Back to Basics
Subtitle: Aircraft Construction, Cockpit Mechanics, and Flight Procedures
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York; Cincinnati; Toronto; London; Melbourne
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780442224509
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Robert B. Parke, Publisher, Flying magazine; title: Part one : The aircraft.; title: The airplane, outside-in; title: How wings work; title: Flaps; title: Stabilators; title: Propellers; title: Prop and throttle; title: The instrument panel; title: Being kind to engines; title: All about oil; title: The electrical system; title: Turbocharging; title: Pressurization; title: Part two : The cockpit.; title: Understanding engine instruments; title: Swinging your compass; title: The instrument that (usually) isn't there; title: How radios work; title: Inside avionics; title: More about avionics; title: Autopilots; title: Flight directors; title: Part three : The pilot.; title: Weight and balance; title: Getting off the ground; title: Some fine points of takeoff technique; title: Rich, lean; title: Wind, speed, and range; title: Making miles out of gallons; title: The most dangerous myth; title: Attitude + power = performance; title: Ill winds; title: And crosswinds; title: And those terrible downwind turns; title: When the sun goes down; title: Induction icing; title: Multiengine emergencies; title: Spins; title: Declaring an emergency; title: Forced landings; title: Glide, baby, glide; title: The structure of airspace; title: IFR vs. VFR; title: Air-filing IFR; title: IFR at night; title: The missed approach