A Field Guide to Airplanes of North America

Author: M. R. Montgomery
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618411276
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
Describes and illustrates over four hundred different airplanes likely to be seen in North America, grouped in the categories of biplanes, agricultural planes, low-wing singles, amphibians, low-wing twins, high-wing twins, twin-boom and canard twins, four-engine props, business jets, jet airliners, military aircraft, recently retired military aircraft, and helicopters.

Guide to Airport Airplanes

Author: William Berk
Publisher: Wow Toys
ISBN: 9781882663101
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
The second edition of a handbook designed to facilitate rapid identification of 66 different airliners. Each one appears in a two-page entry featuring three-view silhouettes, a colour photograph, plus details of capacity, cruising speed, range, country of origin and date of the first flight.

Civil Aircraft Recognition

Author: Paul Eden
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 184797497X
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
The perfect guide for spotters and enthusiasts interested in airliners, feederliners, executive jets, light aircraft and other commercial aeroplanes. Contains 3-view silhouettes, colour photographs, dimensions, technical specifications and a potted history of those aircraft most likely to be seen in the skies and at airports. Other helpful details are included to make aircraft identification more certain.

Human Performance and Limitations in Aviation

Author: R. D. Campbell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405147342
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
Human error is cited as a major cause in over 70% of accidents, andit is widely agreed that a better understanding of humancapabilities and limitations - both physical and psychological -would help reduce human error and improve flight safety. This book was first published when the UK Civil AviationAuthority introduced an examination in human performance andlimitations for all private and professional pilot licences. Nowthe Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe have published a newsyllabus as part of their Joint Aviation Requirements for FlightCrew Licensing. The book has been completely revised and rewritten to takeaccount of the new syllabus. The coverage of basic aviationpsychology has been greatly expanded, and the section on aviationphysiology now includes topics on the high altitude environment andon health maintenance. Throughout, the text avoids excessive jargonand technical language. "There is no doubt that this book provides an excellent basicunderstanding of the human body, its limitations, the psychologicalprocesses and how they interact with the aviation environment. I amcurrently studying for my ATPL Ground Exams and I found this bookto be an invaluable aid. It is equally useful for those studyingfor the PPL and for all pilots who would like to be reminded oftheir physiological and psychological limitations." –General Aviation, June 2002

A Field Guide to Airplanes of North America

Author: M R Montgomery
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780544310490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description

Jane's Airline Recognition Guide

Author: Gunter Endres
Publisher: Harper Perennial
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
More than 700 airlines Fully illustrated Company histories and current fleet details Explanations of brand logos Aircraft setup and engine configuration Technical specifications

Kids' Paper Airplane Book

Author: Ken Blackburn
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761104780
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150

Book Description
Provides information on the principles of aerodynamics, suggestions for designing airplanes, and instructions for folding paper planes and doing stunts and playing games with them.

The World Record Paper Airplane Book

Author: Jeff Lammers
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761143833
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Presents step-by-step instructions for folding twenty different kinds of paper airplanes and provides illustrated papers for 112 planes.

A Field Guide to Trains of North America

Author: Gerald L. Foster
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395701126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Identifies more than 170 locomotives and cars, grouped by visual similarity for ease of identification and including statistical data, manufacturing history, and usage by railroads.

The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations

Author: Sidney Dekker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351786032
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 137

Book Description
This title was first published in 2002: This field guide assesses two views of human error - the old view, in which human error becomes the cause of an incident or accident, or the new view, in which human error is merely a symptom of deeper trouble within the system. The two parts of this guide concentrate on each view, leading towards an appreciation of the new view, in which human error is the starting point of an investigation, rather than its conclusion. The second part of this guide focuses on the circumstances which unfold around people, which causes their assessments and actions to change accordingly. It shows how to "reverse engineer" human error, which, like any other componant, needs to be put back together in a mishap investigation.