Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 182 pages, 35 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Contents |
The air in resolute -- Chasing Ivan -- LifeFlight -- Seats and heavies -- Epilogue. |
Summary |
Hard Air℗¡a book about extraordinary flying?flying under conditions that keep fighters on the carrier deck and rockets on the launch pad?a book about rescue missions and long, lonely flights to gather urgently needed information, about flights to places where no one should be flying: into hurricanes, firestorms, and deep, engine-killing cold. As a pilot himself, W. Scott Olsen brings to these tales a sense of wonder and adventure as well as a genuine, firsthand understanding of the dangers and rigors of such flying. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Airplanes -- Piloting -- Anecdotes.
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Airplanes -- Piloting. |
Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Subject |
Air pilots -- Anecdotes.
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Air pilots. |
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Extreme environments -- Anecdotes.
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Extreme environments. |
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Aeronautics in meteorology -- Anecdotes.
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Aeronautics in meteorology. |
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Search and rescue operations -- Anecdotes.
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Search and rescue operations. |
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Aeronautics in forest fire control -- Anecdotes.
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Aeronautics in forest fire control. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Olsen, W. Scott, 1958- Hard air. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007028908 |
ISBN |
9780803217362 (electronic book) |
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0803217366 (electronic book) |
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9780803211445 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0803211449 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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