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Find the Best-Paying and Most-Fulfilling Jobs in Professional Piloting. A valuable employment tool, the Professional Pilot Career Guide provides a complete sourcebook of professional flying opportunities. This updated guide contains detailed coverage of pilot ratings and practical test standards-plus goal-achieving tips on job hunting, networking, regional airlines, the majors, and more. Written by career pilot and aviation-industry expert Robert P. Mark, this vital reference offers a real-world look at what it's like to fly for the airlines, corporations, or charter companies, together with guidance on pay, benefits, types of aircraft, and future prospects. Packed with illustrations, Professional Pilot Career Guide features: Full coverage of aviation training-where to get it and how to finance it; The latest airline, corporate, and charter employment opportunities; 200 common interview questions-and the 10 most frequent interview mistakes; Current information on the best-paying flying jobs; Valuable advice on PC-based job search techniques; Indepth pilot interviews; Essential internet resources. Inside This Cutting-Edge Employment Resource for Today's Pilots • Your Career Starts Here • Flight Training • Ratings • Where Are the Jobs? • The Regional Airlines • The Majors • Business Aviation • The Pilot and the PC more...

Price: $24.95

Recent events have forced everyone to be more aware of safety during airline flights. But being aware isn't enough . . . there are dozens of easy-to-follow practical actions you as a passenger should follow in order to minimize your risk -- and perhaps save your life -- in the event of a hijacking or other terrorist activity. In Safe Air Travel Companion , Dan McKinnon, an expert in commercial travel and survival, calmly, clearly, and rationally spells them out. In this one-of-a-kind resource, learn smart travel strategies for business and personal travel for yourself as well as your family. more...

Price: $12.95

On February 1st 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia - the world's first reusable manned spacecraft - disintegrated during its return to Earth, with a crew of seven. This book chronicles each of Columbia's 28 missions, as described by scientists and researchers who developed and supported its many payloads, and by the engineers who worked on it. more...

Price: $39.95

Frank Farago, steely-eyed test pilot, was always in Control?until he lost control of a two billion dollar B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. His search for the cause reveals conspiracy, cover-up, and a past he had long forgotten. A North Korean threat of nuclear terror thrusts Frank back into the B-2 on a desperate mission to save thousands of lives. Can he trust the airplane, and himself, to prevent nuclear war? more...

Price: $7.00

Superalloys are unique high temperature materials used in gas turbine engines, which display excellent resistance to mechanical and chemical degradation. This book introduces the metallurgical principles which have guided their development. Suitable for graduate students and researchers, it includes exercises and additional resources at www.cambridge.org/9780521859042. more...

Price: $116.00