Fly by Wire

Subtitle: The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson Author(s): Langewiesche, William Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Format: Hardcover List Price:  Rs. 1,123 Category: Aviation ISBN-13: 9780374157180 ISBN-10: 0374157189 Language: English Pages: 176 Dimensions: Age Range: All Ages

Overview:

In Fly by Wire, one of America's greatest journalists takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. 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, William Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the Miracle on the Hudson and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.