From The Flight Deck: Plane Talk and Sky Science

Description

The ultimate flying companion, perfect for informing the aviation enthusiast and calming the fearful flier. From the Flight Deck explains everthing a reader could want to know about commercial airling travel: the physics of flight, how airplanes work and what they're made of, how pilots are trained, route planning and the importance of the ground crew.

Doug Morris is a certified meteorologist and an airline pilot with more than 15,000 flight hours logged. He writes a monthly aviation column for enRoute, Air Canada's in-flight magazine, and for newspapers and other aviation and weather publications.

"There is something here for everyone who steps on a plane. Morris writes in a lively and entertaining style, pulling back the curtain on the world of aviation." --"The Expositor" "Filled with information for frequent and fearful flyers, aviation enthusiasts, pilots in training and the general public." --"The Oakville Beaver" There is something here for everyone who steps on a plane. Morris writes in a lively and entertaining style, pulling back the curtain on the world of aviation." --"The Expositor" "Filled with information for frequent and fearful flyers, aviation enthusiasts, pilots in training and the general public." --"The Oakville Beaver"