Learning to Fly in the U. S. Army
by E. N. Fales
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About this eBook
- Author
- Fales, E. N. (Elisha Noel), 1887-1970
- Title
- Learning to fly in the U.S. Army : a manual of aviation practice
- Original Publication
- New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1917.
- Credits
- Bob Taylor, Gísli Valgeirsson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics
- Subject
- Aeronautics, Military -- United States
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72902
- Release Date
- February 8, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.LEARNING TO FLY IN THE U. S. ARMY
- 3.Untitled
- 4.Untitled
- 5.Untitled
- 6.PREFACE
- 7.CONTENTS
- 8.CHAPTER I HISTORY OF AVIATION
- 9.CHAPTER II TYPES OF MILITARY AIRPLANES AND THEIR USES
- 10.CHAPTER III PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT — PRINCIPLES OF AIRPLANE EQUILIBRIUM
- 11.CHAPTER IV FLYING THE AIRPLANE
- 12.CHAPTER V CROSS-COUNTRY FLYING — AERIAL NAVIGATION
- 13.CHAPTER VI THE RIGGING OF AIRPLANES — NOMENCLATURE
- 14.CHAPTER VII MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
- 15.CHAPTER VIII ERECTING AIRPLANES — WING COVERING AND PATCHING — FAULTS IN FLIGHT, DUE TO IMPROPER ALIGNMENT AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
- 16.CHAPTER IX TRUING UP THE FUSELAGE
- 17.CHAPTER X HANDLING OF AIRPLANES IN THE FIELD AND AT THE BASES PREVIOUS TO AND AFTER FLIGHTS
- 18.CHAPTER XI INSPECTION OF AIRPLANES
- 19.Transcriber’s Notes
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