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Flying Off Course IVby Rigas Doganis
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 59.95Takes into account the sweeping changes that business in the airline industry has undergone. more...
Ace the Technical Pilot Interviewby Gary v. Bristow
McGraw-Hill 2002; US$ 29.95* A comprehensive study guide providing pilots the answers they need to excel on their technical interview. * Features nearly 1000 potential questions (and answers) that may be asked during the technical interview for pilot positions. * Wide scope--ranges from light aircraft through heavy jet operations. * Culled from interviewing practices of leading airlines worldwide. * Includes interviewing tips and techniques more...
Airport Planning & Managementby Alexander T. Wells; Seth Young
McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 55.00Offers developments, planning and managing techniques, technologies, statistics, trends, and regulatory issues. This book provides guidance on airport site selection, design, access, financing, law and regulation, security, capacity, and more. It also includes expanded airspace and air traffic control system coverage. more...
Business and Corporate Aviation Managementby John J Sheehan
McGraw-Hill 2003; US$ 54.95Here is a comprehensive and practical guide to choosing a business aviation model, setting it up, and making it work. The author, who has more than four decades in the aviation industry, skillfully blends business and aviation issues to provide solid decision-making strategies and smart operating practices for the establishment and management of business aircraft. * Explains methods of evaluating air transportation needs and choosing appropriate means to meeting them. * Provides detailed how-to information for aviation personnel on running a flight department. * Ties all facets of business aviation operation together: business, operations, administration, and financial. * Covers regulatory requirements, policies, scheduling, planning, security,... more...
Towards Sustainable Aviationby Paul Upham; Janet Maughan; David Raper; Callum Thomas
Earthscan 2003; US$ 48.95Aviation is integral to the global economy but it is also one of the main obstacles to environmentally sustainable development. It is one of the world's fastest growing - and most polluting - industries. What can be done to retain the economic and other benefits it brings without the associated pollution noise congestion and loss of countryside? In this volume industry policy and research experts examine how to address the problems and what it would take to achieve genuinely sustainable aviation - looking at technological policy and demand-management options. Without far-reaching changes the problems caused by aviation can only multiply and worsen. This work seeks to take an important step in diagnosing the problems and in pointing towards... more...
Comm Check...by Michael Cabbage; William Harwood
Free Press 2009; US$ 13.99On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America's space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years earlier, Columbia's destruction left the nation one failure away from the potential abandonment of human space exploration. Media coverage in the immediate aftermath focused on the possible cause of the disaster, and on the nation's grief. But the full human story, and the shocking details of NASA's crucial mistakes, have never been told -- until now. Based on dozens of exclusive interviews, never-before-published documents and recordings of key... more...
Human Factors in Aviationby Eduardo Salas; Dan Maurino; Terry Allard
Elsevier 2010; US$ 103.00This edited textbook will be a fully updated and expanded version of the highly successful first edition of Human Factors in Aviation. Written for the widespread aviation community - students, engineers, scientists, pilots, managers, government personnel, etc. ? HFA offers a comprehensive overview of the topic, taking readers from the general to the specific, first covering broad issues, then the more specific topics of pilot performance, human factors in aircraft design, and vehicles and systems. The new editors offer essential breath of experience on aviation human factors from multiple perspectives (i.e. scientific research, regulation, funding agencies, technology, and implementation) as well as knowledge about the science. The proposed... more...
Planning and Design of Airportsby Robert M. Horonjeff; Francis X. McKelvey; William J Sproule
McGraw-Hill 2010; US$ 125.00Authoritative, Up-to-Date Coverage of Airport Planning and Design. Fully updated to reflect the significant changes that have occurred in the aviation industry, the new edition of this classic text offers definitive guidance on every aspect of planning, design, engineering, and renovating airports and terminals. Planning and Design of Airports , Fifth Edition, includes complete coverage of the latest aircraft and air traffic management technologies, passenger processing technologies, computer-based analytical and design models, new guidelines for estimating required runway lengths and pavement thicknesses, current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, and more. Widely recognized... more...
Handbook of Aviation Human Factorsby John A. Wise
CRC Press 2009; US$ 149.95Includes information on important topics in aviation such as security and human error issues, FAAs suggestions and various requirements, passenger satisfaction and risk analysis factors, and crew resource management issues and team work. This work contains information on subjects including human capabilities and performance, and forensic aviation. more...
Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Studentsby Howard Curtis
Elsevier Science & Technology 2009; US$ 104.00* A complete, stand-alone text for this core aerospace engineering subject * NEW: updated throughout, with new coverage of perturbations, Lambert's problem, attitude dynamics, and techniques for numerically integrating orbits * NEW: more examples and homework problems, more Matlab algorithms * NEW: improved support material, including instructor solutions manual and lecture PowerPoint slides. * NEW: Reorganized and improved discusions of coordinate systems, new discussion on perturbations and quarternions * NEW: Increased coverage of attitude dynamics, including new Matlab algorithms and examples in chapter 10 * New examples and homework problems * Highly illustrated and fully supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and... more...