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Confessions of an Airline Pilot - Why Planes Crash: Including Tales from the Pilot's Seat

English · Hardback

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How do you know if the airline you are planning to fly with is safe? What should you be worried about? Is it, Turbulence, lightning or that the pilots might be asleep while the aircraft flies on, on autopilot?

About the author










Terry Tozer has contributed to The Independent and wrote Op Ed pieces for the Western Morning News under his own name and the nom de plume of Mike Shapland on non aviation subjects. He is now an established media commentator and a regular speaker on the BBC, Sky, Al Jazeera, Channel 4 and 5 news as well as BBC radio, Talk Radio, LBC Radio and Times Radio stations, where he is the go-to commentator on aviation matters primarily aviation safety. For details of his media appearances and examples of his journalism see www.terrytozer.co.uk

Terry began earning his living flying aeroplanes, in the 1980s as a flying instructor, then coastguard/shipping patrol pilot, an air taxi and air ambulance pilot in the UK and Europe, and since 1988, as an airline pilot. He is uniquely informed and connected in the world of aviation, with access to some of important players in the industry. That said he is no longer involved in union affairs and does not promote union, or any other, interests.

Summary

Find out what really happened with the expert investigation into the only crash that Concorde had. This and other detective stories that puzzled investigators are analysed by the author and presented in a highly readable form.

Product details

Authors Tozer Terry, Terry Tozer
Publisher Pen & Sword Books
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 28.02.2022
 
EAN 9781399012041
ISBN 978-1-399-01204-1
No. of pages 272
Dimensions 160 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
Weight 522 g
Subjects Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Aircraft, space travel
Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Aviation and space engineering

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