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Author Olsen, W. Scott

Title Hard Air : Adventures from the Edge of Flying
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (246 pages)
Contents The air in resolute -- Chasing Ivan -- LifeFlight -- Seats and heavies -- Epilogue
Summary Hard Aira book about extraordinary flyingflying under conditions that keep fighters on the carrier deck and rockets on the launch pada 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
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Aeronautics in forest fire control -- Anecdotes
Aeronautics in meteorology -- Anecdotes
Air pilots -- Anecdotes
Airplanes -- Piloting -- Anecdotes
Extreme environments -- Anecdotes
Search and rescue operations -- Anecdotes
Aeronautics in forest fire control
Aeronautics in meteorology
Air pilots
Airplanes -- Piloting
Extreme environments
Search and rescue operations
Genre/Form Anecdotes
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007028908
ISBN 9780803217362
0803217366
1281213454
9781281213457
9786611213459
6611213457