Summary / Abstract
A classic aviation text that explains, in clear and enduring language, how heavier-than-air flight works and how airplanes should be flown by pilots — focusing on fundamental piloting skills through understanding lift, angle of attack, stall behavior, control coordination, visual landing cues, and inherent dangers of flight.
Publisher(s)
McGraw-Hill
Publication Date
ISBN
Edition
Original illustrated reprint (1944); 1990 reprint (“Net” edition)
Table of Contents
Part I: Wings – Chapter 1: How a Wing is Flown; Chapter 2: The Airplane’s Gaits; Chapter 3: Lift and Buoyancy; Chapter 4: The Flying Instinct
Part II: Some Air Sense – Chapter 5: The Law of the Roller Coaster; Chapter 6: Wind Drift; Chapter 7: What the Airplane Wants to Do; Chapter 8: That Thing Called Torque
Part III: The Controls – Chapter 9: The Flippers and the Throttle; Chapter 10: The Ailerons; Chapter 11: The Rudder
Part IV: The Basic Maneuvers – Chapter 12: The Turn; Chapter 13: Straight and Level Cruising; Chapter 14: The Glide
Part V: Getting Down – Chapter 15: The Approach; Chapter 16: The Landing; Chapter 17: The Landing Run
Part VI: The Dangers of the Air – Chapter 18: The Dangers of the Air
Part VII: Some More Air Sense – Chapter 19: The Working Speeds of an Airplane; Chapter 20: Thin Air
Format Details
Language
English
Number of Pages
389 pages (original edition); approximately 400 pages in modern reprints
Format
Primarily print in hardcover and paperback; no confirmed official eBook version
Access Rights
License
Paid — commercially published; no indication of free or open-access licensing
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