From Takeoff to Landing: Everything You Wanted to Know about Airplanes But Had No One to Ask

by Ed Sternstein and Todd Gold

Book Overview

Written for the 60 million Americans who take planes annually--both passengers who love and hate flying--this insider's guide is a must. In easy-to-understand, non-technical language, the authors... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671722174
• ISBN13: 9780671722173
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

The BEST book on what goes on during airline flight!

Written by commercial pilots, this book is simply the best out there hands down on explaining what goes on from takeoff to landing when you fly commercial airlines!From what planning a pilot must undertake prior to the instruments and controls of the cockpit, the book details how safe and redundant every aspect of flight is. Ever wonder about why a plane has an aborted takeoff or landing? How about those bumps, clicks, and other strange sounds during flight? Or the "smoke" that gathers at the wing tips and across the flaps during some portions of flight?These questions and many more are all answered by this wonderful book. It may be out of print, but it's well worth it for the curious or frightened flier to learn so much about the hows and whys of commercial flight.

Explains commercial flying in simple, reassuring terms.

This is a great book for fearful flyers. It explains many minor and important features of air travel including: noises in a commercial jet, what's involved in takeoff & landing, and how a plane actually flies. Sternstein is a former pilot, and his reassuring and knowledgable manner are *very* useful for someone who's afraid of flying