Life in the skies : everything you want to know about flying / Captain Lim Khoy Hing
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TextPublication details: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish, c2013. Description: 12, 249 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN: 9789814484138Subject(s): Flight | Aeronautics | AerodynamicsDDC classification: 629.1325 HIN
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CONTENT INCLUDES
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Things you've always wanted to know about pilots before stepping on a plane
ch. 1 This is how we do it
ch. 2 Speaking up saves lives
ch. 3 The things we do for flying
ch. 4 Patience, grasshopper
ch. 5 The reality of flight simulation
ch. 6 The games we play
pt. II Fasten your seatbelts: It's time to take off
ch. 7 It was a dark and stormy night
ch. 8 Things that go bump on the flight
ch. 9 Now screening
ch. 10 Are we there yet?
ch. 11 Best seats in the house
ch. 12 We're there already?
pt. III Coming down to earth: When it's time to land
ch. 13 I thought I saw an airport
ch. 14 The best airports in the world
ch. 15 Being ditched
ch. 16 The sound of one engine flying
ch. 17 Can I jump now?
pt. IV Interlude: Human affairs
ch. 18 It's getting crowded up there
ch. 19 Hey, babes
pt. V A bit on the airline business and their flying machines
Contents note continued: ch. 20 The stuff airlines are really made of
ch. 21 Suck, squeeze, blow and go
ch. 22 The cult of youth
ch. 23 For real?
ch. 24 First made popular in Afghanistan
pt. VI Welcome to the future
ch. 25 Up, up and away!
Includes References
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