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Blind landings : low-visibility operations in American aviation, 1918-1958 / Erik M Conway.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conway, Erik M., 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Instrument flying--United States--History--20th century.
- Instrument flying.
- Airplanes--Landing--United States--History--20th century.
- Airplanes.
- Landing aids (Aeronautics)--United States--History--20th century.
- Landing aids (Aeronautics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By the end of World War II, the very concept of landing blind therefore had disappeared from the trade literature, a victim of human limitations.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Instrumental Faith
- 2 Places to Land Blind
- 3 Radio Blind Flying
- 4 The Promise of Microwaves
- 5 Instrument Landing Goes to War
- 6 The Intrusion of Newcomers
- 7 The Politics of Blind Landing
- 8 Transformations
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8960-X
- OCLC:
- 232160431
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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