The Right Seat Handbook
Subtitle: A White-Knuckle Flier's Guide to Light Planes
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: August 1, 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780070601482
Subjects: Air sports & recreations; Aviation skills / piloting; Private flying; Aircraft Operation; Sports & Recreation; Transportation; Sports; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Aviation - Piloting & Flight Instruction; Transportation / Aviation / General; Air Sports; Airplanes; Piloting
First sentence: Besides the bank that holds the mortgage and perhaps a family member questioning why the pilot spends so much time at the airport, four forces act on an airplane: lift, thrust, drag, and gravity (weight) (Fig. 1-1).