

Fly by Wire
The Geese, the Glide, the Miracle on the Hudson
Author: William Langewiesche
Narrator: David Drummond
Unabridged: 6 hr 1 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 12/14/2009
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Us History, Transportation
Synopsis
In Fly by Wire, journalist William Langewiesche takes us on a strange and unexpected journey into the fascinating world of advanced aviation. From the testing laboratories where engineers struggle to build a jet engine that can systematically resist bird attacks, through the creation of the A320 in France, to the political and social forces that have sought to minimize the impact of the revolutionary fly-by-wire technology, William Langewiesche assembles the untold stories necessary to truly understand the "miracle" on the Hudson, and makes us question our assumptions about human beings in modern aviation.