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  • Automation Max

    Optimizing AI and Human Intelligence in Aviation

    A 747-400 captain warns about the drive toward fully-automated passenger flights in the light of recent accidents. While he identifies many invaluable ways that instrumentation and automation have made it easier and safer to fly, he draws attention to many examples where no computerized system can save the day. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Automation Max

    Optimizing AI and Human Intelligence in Aviation

    Captain Peter H. Collins offers a deep and insightful consideration of the evolving role of automation and artificial intelligence in modern aviation. Drawing from his extensive experience as a 747-400 captain, Collins presents a nuanced analysis of how advancements in instrumentation and automation have dramatically enhanced flight safety and operational efficiency.At the same time, he critically ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Since its first flight on 27 April 2005, the Airbus A380 has been the largest passenger airliner in the world. Instantly recognizable with its full-length upper deck, it represents the pinnacle of modern airliner design. ... Read more

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  • Helicopter Fundamentals Booklet

    This study guide includes basic helicopter fundamentals that every pilot should know including: principles in aerodynamics, flight maneuvers, and emergency recovery procedures. Topics such as Dissymmetry of Lift, Transverse Flow Effect, Loss of Tail Rotor Effectiveness and many more aerodynamic phenomenon are outlined in brief, easy to understand explanations. ... Read more

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  • Flying the Boeing 787

    by Gib Vogel ...
    Since its first flight on 15 December 2009, the Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' has been the most sophisticated airliner in the world. It uses many advanced new technologies to offer unprecedented levels of performance with minimal impact on the environment. Flying the Boeing 787 gives a pilot's eye view of what it is like to fly this remarkable machine. It takes the reader on a trip from Tokyo to Los ... Read more

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  • Technical Manual

    Series series Star Trek: The Next Generation
    The Star Trek: The Next Generation® Technical Manual, written by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, the technical advisors to Star Trek: The Next Generation, provides a comprehensive schematization of a Galaxy-class starship.From the bridge to the shuttlebays, from the transporter room to crews’ quarters, this book provides a never-before-seen glimpse at the inner, intricate workings of the most ... Read more

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  • Understanding Air France 447

    by Bill Palmer ...
    The most comprehensive coverage to date of Air France 447, an Airbus A330 that crashed in the ocean north of Brazil on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 persons on board.The book details the crew's failure to maintain aircraft control after a minor failure.Written by A330 Captain, Bill Palmer, this book opens to understanding the actions of the crew, how they failed to understand and control the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • MH370: Mystery Solved

    by Larry Vance ...
    On March 8th, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, with 239 people on board, disappeared into the dark of the night, never to be heard from again. The disappearance of MH370 has been described as the "greatest mystery in the history of aviation". Despite the efforts of an international investigation team, and millions of dollars spent searching the ocean bottom for the wreckage site, no one has ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • To Be An Airline Pilot

    by Andrew Cook ...
    If your dream is to be an airline pilot, or you would like to know what it takes, this book reflects the experiences, thoughts and findings of a trainee pilot throughout the journey that took him into the right-hand seat of a jet airliner. The book covers everything that you need to consider before and during the training process, including where to train and how to raise funds. The flying course ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Advanced Avionics Handbook

    FAA-H-8083-6

    The Federal Aviation Administration’s Advanced Avionics Handbook is a critical tool for anyone seriously interested in flying modern airplanes. As modern technology continues to revolutionize the science of flight, it is the responsibility of every pilot, student, and flight engineer to be up to date on the most advanced avionics equipment available. This easy to read handbook introduces pilots ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Starship Spotter

    Series series Star Trek
    Starship Spotter was created more than two centuries ago to serve as a reference guide to assorted space-going vessels. Captains of the spaceships of the United Earth Space Probe Agency used this simple paper tool to enable a ship's crew to quickly distinguish friend from foe in the unexplored reaches of the cosmos. When the services were merged to form Starfleet, this paper book disappeared from ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Kerbal Player's Guide

    The Easiest Way to Launch a Space Program

    Kerbal Space Program (KSP) is a critically acclaimed, bestselling space flight simulator game. It’s making waves everywhere from mainstream media to the actual space flight industry, but it has a bit of a learning curve. In this book, five KSP nerds—including an astrophysicist—teach you everything you need to know to get a nation of tiny green people into space.KSP is incredibly realistic. When ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD