Historic Air Desasters
Launay, André
Contents:
Introduction
A Brief History of Flying
The First Victims
The First Desasters
The Comets
Take-Off
En Route
Landing
Collision in the Air
Sabotage
The Famous Die as Well
The Widow Maker
Safety
Statistics
Biography
Index
Even with only one mishap of each type to describe, a volume on aircraft accidents would be many times larger than this book. The author has therefore necessarily had to restrict his choice to the most famous accidents, but some lesser known are also included to give a balance. The full range is covered, from Pilatre de Rozier's balloon bursting into flames on the Channel crossing in 1785 to the recent Ljubljana holiday crash.
No torch is carried for any air-lines, but air travel is not depre-cated on safety grounds: the reader must decide for himself how safe air travel is from the story of strange and unaccountable accidents, Sabotage, instrument failures, weather and human error - and compare with the millions of miles passengers have flown in complete safety.
Hardcover with dust jacket
171 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition
Shepperton, Surrey (UK) - 1967 - Ian Allan Ltd
Art.Nr. 22507
