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Fly by wire the geese, the glide, the miracle on the Hudson

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Main Author: Langewiesche, William
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar Straus & Giroux 2009.
Subjects:
Fly-by-wire control.
Airplanes > Control systems.
Aeronautics > Human factors.
Aircraft accidents > New York (state) > New York.
US Airways Flight 1549 Crash Landing, Hudson River, N.Y. and N.J., 2009.
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Physical Description:193 p. : map ; 22 cm.
ISBN:0374157189 :
9780374157180
Author Notes:William Langewiesche is an American author and journalist, and was a professional airplane pilot for many years. He is currently the international correspondent for the magazine Vanity Fair, but made his name as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly magazine. He has written articles covering events such as the World Trade Center cleanup, a three-part series which was published as the book American Ground.

Langewiesche was a finalist for the 2004 Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage for American Ground. Unbuilding the World Trade Center and 2005 for The Outlaw Sea. He was a finalist for the 2007 Michael Kelly Award.

He currently lives in France. (Bowker Author Biography)

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