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Title
Fly by wire : the geese, the glide, the Miracle on the Hudson
Type
Text
Subject
US Airways Flight 1549 Crash Landing, Hudson River, N.Y. and N.J., 2009 (LCSH)
Airplane crash survival--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (LCSH)
Aircraft accidents--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (LCSH)
Airplanes--Ditching--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (LCSH)
Aircraft bird strikes--Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) (LCSH)
Fly-by-wire control (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Maps
Geographic Coverage
New York (State)
Classification
LCC: TL553.525.H83 L36 2009b
DDC: 363.124/12 full
Content
text
Summary
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.
Table Of 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.
Authorized Access Point
Langewiesche, William. Fly by wire : the geese, the glide, the Miracle on the Hudson