Wolfgang Langewiesche

Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying

Illustrator: Kotula, Jo

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The leading thinking-book on the art of flying.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Repr. of the 1944 ed.
• Seitenzahl: 390
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 1944
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780070362406
• ISBN-10: 0070362408
• Artikelnr.: 22207689

Autorenporträt

Wolfgang Langewiesche (Princeton, NJ).

Inhaltsangabe

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