Looking for aircrash novel title
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Looking for aircrash novel title
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I am trying to trace the title of a novel, I think from the 1970's.
As far as I remember the plot is about an investigation into a midair collision, it may even be a trial. The main thread is that one of the pilots is alleged to have used out of date ATIS information, I think leading to incorrect altimeter setting and thus causing the collision.
He is eventually proved innocent due to a tape recording of the ATIS broadcast being played in court which had somehow malfunctioned and given wrong data?
I am pretty certain it was a British novel. Does anyone know this, many thanx!
I am trying to trace the title of a novel, I think from the 1970's.
As far as I remember the plot is about an investigation into a midair collision, it may even be a trial. The main thread is that one of the pilots is alleged to have used out of date ATIS information, I think leading to incorrect altimeter setting and thus causing the collision.
He is eventually proved innocent due to a tape recording of the ATIS broadcast being played in court which had somehow malfunctioned and given wrong data?
I am pretty certain it was a British novel. Does anyone know this, many thanx!
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Airscream by John Bruce. Based in New Zealand and about a mid-air between a C172 and a DC-8 - the 172 pilot is blamed initially.
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one on ebay didn't sell for 99p so you might find he still has it 
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Pleasure!
Plenty of s/h copies on Amazon last night as well... at 1p plus p&p I might even buy a replacement for the long since disintegrated copy I was given for Christmas around 1978!
Plenty of s/h copies on Amazon last night as well... at 1p plus p&p I might even buy a replacement for the long since disintegrated copy I was given for Christmas around 1978!
