We Have a No Crash Policy!
eBook - PDF

We Have a No Crash Policy!

A pilot's life of adventure, fun, and learning from experience

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

We Have a No Crash Policy!

A pilot's life of adventure, fun, and learning from experience

About this book

What does it take to fly a World War II fighter or land without a working engine? What causes flight delays and scary near-misses? The answers are revealed over the course of Adam L. Alpert's forty years of flying-from cardboard glider to modern jet airplane.

Through his engaging stories of flight, readers will learn how interpersonal skills can be tested in the course of challenges and how a positive outcome often depends on the right combination of passion, desire, and skill. Readers will also have the vicarious experience of flying a wide variety of aircraft while improving their knowledge of the technical aspects of flying.

With charming watercolor illustrations and photographs throughout, We Have a No Crash Policy! explains flying technology and human factors from the pilot's point of view in an understandable, humorous way, offering a practical guide to the factors that predict successful missions both in life and in the cockpit.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 A Child’s Dream
  5. 2 The Rogallo Days
  6. 3 Sugarbush: A Glider Story
  7. 4 Learning to Fly Airplanes
  8. 5 Tailwheel Mysteries
  9. 6 Girlfriends and Airplanes
  10. 7 Instrument Flying: A Room Without a View
  11. 8 Training Experience Risk
  12. 9 Tug Driver
  13. 10 Weather or Not, Here We Go (A Sobering Moment)
  14. 11 Ancient Aztec, A Pretty Good Teacher
  15. 12 Midlife Aviation Crisis
  16. 13 Wives and Airplanes: The Great Widgeon Adventure
  17. 14 High Anxiety: “So You Want to Fly Jets”
  18. 15 Welcome to the Modern World
  19. 16 Life in the Flight Levels
  20. 17 Northern Exposure
  21. 18 Busted
  22. 19 Helicopter Odyssey
  23. 20 Maintenance Strategies
  24. 21 Zero Hour: Food Poisoning and Other Improbable Crew Incapacitating Emergencies
  25. 22 The Great Airline Paradox
  26. 23 A Layman’s Guide to Flying Private
  27. 24 Living the Dream and That New Jet Airplane Smell
  28. 25 The Theory of Everything: Our Global Aviation System
  29. 26 Ten Excellent Mitigations to Make Flying Enjoyable, Useful, and Safe
  30. Acronyms
  31. A Brief Glossary
  32. Bibliography
  33. About the Author
  34. Index