
Автор: Capt. Steven Archille
Год издания: 0000
Flying has been my dream since before I can remember… literally. My Aunt Odette tells me that when I was three years old, she took me with her to the Port-au-Prince International Airport to pick someone up, and when I saw an airliner up close for the first time, I excitedly yelled out, "I want to drive that!" I don't recall that event, but it serves as evidence that my fascination with flying began at a remarkably young age. <br><br>My first memory of wanting to fly came a few years later at the age of seven. I was on my very first flight, from Port-au-Prince to New York City, where I was going to start a new life in a new country. I remember looking at all the people boarding the airplane and wondering how that "big silver bird" was going to get us into the air (that silver bird was an American Airlines Boeing 727). To this day, the whole experience is vivid in my mind: being greeted with a smile by the captain at the aircraft entry door, the funny feeling in my stomach as the plane accelerated down the runway, leaping into the air, and my utter disbelief that we didn't drop out of the sky! I was mesmerized by it all, and by the time the plane came to a stop at our gate, my dream had been born… I wanted to become an airline pilot. I have been blessed to be living that dream since 1999. It's a dream from which I hope never to awaken. <br><br>This is the story of the lifelong journey I have taken in realizing that dream. I invite you to come along with me as we go from my birth in Haiti to the present day, as I live my dream every day. You will come with me as I move to America at the age of seven, a country I knew nothing about and whose language I didn't speak, a land that would truly prove to be "the land of opportunity". You will feel my sense of wonder and bewilderment growing up in New York City, trying to understand my new world. You will face my struggles to fit in with the kids in the housing project where my family lived for a decade as Mom and Dad saved money to buy a house. You will meet my parents, who encouraged my dream of flying, and my fifth grade teacher who helped me to see that it was possible not only to dream it, but also to achieve it. It's a story of potential fulfilled, and my family's sacrifices to get me through college and flight school. <br><br>You will fly with me from my first lesson to my first airline job as a copilot, to the day I earned my four-stripes and first heard someone call me "Captain". You will sit with me in the captain's seat as I fly an airline jet over Haiti for the first time, looking down from thirty-eight thousand feet onto the land of my birth where my dream had been born. You will soar with me over the majestic Amazon jungle in Brazil, over the desert-flanked Nile River in Egypt, and the sparkling Mediterranean Sea. You will fly with me through New York City blizzards, Indian monsoons, and Arabian sandstorms. You will travel with me on adventures to Europe, South America, the Middle East, South Asia, the Caribbean, and other parts of the world I used to dream of going to as a child; places that have affected me profoundly and where I left a little part of myself. <br><br>I have seen all these things through the eyes of the seven year-old boy from Haiti that I was and in many ways, still am; the little boy who had a sense of just how incredible the world and life are, who dreamt of a life of worldwide adventure, and was blessed to have his dream come true. That is the reason for the title of this book, "The Seven Year-Old Pilot", because even after years of flying around the world, in many ways, I still feel like that little boy, and I always try to approach my travels and my life with his sense of gratitude, amazement, and awe. <br><br>I truly believe that every one of us has life experiences and lessons worth sharing that can inspire, enlighten, teach, and benefit others because we have all lived through tragedies and triumphs. We all have a life story worth telling and worth hearing. In that spirit, I offer you MY life story… Of my dreams, my worldwide adventures, my quest for love, and the universal life lessons I've learned along the way. It is my sincere hope that in reading my story, you will be inspired to dare to believe that if this little Haitian boy's dreams can come true, then yours can too.

Автор: Монолит
Год издания:
Содержание
Введение
Действия в чрезвычайных ситуациях
- Замена поврежденного колеса
- Запуск двигателя от дополнительной аккумуляторной батареи
- Перегрев двигателя
- Сигнализатор низкого давления моторного масла
- Сигнализатор разряда аккумуляторной батареи
- Сигнализатор неисправности систем двигателя
- Сигнализатор неисправности тормозной системы
- Предохранители
- Буксировка неисправного автомобиля
- Если Ваш автомобиль застрял
- Техническая информация автомобиля
- Органы управления, приборная панель, оборудование салона
- Уход за кузовом и салоном автомобиля
- Техническое обслуживание автомобиля
- Базовый комплект необходимых инструментов
- Методы работы с измерительными приборами
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Двигатель в сборе
- Масляный поддон
- Ремень привода ГРМ
- Крышка головки блока цилиндров
- Головка блока цилиндров
- Сальники коленчатого вала
- Коленчатый вал, шатуны и поршни
- Газораспределительный механизм
- Приводной ремень
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Водяной насос
- Термостат
- Водяной канал
- Радиатор охлаждения и вентилятор радиатора охлаждения
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Датчик давления моторного масла
- Масляный фильтр
- Подающая трубка масляного фильтра
- Масляная форсунка
- Масляный насос
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Быстросъемные соединения
- Модуль топливного бака
- Регулятор давления топлива
- Топливный фильтр
- Датчик уровня топлива
- Топливный бак
- Заправочная трубка
- Педаль акселератора
- Корпус дроссельной заслонки
- Топливные форсунки
- Датчики топливной системы
- Основание топливных форсунок
- Каталитический нейтрализатор
- Система рециркуляции отработавших газов двигателя
- Система улавливания паров топлива
- Система принудительной вентиляции картера двигателя
- Система впуска
- Система выпуска
- Аккумуляторная батарея
- Система зарядки
- Система зажигания
- Система пуска
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Автоматическая коробка передач в сборе
- Раздаточная коробка в сборе
- Общие сведения
- Передний приводной вал
- Промежуточный вал
- Задний приводной вал
- Карданный вал
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Передняя подвеска
- Задняя подвеска
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Тормозные колодки
- Тормозные диски
- Главный тормозной цилиндр
- Вакуумный усилитель тормозов
- Педаль тормоза
- Шланги тормозной системы
- Стояночный тормоз
- Антиблокировочная система тормозов и система курсовой устойчивости
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Рулевое колесо
- Рулевая колонка
- Насос усилителя рулевого управления
- Рулевой механизм
- Бамперы
- Двери
- Капот
- Дверь багажного отделения
- Наружная и внутренняя облицовка кузова
- Центральная консоль
- Приборная панель
- Наружные зеркала заднего вида
- Сиденья
- Остекление
- Кузовные размеры
- Общие сведения
- Модуль подушки безопасности водителя
- Модуль подушки безопасности переднего пассажира
- Модуль боковой подушки безопасности
- Шторка безопасности
- Электронный блок управления системой подушек безопасности
- Датчики системы пассивной безопасности
- Ремни безопасности
- Общие сведения
- Технические операции на автомобиле
- Система отопления и кондиционирования воздуха с механическим управлением
- Система отопления и кондиционирования воздуха в задней части салона
- Система автоматического климат - контроля
- Освещение
- Стеклоочистители ветрового стекла
- Стеклоочиститель заднего стекла
- Омыватель ветрового и заднего стекла
- Система навигации
- Система облегчения парковки
- Аудио система
- Звуковой сигнал
- Модули управления
- Замок зажигания
- Электрические стеклоподъемники
- Блоки реле и предохранителей
- Система Handsfree
- Иммобилайзер
- Электросхемы
Полезные советы автовладельцам
- Замена заднего тормозного диска и тормозных колодок
- Замена ламп в заднем комбинированном фонаре
- Замена масла в заднем редукторе
- Замена масла и масляного фильтра
- Замена наружного зеркала заднего вида
- Замена переднего тормозного диска и тормозных колодок
- Замена салонного фильтра
- Замена стоек переднего стабилизатора
- Снятие и установка обивки передней двери
- Частичная замена масла в коробке передач

Автор: Монолит
Год издания:
Content
Actions in emergency situations
- Replacing a damaged wheel
- Starting the engine with an additional battery
- Engine overheating
- Low engine oil warning light
- Battery discharge warning
- Engine malfunction annunciator
- Malfunction signal of brake system
- Fuses
- Towing a defective car
- If your car is stuck
- Technical information of the car
- Controls, dashboard, interior equipment
- Caring for the body and the car
- Car maintenance
- Basic set of necessary tools
- Methods of working with measuring devices
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Engine assembly
- Oil pan
- Timing belt
- Cylinder head cover
- Cylinder head
- Crankshaft seals
- Crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons
- Gas distribution mechanism
- Drive belt
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Water pump
- Thermostat
- Water channel
- Radiator cooling and cooling radiator fan
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Engine oil pressure sensor
- Oil filter
- Oil filter feed pipe
- Oil nozzle
- Oil pump
- Catalytic converter
- Engine exhaust gas recirculation system
- Fuel vapor recovery system
- System of forced ventilation of crankcase of an engine
- Catalytic converter
- Engine exhaust gas recirculation system
- Fuel vapor recovery system
- System of forced ventilation of crankcase of an engine
- Intake manifold
- Release system
- Battery
- Charge system
- Ignition system
- Starting system
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Automatic gearbox assembly
- Transfer case assembly
- General information
- Front drive shaft
- Intermediate shaft
- Rear drive shaft
- Cardan shaft
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Front suspension
- Front suspension
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Brake shoes
- Brake discs
- Master cylinder
- Vacuum brake booster
- Brake pedal
- Brake hoses
- Parking brake
- Antilock braking system and stability control
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Steering wheel
- Steering column
- Power steering pump
- Steering gear
- Bumpers
- Doors
- The hood
- The luggage compartment door
- Exterior and interior lining of the body
- Central console
- Dashboard
- Exterior rear view mirrors
- Seats
- Glazing
- Body dimensions
- General information
- Driver's airbag module
- Front passenger airbag module
- Side airbag module
- Shutter security
- The electronic block of management of system of pillows of safety
- Passive safety sensors
- Seat belts
- General information
- Technical operations on a car
- Heating and air-conditioning system with mechanical control
- Rear-seat heating and air conditioning system
- Automatic climate control system
- Lighting
- Windshield wipers
- Rear window wiper
- Windscreen and rear window washer
- Navigation system
- Parking assist system
- Audio system
- Beep
- Management modules
- Ignition switch
- Electric windows
- Relay and fuse blocks
- Handsfree system
- Immobilizer
- Electroschemes