Fiche bibliographique n° 747
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| Titre | Going solo |
| Sous-titre | A simple guide to soaring |
| Sous-titre | -- |
| Collection | Know the Game |
| Auteur | PIGGOTT, Derek |
| Année de publication | 1978 |
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| Langue | anglais |
| Éditeur | Adam & Charles Black Ltd London |
| Pays | Angleterre |
| Code ISBN | ISBN-10: 071361899X ISBN-13: 978-0713618990 |
| Format | 19,4 x 13 cm |
| Nombre de pages | 112 |
| Sommaire | Introduction 9 1 Facts and formalities 10 Training, licences and formalities, facts about gliders 2 The glider 14 The controls, how an aeroplane flies, flying speed, turning, launching, performance 3 Before your first flight 20 When to go gliding, sensations, cockpit checks, your seating position 4 Early nights 26 The correct flying attitude, using the controls, trimming, turns, the landing 5 Getting up there 40 Launching methods, aerotow launching—positioning up and down, the low tow position, lateral control on tow, signals on tow, car and winch launches, cable breaks and launch failures 6 Stalling and spinning 55 Stalling, incipient spins, full spins, recovery from a full spin, low 'g' sensations 7 Control of the approach 65 Airbrakes, approach speeds, uses of airbrakes 8 Circuit planning 75 Circuit planning, preparing to land, never low and slow, Sturns, landing out of wind, flying in high winds 9 Solo at last! * 93 Requirements for solo local soaring, thermal soaring, hill soaring, wave soaring, things to practise Further reading 105 Index 107 |
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| Genre | Techniques et Construction |
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| Remarques | Extraits sur le site Wally Kahn & BGA UK eBook Collection. |
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