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"What does a flight nurse do every day? What character traits are essential for a flight nurse to have? Follow flight nurses as as they work to keep people healthy. These health heroes do the important work of flying injured or sick patients to a hospital that can help. Discover the tools they use as they work with the flight crew and hospital staff to keep patients healthy. Like all health heroes, they make sure the needs of the patient come first....
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Weapons of war volume 3
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International Masters Publishers
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[2006]
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This DVD traces the rise of the biggest warships in the world as the United States air power went from early biplanes landing on converted battleships to the huge modern supercarriers of today.
3) Top gun
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A daredevil Navy pilot striving to be the best at a Top Gun flight school doubts his abilities when his best friend is killed in training.
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IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 15
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“West with the Night” is a memoir by British-born author, aviator, and equestrian, Beryl Markham. Friend and fellow author Ernest Hemingway once wrote to his editor Maxwell Perkins asking: "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night?... bloody wonderful work." Markham was one of, if not the first, female bush pilots in Africa, and her memoir details adventures in Kenya with a unique perspective both from the ground and the sky.
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This supporting workbook is designed to be used with the Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law textbook to provide a comprehensive instructional package for undergraduate and graduate aviation law courses offered to students preparing for aviation careers. It aids in application of legal principles set forth in the textbook to the kinds of decisions students will make in the real world of aviation as managers, pilots, mechanics, aircraft owners, air...
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Harlequin romantic suspense volume 2149
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Linked to a fatal helicopter crash, Texas helicopter paramedic Jude Castleman and flight nurse Callie Fielding together pursue revenge for the crash's repercussions.
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The inspirational autobiography of the heroic pilot who miraculously landed a crippled commercial flight in the Hudson River.
Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions...
Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed a remarkable emergency landing when Captain "Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 passengers and crew. His cool actions...
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Updated and expanded in its sixth edition, Practical Aviation & Aerospace Law (previously Practical Aviation Law) and its companion workbook function as a comprehensive instructive package for undergraduate and graduate aviation law courses. Whether used as a set or alone, this book is an invaluable reference guide for aviation and aerospace business managers, pilots, maintenance personnel, aircraft owners, air traffic controllers, air safety investigators,...
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In April 1941, Britain's first jet left the ground at a grass airfield 4 miles from Gloucester Cathedral. It was the start of a revolution in air travel, military and civilian. During the 1940s Britain's first-ever jet aircraft, the world's first jet fighter in squadron service and the first jet to hold the world air-speed record were all designed, built and flown in the Gloucester and Cheltenham area. The story of Frank Whittle's invention and dogged...
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The four volumes of the Encyclopaedia of International Aviation Law are intended for students, lawyers, judges, scholars and readers of all backgrounds with an interest in Aviation Law; and to provide the definitive corpus of relevant national and regional legislation, including global aviation treaties and legislation to enable all readers without exception, to develop the background, knowledge and tools to understand local, regional and international...
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JAP is a story about a young man who somehow, through a series of accidents intentions, mistakes and drive became a Naval Aviator, no mean feat by any accounts. Having survived the grim reaper several times during his eight years of flying on active duty with the Navy he has come to believe, sort of, that he is a good aviator and can take care of just about anything that arises in the realm of flying. He has disgustedly left active duty flying with...
13) Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Guide: Exploring Designs, Operations, Regulations, and Economics
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The utility and benefits of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are emerging and being recognized across the aviation industry. While this technology is not new, the ability to support domestic public and private operators is becoming better understood and opening up new uses to government organizations and commercial enterprise. Analysis of the unmanned aviation market indicates that small UAS (sUAS) will become the most prevalent and affordable form...
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The new air traffic control system is implemented throughout the United States reducing fifteen thousand air traffic controllers to mere monitors. While technology was at work replacing the radar controllers, deep inside the system things were not adding up. Just like a sleeper cell awakens to rain destruction and chaos amongst the citizens, the virus planted within the program of the Next Generation Air Traffic Control System awakens to create destruction...
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Have you ever dreamed of being able to change your destiny? The opportunity of a new exciting career, beautiful location and a man to die for. But is the grass always greener on the other side? Catherine Kane soon finds out and is in for a roller coaster ride and perhaps what she's left behind is what she could have been looking for in the first place. Blog:- theroadbacktotuscanyblog.com
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The new Fourth Edition of James E. Ellis' handy and comprehensive guide is now available in eBook format. If you've been flirting with the idea of purchasing a private plane, this book provides key assistance toward helping you make that dream become a reality. Buying an airplane isn't an easy task, but it doesn't have to be difficult, either. Author Jim Ellis goes over all the information and special considerations for buying your own airplane, including...
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A compilation of Barry Schiff's monthly column in AOPA Pilot, the popular aviation periodical, these books contain favorite articles from over the years in three volumes that are arranged by subject. These articles are pulled from his more than 26,000 flight hours in 260 types of aircraft to assemble volumes filled with Schiff's vast knowledge and experience with teaching pilots. The first volume of the series covers such diverse topics as slip tips,...
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Bryan Webster started out his 10,000+ hour flying career by taking a ride in a two-seat single engine Cessna 150 and ending up inverted in the silty Fraser River beneath a large unmarked power line span east of Vancouver, BC, Canada. This experience left a lasting impression which 25 years later was the foundation for a new training concept for pilots of light aircraft, Aviation Egress Systems. (More at
www.dunkyou.com).
During Bryans many years...
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Embark on a journey through 'Navigating Turbulence: An Analysis of Airline Failures 2019-2023', where a seasoned airline professional with over 25 years of experience meticulously examines the downfall of various airlines. Through comprehensive case studies, delve into the complexities behind operational inefficiencies, financial mismanagement, and other critical factors contributing to these failures. Each study is structured with clarity, featuring...
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This book more than anything else is a history in short of two transportation systems. About America in the past 150 years. How one was built by private money (the Robber Barons) who produced a national infrastructure that has lasted to this day. About how these people through their generosity made hospitals, Schools, Libraries. The other is the one made by the Government. Interstates, Airports. This system has been around since the mid sixties. Today...
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