Fasten Your Seatbelts - Bob Williams

Fasten Your Seatbelts

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
212 Seiten
2024
SunRise Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-914489-47-1 (ISBN)
11,20 inkl. MwSt
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Bob Williams began his aviation career on the hangar floor and rose to Chief Pilot, clocking up 21,000 hours of accident-free flying. Between times he flew for many airlines and operated many aircraft. Fasten Your Seatbelts is the sequel to his autobiography, Born to Fly. In this completely new book, he records the many unusual and memorable experiences he lived through as an airline pilot. At times hilarious, but often sad and occasionally tragic, Fasten Your Seatbelts, is a unique insight into the reality of airline life and the challenges of the flight deck in the days when there was little automation and pilots had to rely on their own knowledge, experience and skill. For those who are fascinated by Flying’s Golden Age, it is essential reading.

On leaving school, Bob Williams joined the independent airline, British Eagle, to train as an engineer, but the airline folded when he was three years into a four-year course. He completed his training with the Civil Air Transport Industry Training Board and joined BOAC as an electrical engineer on their Boeing 707 fleet. It was a ‘good job’ but in his heart he knew he’d rather fly aeroplanes than maintain them. Dan-Air sponsored him to train as a commercial pilot with Air Service Training in Perth, following which he joined them as a co-pilot on HS 748s. He later converted to the BAC 1-11, and Boeing 737 on which he gained his command. When British Airways took control of Dan-Air they made him redundant after nineteen years of service. These were turbulent years for airlines and Bob would go on to fly more than 21,000 hours for ten different companies on many types of aircraft, becoming an instructor, line check captain and chief pilot along the way.

Erscheinungsdatum
Sprache englisch
Maße 139 x 215 mm
Gewicht 500 g
Themenwelt Natur / Technik Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
ISBN-10 1-914489-47-0 / 1914489470
ISBN-13 978-1-914489-47-1 / 9781914489471
Zustand Neuware
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