SABENA Flight Operations (1956)
SABENA Flight Operations (1956)
A booklet published by the Belgian airline company to show how carefully aviation companies prepare and operate scheduled flights. The clear aim is to rally a category of potential passengers to the cause of air travel by explaining - with technical arguments in support - how the major modern airlines ensure global air traffic with safety, regularity and comfort.
Reviewed in turn, with supporting diagrams:
Preparing for the flight
Propellers and landing gear
Aircraft maintenance
Protection against fire and lightning
Starting the engines
The takeoff
The navigation
Astronavigation
The "Radio-range" and the V.O.R.
The approach
Waiting above the aerodrome
Landing with ILS and GCA
31 pages - in French, Dutch, English and German.
Digital file PDF to download.