Brace for Impact: Air Crashes and Aviation Safety
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1459732529 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Great For Canadian Air Enthusiasts Talvi Brace For Impact is a thorough but brief examination of air crash incidents and safety in Canadian history. Although some crashes outside of Canada are mentioned, most are purely for reference to laws, regulations, similar incidents, or pressures put on Canadian aviation. As such, this isn't an in d
What a cool book. (Inside Toronto)Well-researched and presents a definitive history of Canadian aviation. (Winnipeg Free Press)
Among his accomplishments are the histories of Air Canada, Trans-Canada Airlines, and Canadian Airlines. He is the author of From Far and Wide, Sailing Seven Seas, Canada in Sudan, and many more books. Peter Pigott is Canada’s foremost aviation author. He lives in Ottawa.
In many ways, the history of aviation is the history of air crash investigation.. Whenever a plane falls from the sky, the investigators pick through the wreckage for the clues they need to decipher what happened to that flight. Yet today flying is the safest mode of transportation, thanks in no small part to the work of crash detectives. Because of lessons learned from tragedies such as what befell the Comets in the 1950s, the Douglas DC-10s in the 1970s, and ill-fated Air India, TWA, and Swissair flights, flight safety continues to improve. Why do planes disappear or fall out of the sky? Brace for Impact traces the evolution of accident investigation and explains why flying is the safest form of travel. The history of air accidents is a harrowing one. Since the Wright brothers first took flight, aircraft design, pilot training, aircraft maintenance, and air traffic control have all evolved to current standards of safety. Before the invention of the ‘black box’ and the evolution of forensic accident investigation, the causes often remained a mystery