Wolfgang Langewiesche
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[1972]
Language
English
Description
WHAT'S IN STICK AND RUDDER:
• The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack. What it is, and why it can't be seen. How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it.
• Why airplanes stall How do you know you're about to stall?
• The landing approach. How the pilot's eye functions in judging the approach.
• The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use...