num_pages: 292
description: Chapter by chapter the reader is taken gently from the basics of the big jets to the sophistication of the 'glass cockpit' in preparation for the pilot's seat on a Boeing 777 flight from London to Boston. Examine the weather forecast with the pilots monitor the take-off from the flight deck listen to the radio reports along the way view the mid-Atlantic weather from above the clouds witness the preparations for descent and experience the excitement of landing in Boston. Flying the Big Jets is a comprehensive book that reveals as never before the every-day working environment of the modern long-haul airline pilot.
language: English
title: Flying the Big Jets: Flying the Boeing 777
publisher: Crowood Press