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" The flying book : "
David Blatner.
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BL
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1024447
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b778817
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| Main Entry
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Blatner, David.
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The flying book : : everything you've ever wondered about flying on airplanes /\ David Blatner.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Walker & Company,, 2003.
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248 pages :: illustrations ;; 19 cm
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| ISBN
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0802713785
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: 0802776914
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: 9780802713780
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: 9780802776914
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0713995130
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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How do airplanes work?: How airplanes fly -- What is air? -- Parts of an airplane -- Airplane engines -- Sound barrier -- How fast does it fly? -- Gimli glider -- Birds do it, bees do it -- Skyways: Weather -- Turbulence -- Air traffic control -- From point A to point B -- Things that go bump in the flight: Bumps and noises of a typical flight -- Trouble with cell phones -- Tips for anxious flyers -- Staying healthy in the air -- Flight attendants -- Behind cockpit doors: What are those pilots up to? -- Cockpit instruments -- Weight and balance -- Runways -- Fear factor: Flight statistics -- Why airplanes sometimes crash -- Be prepared: What you can do to survive an emergency -- Media's fascination with airline disasters -- Less stress, more fun -- Behind the scenes at the airline: Scheduled departures -- Airplane food -- Trouble with toilets -- Fill 'er up: Airplane fuel -- Airport security -- Luggage -- Deregulation and ticket prices -- Building airplanes: Making airplanes -- Boeing 747 -- Aircraft maintenance -- Flying through history: Brief history of flight -- Wright brothers -- Lindbergh: Lone eagle -- Other flying machines: Airships and helicopters -- Aircar and other oddities -- Epilogue: Future of flying -- Appendix: Identifying airplanes -- For more information -- Art credits -- Index.
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| Abstract
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David Blatner takes readers from the cockpit to the runway, the control tower, the baggage and security systems, the airplane manufacturing plant, and beyond, explaining the many factors that make airline travel possible.
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Aeronautics-- History, Popular works.
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Aeronautics, Commercial, Popular works.
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Airplanes, Popular works.
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Aeronautics, Commercial.
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Aeronautics.
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Airplanes.
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| Dewey Classification
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387.7
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TL546.7.B58 2003
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