By Capt. Richard De Crespigny Publisher: Macmillan Australia ASIN:B007KTLQ5W Text-to-Speech: Activated X-ray: Not activated We have brought you reviews of several books over the years and in each case we were talking about flesh and blood, sorry, paper and printing ink volumes, that is to say, traditional books. When I started searching for QF32, Capt.… Continue reading QF32 – Saving an A380
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Book reviews
Air2
By Sam Chui Publisher: Pixelium Company ISBN: 978-988-99186-5-1 Good book stores the world over tend to have several nice volumes with aircraft pictures and they are rightly popular. However, when Sam Chui’s new book entitled Air2 hits the shelves, they will suddenly become obsolete. Sam has come with a new formula that combines well written… Continue reading Air2
CANSO ATM Report & Directory 2012
67 ANSPs world-wide are members of CANSO. They handle more than 85 % of world air traffic. CANSO is also in regular contact with those ANSPs not yet members of the organization but which have recognized the value of membership. CANSO publishes the ATM Report & Directory every year with the aim of providing the… Continue reading CANSO ATM Report & Directory 2012
Aviation Week Launches Redesigned Website Offering
Aviation Week has unveiled its redesigned AviationWeek.com and enhanced subscriber-based Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN). These recent changes share the common goal of continuously simplifying and integrating the products and services to meet the changing needs of today’s aerospace and defense (A&D) market. “AviationWeek.com and AWIN — the premium subscription offering — form the cornerstones of the… Continue reading Aviation Week Launches Redesigned Website Offering
Twenty-First Century Jet – The Making and Marketing of the Boeing 777
By Karl Sabbagh Publisher: SCRIBNER ISBN: 0-684-80721-1 You may be wondering why I am recommending a book first published in 1996… The Boeing 777 is now known the world over as an efficient, safe and rather loveable aircraft that is in high demand by airlines. Karl Sabbagh’’s book is a masterpiece and he tells the… Continue reading Twenty-First Century Jet – The Making and Marketing of the Boeing 777
Performance Review Commission (PRC) 2011 Report (Draft) is now available
The Performance Review Commission (PRC) provides independent advice on European Air Traffic Management (ATM) Performance to the EUROCONTROL Commission through the Provisional Council. The PRC was established in 1998, following the adoption of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) Institutional Strategy the previous year. A key feature of this Strategy is that “an independent Performance… Continue reading Performance Review Commission (PRC) 2011 Report (Draft) is now available
Standard Inputs for EUROCONTROL Cost Benefit Analyses
All right, I will be the first to admit that creating cost-benefit analyses is not my favorite occupation on sunny afternoons. On the other hand, my company had been the lead for numerous projects aimed at developing the CBA for things like Collaborative Decision Making, among others. As such, I know the value of standard… Continue reading Standard Inputs for EUROCONTROL Cost Benefit Analyses
A Rare Titanic Family – The Caldwells’ Story of Survival
By Julie Hedgepeth Williams Publisher: NewSouth Books ISBN: 978-1-58838-282-5 Seeing the cover art and title of this book you may be wondering why I am reviewing something that has little to do with aviation. Well… I could say that it was intercontinental jet travel that killed Europe-US sea travel so we owe this to its… Continue reading A Rare Titanic Family – The Caldwells’ Story of Survival
No Time for Tact
By Larry Winget Publisher: Penguin Group ISBN: 978-1-592-40503-9 What about having your very own pocket advisor, a little book that contains a few wise words for every day of the week… A little book you open at the breakfast table and read that day’s advice which will amuse you, make you angry, set you thinking… Continue reading No Time for Tact
Emergence – Chapters from the history of Hungarian air traffic control
By Jozsef Torocsik Publisher: Athenaeum ISBN: 978-963-293-123-4 We usually only review books written in English but every now and then an exception is warranted as in the case of Jozsef Torocsik’s wonderful book about air traffic control in Hungary. I hope an English translation will be available soon because it is simply unfair that non-Hungarian… Continue reading Emergence – Chapters from the history of Hungarian air traffic control