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Please add reliable sources to this stub, which has been unreferenced for 15 years. Bearian (talk) 04:14, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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:I took this down and added several sources. This is quite a common term it should be no problem getting more sources into it, but certainly overlooked. A75 (talk) 11:35, 12 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Symbol watching blue lashes high contrast.svg You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:TAM Airlines Flight 3054 § Summary in infobox, which is within the scope of this WikiProject. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 02:32, 20 April 2025 (UTC)

File:Information.svg There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Mangalore International Airport#Requested move 27 April 2025 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. TarnishedPath^talk 12:46, 6 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello, I would like to cite a book by Stanley Stewart on a page. He has written some books such as Air Disasters and Emergency: Crisis in the Cockpit in which he gave an analysis on some plane crashes with some pages like that of British Airways Flight 009 citing his books. Stewart was credited as a British Airways Captain in Episode 1 of plane crash documentary called Survival in the Sky and as an Aviation Author in an episode of Mayday titled "Blow Out". His books were published by Crowood Press which is not listed on WP:RSP and barely referenced in secondary sources. Therefore, sourcing his books cannot be accomplished at the moment. Krios101 (talk) 00:11, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

:{{u|Krios101}} When a source is absent from WP:RSP (as book authors and publishers generally are), you should use the WP:RS guideline to assess its reliability. You can also look through WP:RSN to see if the source has been discussed before, and you can ask for feedback there if you're still not sure. I don't know much about Stewart and haven't read any of his books, so I'm not sure I can be of much more help than to point you in the right direction. - ZLEA _T\^C 04:32, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

::{{re|Krios101}} Stewart meets WP:RS. Mjroots (talk) 11:50, 9 May 2025 (UTC)

:Leaning unreliable. His works appears to be self-published and I don't see any evidence pointing to him being a reliable source. He was a pilot who published many books but there's nothing indicating that he's a subject-matter expert in the field. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 12:09, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

::I don't believe Crowood Press is a self-publisher. He is, in fact, a WP:RS. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 16:56, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Air Disasters is used as a source in British European Airways Flight 548 with 15 citations, these were not questioned during the two FAC nominations. Physically checking the book just now there is a two-page bibliography relating to the more serious accidents, it includes HMSO reports, HMSO is Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office, the UK government printer for official reports. It doesn't state that he used those sources or whether they are for the reader to check but he went to the trouble of listing them. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 17:55, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

:::But is Crowood Press an established and reliable publisher? And even if it were, I don’t see how the reliability is transferred to the book and author themselves. Aviationwikiflight (talk) 18:33, 10 May 2025 (UTC)

::::My copy of Air Disasters was published by The Promotional Reprint Company in 1994 (ISBN 1 85648 182 4). It states "first published 1986 by Ian Allan". That should be sufficient to establish that Stewart is a reliable author. Mjroots (talk) 15:11, 16 May 2025 (UTC)