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Author:

Smith, Patrick, 1966-

Title:

Cockpit confidential : everything you need to know about air travel : questions, answers, & reflections / Patrick Smith.

Publisher:

Sourcebooks,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xv, 303 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Air travel.
Airplanes--Piloting.
Aeronautics, Commercial.
Airlines.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Introduction: The Painter's Brush -- Plane Truth : Things about Wings and Why Knots -- Elements of Unease : Turbulence, Windshear, Weather, and Worry -- What Goes Up : Takeoffs, Landings, and the Mysterious Between -- Flying for a Living : The Awe and Odd of a Life Aloft -- En Route : Life in the Cabin -- Must Come Down : Disasters, Mishaps, and Fatuous Flights of Fancy -- The Airlines We Love to Hate -- How to Speak Airline : A Glossary for Travelers.

ISBN:

1402280912 (pbk.)
9781402280917 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)835595995

LCCN:

2013001395

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

DZPB423 -- Hubbard Public Library (Hubbard)

NSPC983 -- Manly Public Library (Manly)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)