| Description |
390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
How a wing is flown -- The airplane's gaits -- Lift and buoyancy -- The flying instinct -- The law of the roller coaster -- Wind drift -- What the airplane wants to do -- That thing called torque -- The flippers and the throttle -- The ailerons -- The rudder -- The turn -- Straight and level cruising -- The glide -- The approach -- The landing -- The landing run -- The dangers of the air -- The working speeds of an airplane -- Thin air |
| Summary |
In the early 1940's, Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote a series of articles in Air Facts analyzing the various aspects of piloting techniques. Based on these articles, Langewiesche's classic work on the art of flying was published in 1944. This book explains precisely what pilots do when they fly, just how they do it, and why. These basics are largely unchanging. The book applies to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest not only to the learner but also to the accomplished pilot and instructor. Today, several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information. But Stick and Rudder remains the leading think-book on the art of flying |
| Notes |
First published: 1944 |
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Includes index |
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Special appendix on The dangers of the air by Leighton Collins |
| Subject |
Aerodynamics.
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Aeronautics -- Study and teaching.
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Airplanes -- Piloting.
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Flight training.
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Flight.
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| Author |
Collins, Leighton Holden, 1902-
Dangers of the air,
author
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| LC no. |
2004296809 |
| ISBN |
0070362408 |
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