The flying book : everything you've ever wondered about flying on airplanes /: everything you've ever wondered about flying on airplanes. (2003)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Blatner.
• Other Names: Blatner, David
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : Walker & Company
• Publication Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 387.7; Aeronautics, Commercial -- Popular works; Aeronautics -- History -- Popular works; Airplanes -- Popular works; Aeronautics; Aeronautics, Commercial; Airplanes; Electronic books; History; Popular works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141933054; 0141933054
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-235) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.