A Pilot's Guide to Safety
by John Lowery
This book is about aircraft accidents. As 19th century philosopher Matthew Arnold once said, "each of us harbors the seed of our own destruction". The mishaps discussed in this book show this to be a truism.
Author John Lowery gives you a "cause and effect" look at a wide variety of mishaps in his book, A Pilots Guide to Safety. There's an old axiom that says, "Flying consists of hours of boredom, interrupted by moments of stark terror." But, says the author, if this describes your flying experience, you're doing something wrong. Hopefully by reviewing the mistakes of others you'll avoid your own "moments of stark terror." The accidents described cover the spectrum from Cubs to the supersonic Air France Concorde. Outlined by the sequence of flight takeoff, cruise, descent and landing--you'll see how the "operator error" finding in more than 80-percent of the accidents, often overlooks other major links in the accident's chain of errors. In some cases, the pilot is a victim rather than the cause.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- General Aviation Statistics
- Preflight Preparation
- Takeoff Accidents
- The Concorde Debacle
- Enroute Factors
- Approach and Landing
- Special IFR Considerations
- Human Factors in Safe Flying
- Maintenance Malpractice and Mechanical Failure
- Manufacturer's Error
- Seaplanes and Ski-Planes
- Ski-Planes
- The Last Word
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