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As a raging blizzard wreaks havoc at Lincoln International Airport outside Chicago, airport and airline personnel try to cope with this unstoppable force of nature that is endangering thousands of lives. And in the air, a lone plane struggles to reach its destination. Over the course of seven pulse-pounding hours, a tense human drama plays out as a brilliant airport manager, an arrogant pilot, a tough maintenance man, and a beautiful stewardess strive to avert disaster.

Stephanie Green isn't like most other doctors. Nearly every day, she confronts life-and-death situations behind the scenes at Heathrow, where the truth is almost always stranger than fiction. Here, she reveals the exhilarating drama of working in the world's sixth busiest airport and what is required to make life-and-death decisions in the hidden no-man's-land of medicine, geopolitics, terror and tragedy that is The Heathrow Doctor.

In "Airport Security," readers will gain an in-depth understanding of the various technologies, procedures, and policies used to ensure the safety of passengers and airport personnel. From its early beginnings to the present day, this book provides an overview of the history and evolution of airport security. The book explores the different layers of airport security, including: physical security technological security procedural security passenger screening baggage screening access control airport design emergency preparedness cyber-security Readers will get a comprehensive understanding ...

On December 11th, 1978, a daring armed robbery rocked Kennedy Airport, resulting in the largest unrecovered cash haul in world history, totaling six million dollars. The perpetrators were never apprehended and thirteen people connected to the crime were murdered in homicides that, like the crime itself, remain unsolved to this day. The burglary has fascinated the public for years, dominating headlines around the globe due to the story's unending ravel of mysteries that baffled the authorities.

NOT ALL CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE WRONG… Aircraft contrails carve through the skies around the world. A harmless side effect of international travel. That is until aircraft investigator, Holly Aldridge, discovers something bolted to the wing of a fatal air crash. Something that shouldn’t be there… She stumbles into a global conspiracy to lace the skies with chemtrails – chemicals designed to change the weather, subdue a population… or transform people into killers. It’s an intricate plot with global ramifications – and it’s happening in plain sight! With her life on the line, ...

The Airplane Flying Handbook provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes. It provides information on transition to other airplanes and the operation of various airplane systems. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry. This handbook is developed to assist student pilots learning to fly airplanes.

Keep cool under pressure. Elite leader Mark Thorpe, former LAX executive and Pandemic CEO of Ontario International Airport is now founder of Atmos Global Aviation and offers us his consulting right in the episode. Discover the strategic insights for travelling and leading that Mark employed during his tenure at Ontario, as he navigated the pandemic’s challenges. Watch Bold Encounters at MarkSpencerCook.com/Podcast, YouTube.com/MarkSpencerCook, and also on Apple, Spotify, and most podcast platforms.Everyone faces the challenge of leading in unprecedented crises in business. Mark Thorpe shares...

After unknowingly saving the life of the crown prince with powers she's not supposed to have, Vhalla must make a choice: Embrace her sorcery and leave the quiet life she's known, or eradicate her magic entirely.

A police officer, flight attendant, hotel manager, bellhop, nurse, and chaplain have one thing in common- they're awake at night. They navigate the complexities of work and relationships that come with being the people awake while others are asleep. As they all struggle to find themselves, tragedies that befall the city bring the cast of the nightshift together in ways they never expected to solve a mystery and seek justice for a dastardly crime.

Join Bob Vásquez, a curious air traveler like yourself, as he shares hilarious and true stories from the world of air travel. From coffee mishaps during turbulence to wardrobe malfunctions at the airport, Bob's entertaining tales will have you laughing out loud. Discover the quirky side of flying and gain some travel wisdom along the way. Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the journey!

During the final years of the Soviet Union, its government started building an ultra-secret airbase in the center of a vast wilderness. Its secrecy outstripped its management such that construction continued despite its abandonment. Occasionally, an errant aircraft drops somebody on its tarmac, and they are never seen alive again. At the end of a late night international flight from India to Russia, a weary traveler finds himself deposited in a lonely ramp of an empty terminal. As he navigates its endless gates and corridors, this hapless traveler begins to realize he has landed in no ...

The most tragic accident in aviation history is more than a story of the loss of 583 lives. As gripping as the event is here in its telling, learning why the accident happened, much of it from the mouths of some of the crew who perished, is itself a story worth experiencing. The disaster did have an upside, for it has directly led to today's enviable commercial aviation safety record.

Celaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak - but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth...a truth about her heritage that could change her life - and her future - forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.

Jaws is the classic blockbuster thriller that inspired the three-time Academy Award-winning Steven Spielberg movie and made millions of beachgoers afraid to go into the water. Experience the thrill of helpless horror again—or for the first time!

Airports are busy places! Learn about the different jobs that support all the airport operate like ticket agents, baggage handlers, pilots and flight attendants. Learn about the parts of an airplane on the outside like the fuselage, wings and engines. See the instruments inside the cockpit that help the pilot fly the plane. What job would you want to help planes to fly all over the world?

Join Amy as she explores the world of planes and teaches us how they work! Listen to Fun Kids on DAB Digital Radio and online across the UK!

Have you ever felt stuck—literally or figuratively? We’ve all been there: trapped in a frustrating limbo, asking ourselves, “Why is this happening to me?” But what if I told you that those “stuck” moments are exactly where God plants His greatest lessons? STUCK takes you on a chaotic, exhausting, and surprisingly transformative journey: ten days stranded in an airport that turned into a masterclass in faith, patience, and finding purpose in the midst of chaos.

The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. Except for the Code of Federal Regulations pertinent to civil aviation, most of the knowledge areas applicable to pilot certification are presented. This handbook is useful to beginning pilots, as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates.

During five sultry days, the lives of the guests, the management, and the workers at New Orleans's largest and most elite hotel converge. The owner has four days to raise the money to save his financially ailing property. The general manager, once blacklisted from the hospitality business, struggles with one crisis after another. A rebellious heiress will do anything to attain her secret desires. The duke and the duchess in the lavish presidential suite are covering up a crime. And within one of the many guest rooms hides a professional thief.

In The Crash Detectives, veteran aviation journalist and air safety investigator Christine Negroni takes us inside crash investigations from the early days of the jet age to the present, including the search for answers about what happened to the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As Negroni dissects what happened and why, she explores their common themes and, most important, what has been learned from them to make planes safer.