“Can anyone on board fly an airplane?”
A feel good story: “Can anyone on board fly an airplane?”
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
A feel good story: “Can anyone on board fly an airplane?”
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Yes this is a feel good story, I have no doubt that the first officer could have landed the aircraft by herself, I think that with the captain having a heart attack, a lot of confusion and emotion entered the flight deck, the lady did the correct thing by putting another pilot in a seat to help with the radio and the check lists, it was a definite plus that this military pilot had landed at this airport, the news media needed to put this into their initial story.
Wow. Two of the top five things you don’t want to hear on an airplane in one flight. Nice to see that everyone worked to expectations: i.e. did their job in a professional manner. I do think The Mail’s noting of the co-pilot’s sex in the lead bullets was a cheap way to put eyes on content.
O k Blair, what are the other three things you don’t want to hear?
#1: This is a hijacking.
#4: We have a malfunction.
#5: Prepare for ditching.
I agree, no good options for anyone on board. Hopefully I will never have to tell my passengers any of those!
I wrote a post on Five Things You Don’t Want to Hear. You may find it amusing.
bkivey.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/5-things-you-dont-want-to-hear/