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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Fly by Wire
Author: William Langewiesche
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 142996331X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide it to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation, 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 past twenty years? In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. 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.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 142996331X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
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, Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, managed to glide it to a safe landing in the Hudson River. It was an instant media sensation, 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 past twenty years? In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. 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.
Airman's Guide
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Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Languages : en
Pages : 1200
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Merchant Vessels of the United States
Author: United States. Bureau of Customs
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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List of Merchant Vessels of the United States, with the Official Numbers and Signal Letters Awarded to Them
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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Special List
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 412
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Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Hardware Age
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Category : Hardware
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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Motor Age
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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
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Category : Automobile industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 1336
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Motor World Wholesale
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
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