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Blind landings : low-visibility operations in American aviation, 1918-1958 / Erik M Conway.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006Description: xiv, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0801884497 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780801884498 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- TL711.B6 C66 2006
Contents:
Introduction -- Instrumental faith -- Places to land blind -- Radio blind flying -- The promise of microwaves -- Instrument landing goes to war -- The intrusion of newcomers -- The politics of blind landing -- Transformations -- Conclusion.
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NCAR Library Mesa Lab | TL711 .B6 .C66 2006 | 1 | Available | 50583020000711 |
Total holds: 0
Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-210) and index.
Introduction -- Instrumental faith -- Places to land blind -- Radio blind flying -- The promise of microwaves -- Instrument landing goes to war -- The intrusion of newcomers -- The politics of blind landing -- Transformations -- Conclusion.