Fly by wire : the geese, the glide, the miracle on the Hudson / William Langewiesche.

Author/creator Langewiesche, William
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2009.
Description193 pages : map ; 22 cm
Subjects
Fly-by-wire control.
Airplanes--Control systems.
Aeronautics--Human factors.
Aircraft accidents--New York (State). --New York.
Aircraft bird strikes--New York (State). --New York.
US Airways Flight 1549 Crash Landing, Hudson River, N.Y. and N.J., 2009.

Contents New York, January 15, 2009 -- Prologue : the inquest -- Gear up : The takeoff ; The birds ; The collision ; The glide -- Fly by wire : The engineer ; The problem ; The paradox -- Survival : The decision ; The flare ; The escape.
Abstract From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, the author assembles the stories necessary to truly understand the "miracle" on the Hudson, and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.--from publisher description.
ISBN0374157189 :
ISBN9780374157180

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks TL678.5 .L36 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold