Flying the Big Jets: All You Wanted to Know About the Jumbos but Couldn't Find a Pilot to Ask

By Stanley Stewart and Stanley Stewart

Book Overview

Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the 'glass cockpit' in preparation for the pilot's seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Examine the weather forecast with the pilots, monitor the take-off from the flight deck, listen to the radio reports along the way, view the mid-Atlantic weather from above the clouds, witness the preparations for descent and experience the excitement of landing in Boston. Flying the Big Jets is a comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0933424469
• ISBN13: 9780933424463
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Specialty Pr Pub & Wholesalers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The best so far...

Captain Stewart first prepares the reader with competent knowledge of the aircraft and navigation before letting the person take a peek at the entire flight from beginning till end from London to New York.I find the language used and the way the book is written in to be very serious, as if the Capt. takes your interest in what he does seriously. Of course, this book omits all the boo boos and emergencies that the writer experienced in his career, but it is a great book to learn by heart if you are an airliner enthusiast.There is something for the experts as well as amateaurs. A must read!

The best I've seen as an introduction to aviation.

For those who like planes and decided to understand how it really works, there is still nothing better that I have seen. It comprehends basically all aspects of flying: how a big jet works, how to fly it and basics of aerodynamics and meteorology. In the last chapter, the author vividly describes a complete flight from London to New York, depicting from the pre-flight plan up to the gate at JFK. I strongly recommend it.

Fascinating introduction on how to fly commercial airliners.

This book is designed for two groups of people: pilots who desire to someday fly the 'big ones', and non-pilots who desire to someday fly the 'big ones'. The author provides an introduction to each of the major systems of a large commercial aircraft, and explains how flying large jet airliners is different from flying smaller piston or turbine powered airplanes. The author has taken a potentially very difficult subject and made it fairly easy for the novice pilot (or aspiring pilot) to understand. A very interesting book well worth reading, and a must have for all you 'wannabe' airline pilots. (This is a review of the first edition).

Fascinating reading. I have a new appreciation for pilots.

I throughly enjoyed this book. So many fascinating details about the planes, flight procedures and complexity of navigation. As a bonus you get a useful introduction to the physics of flying as well as the history of navigation. My copy of the book already has two people signed up to borrow it!

Interesting insight on something that touches most of us.

This book is excellent reading for anyone who ever steps on an airplane. It provides excellent information, without getting lost in detail. Easily understood by the layman, it also gives a good dose of anecdote and interesting information on the industry and the pilot's occupation. Well done