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Titre Derek Piggott on gliding
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Auteur PIGGOTT, Derek
Année de publication 1990
Édition
Langue anglais
ÉditeurAdam & Charles Black Ltd
London
PaysAngleterre
Code ISBNISBN-10: 0713657995 ISBN-13: 978-0713657999
Format
Nombre de pages 160
Sommaire Preface ......................... 7
Introduction .................... 9
1 The learning process ........ 15
2 First flights ................. 18
3 Turns ...................... 22
4 Landings ................... 29
5 The use of airbrakes ........ 34
6 Circuit planning ............ 39
7 Circuit planning in special
conditions ............... 46
8 Directional control on the
ground .................. 54
9 Learning to aerotow ........ 58
10 Winch and car launching
emergencies .............. 64
11 Other launching
emergencies ............. 70
12 Circling technique in
thermals ................. 78
13 Safety aspects .............. 82
14 Variometers ................ 88
15 Buying a second-hand glider 96
16 Which glider? .............. 99
17 Motor soarers and self-sustaining
sail planes ................ 130
18 High-performance light aircraft
and motor glider trainers .. 140
19 Parachuting ................ 146
Appendix A ..................... 155
Useful addresses ................ 157
Index ........................... 158
Résumé Exciting and accident-free gliding requires skill in the basics of turning, landing, dealing with adverse weather conditions and getting out of dangerous situations. This book offers instruction in each of these aspects and includes a comprehensive guide to gliding instruments. There is also practical advice on the perils of buying a new or second-hand glider. The author's own line drawings illustrate the text throughout. Derek Piggott has experience of gliding in all its forms. He served with the RAF as both pilot and instructor, and is former Chief Instructor at the Lasham Gliding Centre.
Genre Techniques et Construction
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