*Explains the mathematics essential to flight, teaching basic principles and reasoning*Provides an understanding that allows pilots to utilize new technologies*Examines techniques of GPS (Global Positioning System), and other navigation forms, including calculations of distance and bearings*Covers chart construction, magnetic compasses, mental calculations, long-range flight planning
Homeland Security: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Preventing and Surviving Terrorism is the authoritative textbook on one of the most important topics facing our nation.
From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization.
A step-by-step guide to building an electric motorcycle from the ground upWritten by alternative fuel expert Carl Vogel, this hands-on guide gives you the latest technical information and easy-to-follow instructions for building a two-wheeled electric vehicle--from a streamlined scooter to a full-sized motorcycle.
The definitive transportation engineering resource--fully revised and updatedThe two-volume Handbook of Transportation Engineering, Second Edition offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the entire transportation engineering field.
Captain Heinrich Paasch was the first to recognize the complexity and variety in marine vocabulary and technical terminology and the inherent need for a cohesive classification of nautical terms.
CONVERT TO BIODIESEL FOR A MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY RIDERun Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels has everything you need to make the switch from expensive, environment-damaging carbon fuel to cheap (and, in many cases, free), clean fuel for your vehicle.
An Expert Guide to Developing More-Durable and Cost-Effective Asphalt PavementsWritten by distinguished experts from countries around the world, Modeling of Asphalt Concrete presents in-depth coverage of the current materials, methods, and models used for asphalt pavements.
';Veronica Hinke has taken a story that we all know so well and interwoven delicious recipes that are historic and old, but classic and worthy of any modern-day table.
This densely illustrated, hands-on guide to diesel engine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair renders its subject more user-friendly than ever before.
Urban Transportation Systems is a complete guide to the types of transportation available to communities together with the technical tools needed to evaluate each for given circumstances.
The thrilling account of an extraordinary journeyin the tradition of Kon-TikiIn 1996 a 9,500-year-old skeleton was found beside the Columbia River, galvanizing anthropologists with the possibility that prehistoric humans reached North America from Asia by crossing the ocean in small open boats.
Offers "e;how to"e; information and solutions to the most common legal and tax issues facing general aviation aircraft owners-in layman's termsFlow charts, diagrams, and legal case briefs provide real world scenarios of each discussionDownloadable forms, agreements, and checklists
The ultimate guide for flying skillfully and safely Now, in one comprehensive volume you can get both step-by-step instruction in basic piloting skills, and FARs that every pilot must be able to reference and understand.
* This worldwide bestseller utilizes case studies to examine and explain aircraft accidents and incidents * Covers five major problem causes: human factors, weather, mid-air collisions, mechanical failure, runway incursions* NEW TO THIS EDITION: Chapters on Monitoring/Managing Cockpit Behavior and Spatial Disorientation; 27 new case studies; 25% new illustrations* Updated data and statistics throughout
General aviation encompasses all the ways aircraft are used beyond commercial and military flying: private flights, barnstormers, cropdusters, and so on.
Concisely capturing flying's special allure and excitement as well as its humor and tragedy, this follow-up to the author's popular Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight features 600 additional memorable thoughts on flight.
Without effective and durable hull fastenings, boats and shipsfrom the earliest days of seafaring through the twentieth centurycould not have plied the seas.
In this comprehensive history of Homers references to ships and seafaring, author Samuel Mark reveals patterns in the way that Greeks built ships and approached the sea between 850 and 750 b.
*An overview of airline industry safety statistics, standards, and mandates*Covers FAA regulatory structure, development of technologies, management roles, air transport safety measurement methods - and more*Includes tables relating to commercial aviation accident statistics*New chapter on Aviation Security
COMMUNICATIONSThe foundations of safe flight*Overcome barriers to good communications in the cockpit and out*Handle all aspects of radio communications effectively and safely*Recognize and correct miscommunications*Improve interactions with air traffic controllers*Communicate more effectively in training situations*Vary radio use to specific airport environments*Understand the capabilities and limitations of communications equipment*Know the rules--and how to apply themFAST & FOCUSED RX FOR PILOT ERRORThe most effective aviation safety tools available, CONTROLLING PILOT ERROR guides offer you expert protection against the causes of up to 80% of aviation accidents--pilot mistakes.
Dozens of practical actions you can take to minimize the risks and manage the realities of aerial hijacking and terrorism In this timely guide, Dan McKinnon, former Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board, a Naval rescue pilot, and current President of North American Airlines:* Recommends smart travel strategies for business and personal travel* Offers life-saving behaviors to adopt in a crisis situation* Describes current antiterrorism programs* Identifies high-risk global locales and gives a rundown of cultural do s and don ts * Details airport security measures and compliance Empowering anyone who flies, this book packs the information you need to offset fears and reach your destination safely.
Fascinating and factual accounts of the world's most recent and compelling crashesIndustry insiders James Walters and Robert Sumwalt, trained aviation accident investigators and commercial airline pilots, offer expert analyses of notable and recent aircraft accidents in this eye-opening, lesson-filled case file.
Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanksthe inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt.
The breakout star of Discoverys hit automotive restoration show Fast N Loud takes readers on an entertaining ride through his wild life and behind the scenes of his hit show in this memoir and automotive handbook, revving with outrageous details and jaw-dropping stories, and injected with the quick-witted, foul-mouthed charm viewers love.
As featured on Fresh Air with Terry Gross A do-it-herself guide to auto maintenance, roadside emergencies, and the real scoop on how women can get honest car service at the garage, from engineer turned auto mechanic and award-winning entrepreneur Patrice Banks.
The in-flight explosion of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996, was one of the deadliest disasters in American history, spurring the most expensive airline investigation ever undertaken by the U.
Practical Airport Operations, Safety, and Emergency Management: Protocols for Today and the Future focuses on the airport itself, not the aircraft, manufacturers, designers, or even the pilots.
The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined.
A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy—a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of hands before his—while financial ruin, government bureaucrats and the FBI close in on him.
A BOOK TO BRIGHTEN YOUR DAY - A GIFT OF HOPE, COMFORT, POSITIVITY, OPENNESS AND LOVE FOR ANY OCCASION - INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THE TFL UNDERGOUND DUOTransport for London employees and dynamic masked duo, All on the Board (aka Jeremy and Ian), made it their mission to bring smiles to the faces of London commuters through writing creative messages, quotes and poems on the underground's service information boards.
