of CAFU, asking how and why this
occurred; tracks the changes of Ministries, policies, airfields,
aircraft, inadequate housing, staff levels and pay, of aircrew and
engineers who gave themselves to the safety of aviation, ensuring
that to-days commercial aircraft are able to land in zero
visibility conditions safely. It is a post-war history of the
United Kingdoms effort, to be at the forefront of international
aviation safety that is enjoyed by all who fly today. Whether you
are a passenger or pilot, CAFU was a small part of this process and
one to be proud of.
No one else ever took a trip like this. Nearly 600 trips, actually.
"But who cares," I thought, when first approached to edit the
manuscript for this book ..". about flying into every little
airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states?"
Pilots? Perhaps. Even so ... I'm a writer, not a pilot. And Bob
Hechlinski is a pilot - not a writer. Except ... Bob has an
insatiable curiosity about people, places, events, you name it. To
him, an airport is more than a name or a spot on a map. He's a
great listener. He has ears and eyes for detail - "nuggets" that
many people either overlook or don't connect with other nuggets
like dots on a page, to create picture after picture after picture.
And Bob has a gift for gab. "Storytelling," if you will. So if you
believe (as I do) that "writing is talking when you can't be
there," give this book a listen. Hear things you never knew about
John Dillinger, Al Capone, a WWII pilot named O'Hare ... back-road
encounters on Mackinac Island and not flying under the bridge ...
out-maneuvering storm clouds ... the Oshkosh air show ...
close-knit neighborhoods with hangar-garages ... airports in Ohio
... police in Gary, Indiana ... the link between Northwestern
University and a historic Lake Michigan passenger-ferry tragedy ...
how a teenager's Happy Birthday flight launched a career ... and
more. Much more. Some people read books from page 1; the opening
line hooks them. Others check the ending first. ("If I like how it
ends, I'll like getting there.") With 'Honey, ' feel free to start
in the middle; pick a page - any page. Chances are, you will
quickly be drawn in and pulled onward from one mini-tale to the
next. And at some point, you'll say "Geez, let's go back and read
the rest " I did. C'mon along for the ride. Bob makes even the
shortest hop a fun trip. Richard E. Schingoethe
In the early 1940s, Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote a series of articles in Air Facts analyzing the various aspects of piloting techniques. Based on these articles, Langewiesches classic work on the art of flying was published in 1944. This book explains precisely what pilots do when they fly, just how they do it, and why. These basics are largely unchanging. The book applies to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest not only to the learner but also to the accomplished pilot and instructor. Today, several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information. But Stick and Rudder remains the leading think-book on the art of flying.
'Only the Maker's Name' is a book that tells the story of a boy who
became infatuated with aeroplanes when, in 1934, he was taken up
for a pleasure flight by the world famous Miss Pauline Gower. He
was just three years old at the time. The book covers his escapades
and experiences as a child living alone with his mother in wartime
Britain, how he ran away from home at the age of fourteen and his
lengthy struggle to succeed in aviation. An almost fatal air crash
put him in hospital for two years. Eventually he recovered and
returned to flying. During his forty years as a flying instructor
and commercial pilot he experienced several narrow escapes. He also
flew as a stunt pilot, and flew one hundred and twenty different
types of aeroplane. Finally after a hectic and sometimes amusing
career, he retired as Managing Director and Chief Pilot of one of
the 'Air Atlantique' group of companies.
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 crews and maritime pilots. All will learn a
lot about themselves, their own and others behavior and stress
reactions. By reading this book will improve your self esteem and
your confidence.
Dick has written this book basically in his own words and all
events and stories contained herein are factual and actually
happened. He has been involved in so many situations that is almost
unbelievable. He has exposed and dealt with so many well known
people in politics, government, movies, royalties and top level
executives in various areas of major business operations. He has
traveled extensively throughout the world and has encountered many
fascinating events and experiences. As he was reminiscing and
writing this book, he couldn't believe that he has done and
accomplished all these things. We are very confident that, when you
read this book, you will find it one of the most exciting and
signifcantly interesting reading you will experience. For the most
part, all the events and stories in the book happened and were not
planned.
NASA SP-2011-4234. This book presents the history of planetary
protection by tracing the responses to the concerns on NASA's
missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many
smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive
efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space
vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the
biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable
environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in
a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of
our own planet.
After a ten-year leave, Kathryn Jacobs has been invited back to the
N.T.S.B to investigate a series of unexplained airline crashes. But
her husband, Captain Bill Jacobs, has his concerns. While her twin
daughters are off at camp, and Bill is actively campaigning for the
Pilot Union Presidency, Kathryn secretly begins her investigation.
What she learns will shock the nation. Flight For Control is a
thriller that reads like a mystery. But to Kathryn, there is no
mystery on the condition of the airline industry-it's broken.
Planes are crashing. Pensions are lost. Pilots are financially and
emotionally bankrupt due to fatigue, furloughs, and loss of
seniority. It's time that someone takes control before it's too
late-unless it already is. Your life is in your pilot's hands. Do
you know who's flying your plane?
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