The Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck
£3.99
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Before the Flight |
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Getting Started |
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The Take-off |
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The Pilots |
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The Cabin Staff |
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The 'Sharp End' |
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Behind the 'Sharp End' |
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Conversation Pieces |
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The Descent |
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The Landing |
'The Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck' by Capt. Ken Beere
This tremendous fun pocket book is a quick read and 'chock full' of basic information on any subject that's needed to pass yourself off as knowledgeable.
It is a 'little gem' that is full of facts...clear, very funny and a must to include in every flight bag or pocket when flying as a passenger or pilot!
Contains humorous enlightenment on: Before the Flight, Flight Planning, Fuel, Weather, Aircraft Serviceability, Flight Notices, Pre-flight Checks, The Dispatcher, Getting Started, Start-up Clearance, Push Back, Engine Start, Taxying, Before Take-off Checks, Runways, Take-off, Initial Climb, Pressurisation, The Pilots, Who's Who on the Flight Deck, Fitness, Maxims, Who's Who Among the Captains, The Cabin Staff, The Sharp End, Flight Decks, The Glass Cockpit, Recorders, Radio Communications, The Phonetic Alphabet, Air Traffic Control, Turbulence, Navigation, Behind the Sharp End, Wings, Passenger Doors, Conversation Pieces, The Descent, Ground Proximity System, Holding, Diversions, Intermediate Approach, Final Approach, The Landing, Instrument Landing System, Landing Limits, Automatic Landings, Landing Lights, Touchdown, Reverse Thrust, Doors to Manual, Parking, Hierarchy, Never Ask and Never Say!
Extracts from the book:
Stress factors:
Psychologists put pilots' stress levels at the top of the league alongside surgeons, although the latter have an advantage - if the scalpel slips they do not accompany the patient to the mortuary. The pilot's stress is rarely apparent, except when the airline loses his suitcase.
Tick off:
Pre-flight checks are a vital part of the operation and cover virtually every aircraft system - electrics, hydraulics, pressurisation, flight controls, autopilots down to the windscreen wipers. Someone also has to do an outside check to make sure that all the bits of an aeroplane are still there.
Fuel consumption:
Because of the extra weight, up to three percent of any extra fuel taken aboard will be used each hour simply to carry it. Thus, on a ten hour flight an extra thirty tonnes of aviation kerosene can use almost ten tonnes of itself simply by being there.
Burning rubber:
Airlines like their pilots to make firm landings. The wheels are stationary. The runway is passing by at around 150 mph. The two have to meet up. If the pilot does a smoothie, the tyres drag along the runway surface without spinning up which burns off rubber. A firm landing gets the wheels spinning with less loss of expensive tread.
Manual controls:
If the weather is fine, enthusiastic pilots often disengage the autopilot in the latter stages of the descent and fly the aircraft by hand. Not only is it enjoyable, but with the relentless increase in automation it is sometimes a comfort to discover they still can.
'The Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck' makes a perfect present for a friend, family member or yourself!
Soft. 64 pages.
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