- Paperback: 188 pages
- Publisher: Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd (22 Feb 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1875671110
- ISBN-13: 978-1875671113
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 20.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 646,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This text examines the harsh lessons of air tragedies, detailing some of the operational experiences which, for all their grim consequences, helped to evolve a global mass-transport system to a level of safety and reliability beyond anything the world had ever seen. Beginning with the saga of the ill-fated Comet, the world's first jetliner, specialist air safety officer, Macarthur Job, brings to life the story behind some of the jet-age accidents that followed, each of them adding to the industry's sum total of knowledge and experience to make operations safer in the future. Based on official accident-investigation reports, and supplemented by extensive additional research, it opens up the intricacies of high-altitude, high-speed jetliner operations.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Clear, definitive and not sensationalist.,
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This review is from: Air Disaster: v.1: Vol 1 (Paperback)
This book is a collection of descriptions of 18 jetliner accidents from the Comet crashes of the mid fifties to the Tenerife disaster of the late seventies.The book is written from an Australian perspective which is no bad thing as this eliminates any US or European centred view that is common in many other books on civil aviation. Each incident is dealt with in three phases. First of all, a fairly broad brush, non technical narrative of what appeared to take place.Then there follows a detailed technical description of what is known of the accident. Finally, the author turns all of this into a clear exposition of what actually, or probably, happened. The writing style is clear and there is a lucid explanation of the facts. This is not a ghoulish or sensational account. The author is trying to explain what actually went wrong to cause each accident. I could see no technical or factual errors in these accounts, just a few typos and mis-spellings of some place names. Those do not detract from the quality of the book and this series is clearly the best that deals with these topics.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Hypnotically Cool,
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This review is from: Air Disaster: v.1: Vol 1 (Paperback)
Anyone who loves aviation or anyone who is thrilled by the intricacies of accident reconstruction will find this entire series of books fascinating. There are dozens of incredible diagrams, photos and easy-to-grasp explanations of how and why airplanes crash, who survives and why they survived. There are definitely some tragic stories here. Some are such colossal confluences of Sod's Law they will astound you. Something to remember about all these crashes is that they have taught the aviation industry a great deal, often the hard way and have absolutely made us all safer in the air. So start here with Volume 1. Learn about the early mistakes of aircraft design and commercial jet pilot error. If you like Job's amiable and informative style and Matthew Tesch's great illustrations then you will be headed for the other 3 volumes, all of which are must-haves. There is human frailty, human ingenuity and human bravery in every single story.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent description of jet accidents from 1954 till 1977,
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This review is from: Air Disaster: v.1: Vol 1 (Paperback)
18 jet accidents are described in detail with extensive black and white photographs, drawings and other graphics. Circumstances, radio transmissions, technical issues and details about the investigation are all covered in a very professional way. The Comet accident in 1954, details about the wake turbulence accident of the Delta jet in 1972 and the Jumbo jet collision at Tenerife in 1977 are just 3 accident that changed operations of present day airliners. Find out in this book why and how. Also look at VOL 2 of the same series, covering the period 1977-1991.
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