Take a seatâthe captainâs seat, that isâand relax. Youâre about to land a Boeing 747. âBrilliant.â âThe Sunday Times
A Daily Mail and Spectator Best Book of the Year
A Points Guy Best Book of the Year
The mystery of flight is magical; the reality even more soâfrom the physics that keeps a 450-ton vehicle aloft, to the symphony of technology and teamwork that safely sets it down again. Take it from Mark VanhoenackerâBritish Airways pilot, international bestselling author, and your new flight instructor. This is How to Land a Plane.
Vanhoenacker covers every stepâfrom approach to touchdownâ with precision, wit, and infectious enthusiasm. Aided by dozens of illustrations, youâll learn all the tools and rules of his craft: altimeters, glidepaths, alignment, and more. Before you know it, youâll be on the ground, exiting the aircraft with a whole new appreciation for the art and science of flying.
âA good choice for anyone who's fantasized about suddenly having to get an aircraft safely down on the ground . . . walks you through some of the basics of flight and landing, from how to recognize a cluster of instruments known as the âsix packâ to knowing what purpose the PAPI lights near the runway serve.â âPopular Science
âA work of humorous and outright poetic travel geekery.â âNational Geographic Traveler