Learning to Fly (Classic Reprint): A Practical Manual for Beginners - Couverture souple

Claude Grahame-White

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ISBN 10 : 1451015089 ISBN 13 : 9781451015089

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

How flying moved from sketchy experiments to structured training—and why you can learn to fly

This edition of Learning to Fly offers a concise introduction for beginners, guiding readers on how to choose a flying school and prepare mentally for tuition. It explains why flight training shifted from hobbyist attempts to a systematic, safer practice, and what factors help a new pilot build skill.

From the earliest days to modern schools, the book shows how instruction became a profession, with graduated tuition, skilled instructors, and safety as a priority. It also highlights practical considerations for learners—physical health, vision, and the feel for “hands” that pilots need to control an aeroplane.

• How flying schools evolved into organized courses and why that matters for beginners
• What makes a student well-suited to learn, including health and motor dexterity
• How weather, wind, and gradual training affect safety and progress
• An outlook on how aircraft design and commercial flying may develop in the future

Ideal for readers curious about aviation history and how flying became a practical mode of travel and industry.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

AUTHORS NOTE. This book is written for the novice--and for the novice who is completely a novice. We have assumed, in writing it, that it will come into the hands of men who, having determined to enter this great and growing industry of aviation, and having decided wisely to learn to fly as their preliminary step, feel they would like to gain beforehand--before, that is to say, they take the plunge of selecting and joining a flying school--all that can be imparted non-technically, and in such a brief manual as this, not only as to the stages of tuition and the tests to be undergone, but also in regard to such general questions as, having once turned their thoughts towards flying, they take a sudden and a very active interest. It has been our aim, bearing in mind this first and somewhat restless interest, to cover a wide rather than a restricted field; and this being so, and remembering also the limitations of space, we cannot pretend -and do not for a moment wish

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; ;HAP'1ER; 1 THEORIES OF TUITION; II TEMPERAMENT AND THE AIRMAN; III FIRST EXPERIENCES WITH AN AEROPLANE; (AS DESCRIBED BY MR GRAHAMEWHITE); IV THE CoNTROLLING OF LATEST-TYPE; 9; 20; 24; CRAFT 31; V THE STAGES OF TUITION 38; VI THE TEST FLIGHTS 53; vII PERILS OF THE AIR 56; III FACTORS THAT MAKE FOR SAFETY 76; IX A STUDY OF THE METHODS OF GREAT; PILOTS 82; X CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING; XI AVIATION AS A PROfESSION; 1I THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT; 92; 99; I04 ILLUSTRATIONS; A SCHOOL ~:!ACHINE WELL ALOFT ; GRAHA~iE-WHITE SCHOOL BIPLANE; THE CONTROLS OF A SCHOOL BIPLANE; REAR VIEW OF A SCHOOL BIPLANE; POWER-PLANT OF A SCHOOL BIPLANE; Frontispiece; MOTOR AND OTHER GEAR-AKOTHER VIEW 42; PUPIL AND INSTRUCTOR READY FOR A FLIGHT 44; PUPIL AND INSTRUCTOR IN FLIGHT (r) 46; PUPIL A~D INSTRUCTOR IN FLIGHT (2) 48; PUPIL AND INSTRUCTOR IN FLIGHT (3) 50;

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1451015089
• ISBN 13: 9781451015089
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 132
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