FLYING KNOW IT ALL

A-Z Simply explaining piloting, navigation, instruments, airliners, business jets, GA, drones, military aircraft, missiles, MAD, AF447, and little-known facts.

By: Christopher Bartlett

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

This 1,000-entry A-Z by the author of Air Crashes and Miracle Landings explains the “nuts-and-bolts” of aviation.
The entries are written simply and effectively with narratives that keep the readers intrigued and well informed even about topics loosely related to aviation such as the madman theory in international relations.

Entries of special interest have been placed under the letter E as “EXCEPTIONAL ENTRIES” so the reader can pick them out.
These include:
FAMOUS FEATS OF AIRMANSHIP
~ Captain Moody, BA Flight BA9, June 24, 1982*
~ Captain Pearson, Air Canada AC 143, July 23, 1983*
~ Captain Dardano, TACA Flight 110, May 24, 1988*
~ Captains Haines and Fitch, UAL 232, July 19, 1989*
~ Captain Piché, Air Transat 236, August 24, 2001*
~ Captain Gennotte, DHL Cargo, November 2, 2003*
~ Captain Sullenberger (Sully), US Airways Flight 1549, January 2009*
~ Captain de Crespigny, Qantas Flight 32, November 4, 2010*

SURVIVORS DIED WAITING FOR HELP …
~ Notable for Girl Surviving 2-Mile Free Fall in her Seat
~ Notable for Cannibalism!
~ Notable for Being Worst-Ever Single-Aircraft Crash

AF447* CAPTAIN HAD ONLY A MINUTE TO SAVE THEM
~ Human Factors
~ Timeline of Disaster

WORLD WAR II
~ Albert Speer’s Assessment of Strategic Bombing (on Germany)
~ Strategic Bombing (On Japan)
~ The Two Atom Bombs
~ LMF (Lacking Moral Fiber)
~ Norden Bombsight—a Lie Suiting All Parties
~ V-1
~ V-2

HIJACKINGS AND BOMBINGS
~ 29 incidents from 1933 to 2001:

SOURCES OF AVIATION INFORMATION
~ Mentour Pilot, LehamNews, Aviation Week, Flight Global, etc.

There are both printed and Kindle versions.
The Kindle has advantages in that its Search Function enables one to find all places a particular word is mentioned. Also, one can go straight to Internet links simply by clicking on them.
However, the voluminous printed version may be best for casually perusing it over time and building up a treasure trove of invaluable and fascinating knowledge.

This makes it an excellent present, especially for the young.
Besides captivating them, it could greatly help them should they opt for an aviation related career, which could include being a pilot, cabin crew, dispatcher, working in airline management, or as an air traffic controller, not to mention other enterprises such as engineering companies.

Savvy passengers may find the book has not only made them feel safer but their flight more interesting.