0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival

Buy Now

Fly By Wire - The Geese, The Glide, The 'Miracle' on the Hudson (Paperback) Loot Price: R348
Discovery Miles 3 480
You Save: R39 (10%)

Fly By Wire - The Geese, The Glide, The 'Miracle' on the Hudson (Paperback)

William Langewiesche

 (1 rating, sign in to rate)
List price R387 Loot Price R348 Discovery Miles 3 480 You Save R39 (10%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 9 - 17 working days

On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York, when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation, the "The Miracle on the Hudson", and Captain Sully was the hero. But, how much of the success of this dramatic landing can actually be credited to the genius of the pilot? To what extent is the "Miracle on the Hudson" the result of extraordinary - but not widely known, and in some cases quite controversial - advances in aviation and computer technology over the last twenty years? From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, William Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand "The Miracle on the Hudson", and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.

General

Imprint: Penguin Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2010
First published: 2010
Authors: William Langewiesche
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-104674-7
Categories: Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival
Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest > Aircraft: general interest
Promotions
LSN: 0-14-104674-0
Barcode: 9780141046747

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

The Salt Path - The 85-Week Sunday Times…
Raynor Winn Paperback  (1)
R332 R301 Discovery Miles 3 010
Don't Give Up, Don't Give In - Life…
Louis Zamperini, David Rensin Paperback  (2)
R333 R302 Discovery Miles 3 020
Unbroken
Laura Hillenbrand Paperback  (1)
R403 R367 Discovery Miles 3 670
Because We Are Bad - OCD and a Girl Lost…
Lily Bailey Hardcover R798 Discovery Miles 7 980
The Cigarette Sellers of Three Crosses…
Joseph Ziemian Paperback R518 Discovery Miles 5 180
Keep the Men Alive - Australian POW…
Rosalind Hearder Paperback R1,322 Discovery Miles 13 220
Run For The Love Of Life - Reflections…
Erica Terblanche Paperback R260 R240 Discovery Miles 2 400
The Great Post Office Scandal - The…
Nick Wallis Hardcover R675 Discovery Miles 6 750
The Happiest Man on Earth - The…
Eddie Jaku Paperback R299 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710
In Hiding - Surviving an Abusive…
Benno Benninga Paperback R523 Discovery Miles 5 230
In Love - A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy Bloom Paperback R455 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210
The Book Collectors of Daraya - A Band…
Delphine Minoui Paperback  (1)
R413 Discovery Miles 4 130

See more

Partners