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Hard Landing: The Epic Contest for Power and Profits That Plunged the Airlines into Chaos (1st Edition) by Thomas Petzinger Jr. Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 1996 ISBN-10: 0-8129-2835-0 / 0812928350 ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-2835-8 / 9780812928358 Flying is An Act of conquest, of defeating the most basic and powerful forces of nature. It unites the violent rage and brute power of jet engines with the infinitesimal tolerances of the cockpit. Airlines take their measurements from the ton to the milligram, from the mile to the millimeter, endowi |