Broken Wings: Tragedy & Disaster in Alaska Civil Aviation

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BROKEN WINGS reveals the tragedy of Alaska civil aviation from early bush pilots to brand new jetliners, providing a unique point of view at the technology and human factors keen on aircraft mishaps. Written with expert analysis of aircraft operations, pilot procedures, weather phenomenon and aviation systems, the thirty stories detail major flying screw ups in The Last Frontier, including probably the most deadliest air crashes in United States history. Nowhere have civil aircraft accidents been as prevalent as in Alaska. The progression of unfortunate events and ceaselessly unforeseen consequences not only offers a historical point of view at the development of aviation, but is a long lasting example of the failure of even the most efficient designed aircraft and the experienced pilots who fly them.

BROKEN WINGS includes over 150 photograph and map illustrations, showing the aircraft, crash sites and flight routes. A few of the illustrations, like the stories themselves, have never before been published,
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