Hard Air - Adventures From the Edge of Flying

Informationen zum Autor W. Scott Olsen is a professor of English at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. He is editor of the literary journal Ascent and author of several books, including At Speed: Traveling the Long Road between Two Points (Nebraska 2006) and Gravity: The Allure of Distance. Klappentext W. Scott Olsen is a professor of English at Concordia College in Moorhead! Minnesota. He is editor of the literary journal Ascent and author of several books! including At Speed: Traveling the Long Road between Two Points (Nebraska 2006) and Gravity: The Allure of Distance. Zusammenfassung A book about flying - flying under conditions that keep fighters on the carrier deck and rockets on the launch pad. It discusses about rescue missions and long! lonely flights to gather urgently needed information! about flights to places where no one should be flying: into hurricanes! firestorms! and deep! engine-killing cold. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionThe Air in ResoluteChasing IvanLifeFlight:SEATS and HeaviesEpilogue

Produktdetails

• Autoren: W Scott Olsen, W. Scott Olsen
• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.2008
• EAN: 9780803211445
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-1144-5
• Seiten: 246
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Technik > Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik; Ratgeber > Fahrzeuge, Flugzeuge, Schiffe, Raumfahrt > Flugzeuge, Raumfahrt; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Einzelne Wirtschaftszweige, Branchen