Flytekniske færdigheder og pilotfærdigheder

I Cockpittets hemmeligheder løfter pilot og flyinstruktør Morten Knoth sløret for hvad der foregår bag den skudsikre cockpitdør. Han giver læseren et fascinerende indblik i det maskinrum, man ellers aldrig får adgang til, men som han selv har tilbragt de sidste 25 år i som både pilot og kaptajn. Morten Knoth har skrevet en bog fyldt med usædvanlige historier fra de højere luftlag og giver et helt unikt indblik i luftfartsbranchen - som aldrig før er skrevet om på dansk! I hans fly har der været alt fra udviste terrorister til solskoldede charterrejsende ombord. Knoth har fløjet privatjet ejet af rige og berømte mennesker, samt fået adgang til nogle unikke områder på jorden – lige fra golde forblæste klippeskær til ubeboede tropiske øer. Cockpittets hemmeligheder er altså også en utraditionel rejsefortælling fra pilotens sæde, hvor man som læser kommer vidt omkring. Morten Knoth er 46 år og Cockpittets hemmeligheder er hans første bog. Det er første gang, at en pilot fortæller om sit arbejde i bogformat på dansk.

Siden 1980?erne har F-16 været rygraden i Flyvevåbnet som Danmarks kampfly i forbindelse med træning, patruljering og skarpe missioner i udlandet. Men hvordan er det egentlig at sidde i cockpittet, når tingene spidser til eller ikke helt går som planlagt?Det fortæller over 50 forskellige F16-piloter om i F-16 - PÅ VINGERNE MED DANSKE JAGERPILOTER, der både i tekst og foto dokumenterer deres oplevelser. Bogen giver et usædvanligt blik ind i en ellers lukket verden, er fyldt med dramatiske og fascinerende historier fra livet over skyerne og kommer også ind på de tanker, piloterne gør sig, når de deltager i krig.F-16 - PÅ VINGERNE MED DANSKE JAGERPILOTER tager læseren med på 40 års rejse fra de første flyvninger i USA over F-16?s ankomst til Danmark til missioner i Kosovo, Afghanistan, Libyen, Irak og Syrien.

Der styrtede mere end 1000 flyvemaskiner ned i Danmark under Anden Verdenskrig, britiske, amerikanske, tyske – og en enkelt dansk. Her er historien om en række af de vigtigste krigen igennem.Ole Steen Hansen tager os med på farefulde minelægningsoperationer i lav højde over danske farvande. På nedkastningsoperationer til modstandsbevægelsen og med bombefly på vej til mål i Tyskland.Læseren får overblik over krigen i luften, er med når nedskudte flyvere forsøger at flygte, og møder også de barske konsekvenser af de mange styrt. Bogen er rigt illustreret med historiske billeder og med nutidige fotos af mindesmærker, krigsgrave og historiske fly, som stadig kan ses i luften eller på museer.

SOM BARN DRØMTE CASPER BØRGE NIELSEN om at blive pilot, og allerede som 17-årig gik han i gang med at tage et flycertifikat. Da han som ung mand så Top Gun, var han ikke det mindste i tvivl: han ville være jagerpilot. I dag er han Major i det danske flyvevåben og har status som en af verdens bedste testpiloter. Som jagerpilot går han under kaldenavnet ”PEL”, og som testpilot har han været med i allerforreste linje, når der skulle udvikles og testes fly til Flyvevåbnet. Som den eneste ikke-amerikanske testpilot deltog han i udviklingen af det mest avancerede jagerfly, der nogensinde er blevet bygget, det højteknologiske F-35. PEL’s fortælling er historien om en dreng, der igen og igen har udfordret sine egne dæmoner og sat sit liv på spil i en usædvanlig dramatisk karriere. Det er også historien om at leve i lange perioder under et konstant pres, som kun de færreste kan forestille sig. CASPER BØRGE NIELSEN er fra Esbjerg og har som en af de få i Danmark gennemført en uddannelse som Experimental Test Pilot. Han fik sin uddannelse i USA og har i mange år haft sin daglige gang blandt verdens bedste testpiloter. I perioden 2008-2017 deltog han som den eneste ikke-amerikanske testpilot i test og udvikling af F-35 Joint Strike Fighter-flyet, som skal afløse de danske F-16-jagere om få år. ESPEN ULDAL er skribent på Euroman samt Gastro, og skriver om livsstil, mad, politik og historie. Han har en fortid som fotograf og tekstforfatter, været sportskommentator på Viasat, redaktør på Golf Digest og skrevet for Børsen, Berlingske og Politiken.

Flyvningen er det 20. århundredes store eventyr, og Danmark har spillet en rolle i det. Ikke siden 30’erne er der kommet et samlet værk om dansk flyvning, hvilket ’Danmarks flyvehistorie’ retter op på i et gennemillustreret og lækkert trebindsværk. Danmarks flyvehistorie – De små fly er bind to.Ole Steen Hansen kender personligt de små flys Danmark og tegner et levende billede af piloterne og den passion, der driver dem. Mange af bogens flotte fotos er taget af forfatteren selv, når han har hængt ud ad åbne vinduer i små fly og fotograferet dem, der fløj tæt ved siden af.Historisk berettes om de små flys mangeartede anvendelse inden for fritidsflyvning, taxaflyvning, ambulanceflyvning, fotoflyvning og svæveflyvning mm. Og forfatteren tager os med på dramatisk forbryderjagt i åben dobbeltdækker, kighosteflyvninger med syge børn, dramatisk landbrugsflyvning en halv meter over kornet med 160km/t, kvindernes verdensmesterskab i svæveflyvning over den jyske hede, og omkring Roskilde-gruppen, der i hjemmebyggede fly med røg efter sig tegnede et hjerte på himlen over København for at hylde sundhedspersonalet under Coronakrisen. Bogen fortæller også om den vigtige danske flyproduktion omkring Anden Verdenskrig, om luftfotografering fra ballon over Tivoli i 1800-tallet og meget mere. Ole Steen Hansen (f. 1957) er forfatter, oversætter, fotograf, pilot og luftfartsjournalist. På baggrund af sit mangeårige virke blev han i 2019 tildelt Dansk Forfatterforenings faglitterære pris. Ole Steen Hansen har i mange år arbejdet med at fremme kendskabet til dansk flyvnings historie, når han i ord og billeder har skabt levende fortællinger med mennesket i centrum.

On December 8, 2014, an Embraer EMB-500 airplane (marketed as the Phenom 100), N100EQ, crashed while on approach to runway 14 at Montgomery County Airpark (GAI), Gaithersburg, Maryland. The airplane impacted three houses and the ground about 3/4 mile from the approach end of the runway. The pilot, the two passengers, and the three people in a nearby house died as a result of the accident. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and postcrash fire.The NTSB determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot's conduct of an approach in structural icing conditions without turning on the airplane's wing and horizontal stabilizer deice system, leading to ice accumulation on those surfaces, and without using the appropriate landing performance speeds for the weather conditions and airplane weight, as indicated in the airplane's standard operating procedures, which together resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude at which a recovery was not possible.

Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2.1, Cardiff Metropolitan University, language: English, abstract: The purpose of this paper is to answer three questions of the case study. The text is strictly associated with the prosperity of alliances; therefore the term ¿strategic alliance¿ will be explained in the first instance. Furthermore, the business tool such as PESTLE, which is utilized to analyse the airline environment will be highlighted. It will be proven that the airlines prosperity strictly depends on political, legal, economic, social, technological and environmental factors. In addition, the alternative strategy for airlines such as mergers will be introduced. The examples of the airline mergers such as Delta-Northwest and Air France-KLM will be emphasized. Finally, the shared management, which is applied by Star Alliance, will be critically evaluated.

The jungle pilot occupies a high visibility seat. His role creates the convincing illusion of connection. But the truth is, he or she often leads a solitary life. He drops in from the sky, visits for 15 minutes, then leaves. He touches many worlds but rarely becomes part of any. The stories in Mile-High Missionary show how one pilot changed from hiding as a sky-creature to reentering the world of real people. Sit in the pilot's seat as this missionary memoir flies you into the Amazon Jungle. Encounter the pilot's view. See what he saw. Hear what he heard. Meet who he met. Feel what he felt as he wrestles with his own hopes and joys, doubts and fears. Experience bush aviation first hand as this Christian pilot asks the hard questions: Is my airplane safe to fly? Can I find one tiny scratch of an airstrip hidden in an immense jungle? What if the weather changes? Can I land and stay on the runway, then takeoff without hitting trees? After all that, am I really helping my passengers' ministry? Does my flying benefit the ex-headhunters I work among? Am I honoring God, or just playing with airplanes? Read how he juggled safety and service while doing a dangerous job, then found himself changed by the ones he served.

A pilot's love letter to the world's greatest cities from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Skyfaring'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTONGrowing up in his small hometown, Mark Vanhoenacker spun the illuminated globe in his bedroom and dreamt of elsewhere - of distant, real cities, and a perfect metropolis that existed only in his imagination.Now, as a commercial airline pilot, Mark has spent more than two decades crossing the skies of our planet and touching down in the cities he'd always longed to see. Imagine a City celebrates the metropolises he has come to know and love through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. From the sweeping roads of Los Angeles and the old gates of Jeddah to the intricate, dream-inspired plan of Brasília, he shows us with warmth and fresh eyes the extraordinary places that billions of us call home.'Vanhoenacker... has a near-bottomless appetite for fresh sights and guidebook curiosities... Intimate and thoughtful' PICO IYER, AIR MAIL'A love letter to the cities he's returned to again and again... Vanhoenacker captivates when describing the silent beauty of a world glimpsed from above' Washington Post'Eloquent... A love song to cities the world over' Wall Street Journal

A fully illustrated study of the Nakajima Ki49 'Helen', the twin-engined bomber of the Pacific War, from Japanese aviation expert George Eleftheriou.The Nakajima Ki-49 Donryu ('Dragon Eater'), codenamed 'Helen' by the Allies, was a twin-engined Japanese bomber designed to undertake daylight attacks without the protection of escort fighters. Consequently, while it was officially known as the Army Type 100 Heavy Bomber, its formidable defensive armament and armour were so heavy that they restricted the Ki-49 to payloads comparable to those of smaller medium bombers. While only five heavy bomber sentai (regiments) were equipped with the 'Helen', the over 800 Ki-49s built between 1941 and 1944 saw extensive action in Burma, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, northern India and north Australia. In an act of desperation, a small number of 'Helens' were even employed, unsuccessfully, as kamikaze aircraft against US Navy warships operating off the Philippines and Okinawa. In this fascinating book, George Eleftheriou provides a comprehensive account of the units that saw action flying the 'Helen', based on original Japanese sources. Also featuring high-quality photographs never published before, specially commissioned colour profile artwork, official unit histories and veteran accounts, this title is a must-have for Japanese aircraft enthusiasts.

Using specially commissioned artwork and detailing technical specifications, this book explores the Bf 109's different roles occasioned by wartime necessity, from its employment as a fighter to its evolution as a fighter-bomber.One of the principal types in the Luftwaffe's inventory at the beginning of World War II, the piston-engined Bf 109 was central to the many initial victories that the Germans achieved before coming up against the unbeatable RAF during the Battle of Britain. Nevertheless, by the second half of 1940 the Bf 109's operability was widened due to operational needs and it was flown as a fighter-bomber for precision attacks in Southern England. At first ad hoc conversions were made 'in the field' to allow the aircraft to carry a bomb or extra fuel tank. Such modifications were soon formalised by Messerschmitt, which created the Jabo Bf 109s. Drawing from pilots' first-hand accounts, author Malcolm V. Lowe explores the number of specialised units, including Lehrgeschwader 2 and dedicated fighter-bomber sections of standard fighter units such as 10. Staffel of Jagdgeschwader 26, which flew this highly specialised fighter-bomber. Including technical specifications, rare photographs and outstanding artwork, this book explores the Jabo versions of the Bf 109E, F and G both on the production line and with the addition of Rüstsätze field conversion kits.

Using maps, contemporary photographs, and new artwork, this book examines the Hellcat and the naval aviators who flew them.Joining combat in the Pacific in late 1943, the Hellcat squadrons soon demonstrated their ascendency over their Japanese opponents, culminating in the great "Marianas Turkey Shoot" during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944. The fighter proved to be a dream for pilots to fly, allowing both novice and veteran Naval Aviators alike to prevail in largescale aerial combats. From October 1944 to January 1945, the Fast Carriers supported General MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines.Featuring specially commissioned armament views and battlescenes, this book covers the key role played by Naval Aviators flying the Hellcat into action during the Fast Carrier Task Force's strikes against the Philippines in September and October 1944. Using maps, contemporary photographs, and technical diagrams, the volume examines the highly effective tactics used to prevail against large enemy formations, and reveals the training that underpinned the success enjoyed by the Naval Aviators and their Hellcats. The key combat actions are vividly described through 3D ribbon diagrams providing a step-by-step depiction of the main dogfights featured in the book, as well as action reports, both from previously unknown pilots and from more famous Hellcat aces.

While common in the airline industry, Multi-Crew Cooperation is only now becoming better understood in the helicopter industry as larger and more sophisticated helicopters become available and high-intensity operations, including NVG and IFR, become increasingly common in the helicopter working environment. This book explains Crew Resource Management, Threat and Error Management and Multi-Crew Cooperation specific to the helicopter operating environment. "Multi-Crew Cooperation for Helicopter Pilots" is written by Captain Mike Becker, one of Australia's most experienced helicopter instructors. Mike Becker started flying in 1984. His career has been as diverse as the number of helicopter types he has flown - the smaller R22 to the larger B212 and Sikorski S62, and most types in between. He is experienced in a vast range of helicopter operations, including high altitude, remote area operations, mustering, firefighting, tourism, sling load operations, specialised long line operations, search and rescue, and Night Vision Goggles operations. He has been operating a helicopter flight school since 1995. As Chief Pilot and Chief Flight Instructor, Mike operated a fleet of over 20 helicopters and employed more than 30 instructors delivering over 10,000 training hours per year. With over 16,000 flight hours and the recipient of the "Captain John Ashton Award for Flight Standards and Aviation Safety" by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London, Mike's experience provides invaluable insights and real hands-on knowledge.This theory book converts all this experience and those of his instructional staff into a practical, hands-on guide. "Multi-Crew Cooperation" teaches practical techniques to maximise safety margins, promote team coordination in the constantly changing environment of helicopter flight operations.

Using rare first-hand accounts from Me 262 pilots, Robert Forsyth examines what it was like to fly the world's most advanced interceptor in the deadly skies over Germany in 1944-45. Right from its operational debut in the summer of 1944, the Me 262 outclassed anything the Allies had in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm Mk 108 nose-mounted cannon, and a Jumo 004 jet engine. The problem the Luftwaffe faced, however, was one of numbers. Towards the end of the war, availability of machines and trained pilots was scarce, and it is only thanks to the exploits of a handful of veteran Jagdwaffe aces such as Adolf Galland, Walter Krupinski and Johannes Steinhoff, that the aircraft made a significant impact on the air war and was the source of considerable concern to the Allies. Filled with specially commissioned artwork including action-packed ribbon diagrams, battlescenes, armament views and maps, Robert Forsyth offers the definitive technical and historical guide to the state-of-the-art Me 262, using rare photographs and pilots' first-hand accounts.