Fiche bibliographique n° 902
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| Titre | Gliding in 8 days |
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| Collection | -- |
| Auteur | MORGAN, Adrian |
| Année de publication | 1990 |
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| Langue | anglais |
| Éditeur | Osprey Publishing London |
| Pays | Angleterre |
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| Nombre de pages | 128 |
| Sommaire | INTRODUCTION 7 DAY ONE 12 Gliders at dawn • Nagging doubts • A potted history of flying • First flight • Wrestling with the controls • Stick and rudder • Thumbs-up DAY TWO 23 Dreaming of flight • Ailerons and elevators • Finding lift • The components of flight • Take-off and landing • Mastering the aerotow • 'I have control' • Girls in gliders DAYTHREE 37 A short life of the tug pilot • Balancing acts • Stalling for time • CB SIFT CB • Rocking and rolling • More turns • The bravery of a gliding instructor • Missing the bus - narrowly • Landing lecture DAY FOUR 54 Back into harness • Jason the aeronaut • Signing your life away • First flights at Lasham • Thermals and sun traps • Too blue for soaring • A question of balance* DAY FIVE 69 The Polish ace • Sir Gordon and The Sky Beyond • Ballooning • The dramatic effect of air-brakes • Common errors • Approach speed and landing • Meeting the master • Derek Piggott and Baron von Richtofen DAY SIX 82 How long to solo? • Icarus and the early pioneers • German loopholes • Leaping off tall towers • The development of modern gliding • The perfect glider • Looking for thermals • Perspex bubbles in the air DAY SEVEN 100 Sir Gordon flies a Spitfire • Out of shape on the aerotow • Discovering the air-brakes • Hands-on flight at last • Scuttling for cover from Boeings • More fun on aerotow • Blonde acrobats and the Blue Max DAY EIGHT 109 Cracks in the canopy • Drop-outs and gliding • Jason returns • Catching the thermals • The uplifting life of a cumulus cloud • Tapping the altimeter • 'A piece of cake' GLOSSARY 123 APPENDIX 126 |
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| Genre | Techniques et Construction |
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