FLYING THE BIG JETS Tapa dura - 1984

Hardback. Very Good.

(Subject: Civil Aviation) Flying the Big Jets presents the facts that people want to know about the world of the Jumbos. How does a large aircraft fly? How long is the take-off run at maximum weight? How much fuel is carried on a transatlantic flight? How do the radios work? What aircraft maintenance is required? How often are the tyres changed? What is the life style of a pilot? The answers to these and a thousand other questions are given in sufficient details to satisfy the most inquisitive of readers. Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the pilot's seat on an actual flight from London to New York. A comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot. (Published: 1984) (Publisher: Airlife Publishing) (ISBN: 0906393396) (Pagination: 285pp, numerous b/w photos, maps & charts) (Condition: good in d/w - tape marks inside front & back covers) UL-XXXXXX

Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good. Slight signs of wear on the cover. Different cover. Edition 1984. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Princeton (via Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury, England), 1984. (viii), + 285pp., illustrated throughout: intext b/white half-tone plates, line-drawings, maps and tables. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Light bump on foot of plain blue boards. Text-block unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn, and minimally colour-faded on spine. A career aviator, the author, Stanley Stewart, takes the reader, chapter-by-chapter, from the basics of the big jets in preparation for the pilot's seat on an 'actual' flight from London to New York . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, Part 1/ The Facts. Part 2/ The Flight. Appendix (The Big Jets), Abbs., Index. Included loose: A Royal Victorian Aero Club recommended check list card (annotated), previously creased, in good condition. Item weight approx. 580g.. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.