{"product_id":"stick-and-rudder","title":"Stick And Rudder","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:\" times new roman\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher''s Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, \u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e      authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT''S IN STICK AND RUDDER:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack.\u003c\/b\u003e  What it is, and why it can''t be seen.  How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhy airplanes stall \u003c\/b\u003eHow do you know you''re about to stall?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe landing approach.\u003c\/b\u003e  How the pilot''s eye functions in judging the approach.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges:\u003c\/b\u003e how you can quickly learn to use them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"The Spot that does not move.\"\u003c\/b\u003e  This is the first statement of this phenomenon.  A foolproof method of making a landing approach across pole lines and trees.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe elevator and the throttle.\u003c\/b\u003e One controls the speed, the other controls climb and descent.  Which is which?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe paradox of the glide.\u003c\/b\u003e  By pointing the nose down less steeply, you descend more steeply.  By pointing the nose down more steeply, you can glide further.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhat''s the rudder for?\u003c\/b\u003e  The rudder does NOT turn the airplane the way a boat''s rudder turns the boat.  Then what does it do?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow a turn is flown.\u003c\/b\u003e  The role of ailerons, rudder, and elevator in making a turn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe landing--how it''s made.\u003c\/b\u003e The visual clues that tell you where the ground is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe \"tail-dragger\" landing gear and what''s tricky about it.\u003c\/b\u003e  This is probably the only analysis of tail-draggers now available to those who want to fly one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe tricycle landing gear and what''s so good about it.\u003c\/b\u003e A strong advocacy of the tricycle gear written at a time when almost all civil airplanes were taildraggers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy the airplane doesn''t feel the wind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e Why the airplane usually flies a little sidewise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePlus:\u003c\/b\u003e a chapter on Air Accidents by Leighton Collins, founder and editor of AIR FACTS.  His analyses of aviation''s safety problems have deeply influenced pilots and aeronautical engineers and have contributed to the benign characteristics of today''s airplane.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStick and Rudder\u003c\/i\u003e is the first exact analysis of the art of flying ever attempted.  It has been continously in print for thirty-three years. It shows precisely what the pilot does when he flies, just how he does it, and why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the basics are largely unchanging, the book therefore is applicable 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 to the instructor himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen \u003ci\u003eStick and Rudder\u003c\/i\u003e first came out, some of its contents were considered highly controversial.  In recent years its formulations have become widely accepted.  Pilots and flight instructors have found that the book works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information.  But \u003ci\u003eStick and Rudder\u003c\/i\u003e remains the leading think-book on the art of flying. One thorough reading of it is the equivalent of many hours of practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320224784766,"sku":"NW9780070362406","price":26.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780070362406.jpg?v=1778236046","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/stick-and-rudder","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}