Mayday features 17 amazing situations where aircrew have been able to nurse their crippled aircraft back to earth saving many lives in the process. Written by Captain John Winslow, a highly experienced military and heavy jet airline captain, this book is one that will greatly appeal to a wide spectrum of people interested in both aviation safety and what happens when fate intervenes in an otherwise normal flight. You are literally there on the flightdeck as the best qualities of human character work feverishly to overcome near insurmountable odds to grab victory from the jaws of defeat.