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AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS -- Sixty Narratives
 
 

AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS -- Sixty Narratives [Kindle Edition]

Christopher Bartlett

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Sixty fascinating narratives
ranging from the disappearance of Amelia Earhart
to 9/11 to Air France AF447
(essential background knowledge for flyers)

Shows how intriguing air accident investigation can be with many lessons for those passionately interested in aviation:

The accurate details the author painstakingly assembled make it a truly valuable reference for all the "classic" international jet accidents. It reads beautifully, with excellent and clear expression avoiding the tiresome clichés that unfortunately so often mar a book on this fascinating subject.
-- Macarthur Job OAM, Aviation Writer and Air Safety Consultant

Like detective stories, this compendium of incidents—interestingly presented according to type of incident—also appeals to a wider public:

I got AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS for my brother-in-law. He works in the aviation industry and said it was great. My sister isn't, and has never shown any interest in such things, and even she liked it. Who'd have thought?! A great “What did it?”
-- K.M. Wakefield, 5-star Review on Amazon UK.

Produktinformation

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • Dateigröße: 845 KB
  • Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe: 370 Seiten
  • Verlag: OpenHatch Books (17. Juli 2011)
  • Verkauf durch: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ASIN: B005D5Y68Y
  • Text-to-Speech (Vorlesemodus): Aktiviert
  • Amazon Bestseller-Rang: #141.583 Bezahlt in Kindle-Shop (Siehe Top 100 Bezahlt in Kindle-Shop)

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Aircraft disasters revealed 18. September 2010
Von M. Graley - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
Format:Taschenbuch
For anyone who is interested in aircraft disasters (and who isn't - go on admit it!) this book is a real treat. The technical level is just right, ie enough but not overwhelming. And the issue of blame is fairly and intelligently argued. It makes a fascinating read - as good as any novel! It ought to be compulsory reading for everyone in the industry! BTW, the companion volume "The Flying Dictionary" by the same author is equally good - one of the few dictionaries that make a good read in themselves!
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this forest is worth a few missing trees 24. März 2012
Von Robert P. Colwell - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
Format:Taschenbuch
When an engineered system fails, and lives are lost, it is an ethical imperative for engineers to study the causative chain of events, regardless of the type of engineering they do. In that regard, books such as Perrow's Normal Accidents and Chiles' Inviting Disaster are must-reads.

Despite the partially-deserved criticism from other reviewers that Air Crashes and Miracle Landings needed a closer encounter with a competent proofreader, I would include this book with the other two. It collects in one place a list of important aircraft crashes, and analyzes each one as to cause and effect. The background for each incident is faithfully recounted. While the author's own opinion shines through in many places, in a few instances, he specifically refuses to elaborate (in my opinion, correctly) on an official air crash investigation in which the reviewers themselves were unwilling to specify cause, and provides links for the interested reader to get the full story.

Are there missing words, typos, and the occasional hideous sentence? Yes, and more than one might wish. But if your intent is to learn from air crashes and the causal sequences that inevitably precede them, then these minor annoyances will not stop you from absorbing a great deal about aircraft machinery, maintenance, metal fatigue, aerodynamics, and human-human and human-machine interactions. Fascinating stories, and well worth reading.
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Flying the (Un)friendly Skies! 7. April 2012
Von Michael OConnor - Veröffentlicht auf Amazon.com
Format:Taschenbuch
If you're thinking of flying anywhere in the near future, you probably shouldn't pick up a copy of AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS. Christopher Bartlett's book examines and dissects 60 mid-airs, explosions, landing/take-off crashes, shootdowns, structural failures, near-misses and other mishaps that have occurred over the past 50 years.

Bartlett divides the accounts into chapters arranged by type of incident such as 'Loss of Power Over Water,' 'Runway Overruns,' 'Ground Collisions,' 'Metal Fatigue & Structural Failure,' 'Invisible Danger - Turbulence' and so on. Depending on the incident, Bartlett's summaries range from two to ten pages in length. A few are illustrated with photographs, diagrams, maps, etc. I give Bartlett high marks for research, the book drawing upon official reports, books, magazine articles, newspaper articles, Internet sources and so on.

Aside from the occasional run-on sentence, I found AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS an informative but ultimately saddening chronicle of aviation misadventures. I was a little surprised to see the Red Baron's last flight included in a volume on commercial aviation but, what the heck, it's Bartlett's book.

Having read a number of books on aviation crashes and mishaps, I thought AIR CRASHES AND MIRACLE LANDINGS steered a pretty good course between general history and highly technical analysis. I can't say it was entertaining but it was an interesting look at some horrendous disasters and miraculous escapes. Recommended.

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