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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.

Stanley Stewart was born and educated in Glasgow, where he learned to fly in the University Air Squadron. After graduating with a BSc in mechanical engineering he entered air training school and, one year later, qualified for his commercial pilot's licence and instrument rating. He joined the then BOAC as a second officer in 1970 with a grand total of 350 flying hours. In 1973 he obtained his flight navigator's licence and for three years navigated the world's air routes as part of his duties. In 1977 he qualified for his UK airline transport pilot's licence and, in 1979 also obtained a Canadian airline transport rating. In 1990 he gained his command on the Boeing 747 and now has over 15,000 flying hours on heavy jets and more than thirty years' experience flying around the world. In 1999 he retired from British Airways and at present he is a captain with Airfreight Express flying 747 cargo aircraft on world-wide routes.

Introduction	p. ix
The Facts	p. 1
Principles of Flight	p. 3
The Jet Engine	p. 26
Radio and Radar	p. 42
Navigation - 1	p. 59
Navigation - 2	p. 79
Flight Instruments	p. 110
The Boeing 777 Flight Deck	p. 126
Meteorology	p. 146
Air Traffic Control	p. 165
Flight Crew	p. 185
The Flight	p. 197
London to Boston	p. 199
The Boeing 777	p. 277
Abbreviations	p. 279
Index	p. 287
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Flying the Big Jets Flying the Boeing 777 4th Edition

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