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“neil johnston”

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  • Aviation Psychology in Practice

    by Neil Johnston, Nick McDonald ...
    This book seeks to extend the boundaries of aviation psychology in two interrelated ways: by broadening the focus of aviation psychology beyond the flight deck to the whole aviation system; and by discussing new theoretical developments which are shaping this applied discipline. A key feature of these theoretical advances is that they are grounded in a more developed, ecologically valid, ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • Beyond Aviation Human Factors

    Safety in High Technology Systems

    by Daniel E. Maurino, James Reason, Neil Johnston, Rob B. Lee ...
    The authors believe that a systematic organizational approach to aviation safety must replace the piecemeal approaches largely favoured in the past, but this change needs to be preceded by information to explain why a new approach is necessary. Accident records show a flattening of the safety curve since the early Seventies: instead of new kinds of accident, similar safety deficiencies have become ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Emergency (2nd Edition)

    Crisis On The Flight Deck

    by Stanley Stewart ...
    Emergency is a collection of true stories about events where disaster seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without loss of life thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews, whose bravery and resourcefulness have earned them well-deserved commendations. Written by a British Airways First Officer, Stanley Stewart, who has spoken at first hand with the pilots and crews involved in ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • Why Planes Crash: 2001

    by Sylvia Wrigley ...
    Series series Why Planes Crash
    Air travel is one of the safest modes of travel when we take into account the distances and freedom that it allows us. And yet, we still remain obsessed with aviation disasters. What caused these accidents? Whose fault was it? In her series of books, Why Planes Crash, Sylvia Wrigley investigates the worst aviation disasters of the twenty first century.Why Planes Crash: 2001 is the first of the ... Read more

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  • The Naked Pilot

    The Human Factor in Aircraft Accidents

    by David Beaty ...
    Investigations into the causes of aircraft accidents have for decades focused on what happened and who did it - very rarely Why? It is the question Why? that David Beaty has addressed here, fighting the misnomer of 'pilot error' and propounding that the cause should be sought deeper inside human beings who make apparently simple human errors. ... Read more

    $14.09 USD

  • The Dream Machine

    The Untold History of the Notorious V-22 Osprey

    by Richard Whittle ...
    A fascinating and authoritative narrative history of the V-22 Osprey, revealing the inside story of the most controversial piece of military hardware ever developed for the United States Marine Corps.When the Marines decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Someone Is Hiding Something

    What Happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370?

    by Richard Belzer, George Noory, David Wayne ...
    A year after the disappearance and commencement of the international search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, no sign of the plane has been found-no debris, no bodies, no sign of the much-talked-about black box. Richard Belzer, George Noory, and David Wayne want to know why.Scrutinizing the theories the media and politicians claim are the most likely” reasons the plane crashed, Belzer, Noory, and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • British Aircraft Corporation

    A History

    by Stephen Skinner ...
    The British Aircraft Corporation was formed from The Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric, Vickers-Armstrong and Hunting in 1960. In its short, seventeen-year, life, the British Aircraft Corporation built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond: its best-known products included the Jaguar and Tornado warplanes, Rapier missile and One-Eleven airliner. ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Commercial Aviation Safety 5/E

    by Clarence C. Rodrigues, Stephen K. Cusick ...
    A Complete, Fully Updated Guide to COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETYPresenting the latest procedures and standards from U.S. and international air traffic and regulatory agencies, this extensively revised resource covers the entire commercial aviation safety system--from human factors to accident investigation. The introduction of Safety Management Systems (SMS) principles by the International Civil ... Read more

    $47.79 USD

  • Honey, I Bought an Airplane

    Stories, Histories and Recollections of 597 Flights in the Midwest

    by Bob Hechlinski ...
    No one else ever took a trip like this. Nearly 600 trips, actually. But who cares, I thought, when first approached to edit the manuscript for this book about flying into every little airport in Indiana, then moving on to those in surrounding states? Pilots? Perhaps. Even so Im a writer, not a pilot. And Bob Hechlinski is a pilot not a writer. Except Bob has an insatiable curiosity about people, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Jet Pioneers

    by Tim Kershaw ...
    In April 1941 Britain's first jet left the ground at a grass airfield 4 miles from Gloucester Cathedral. It was the start of a revolution in air travel, military and civilian. During the 1940s Britain's first-ever jet aircraft, the world's first jet fighter in squadron service and the first jet to hold the world air-speed record were all designed, built and flown in the Gloucester and Cheltenham ... Read more

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  • The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1

    The First Forty Years

    by Peter Pugh ...
    The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first 40 years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer - Rolls-Royce.Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and the Honourable C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill, hard work and dedication which gave the world cars and aero engines unrivalled in their excellence ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus