Takeoffs and landings
By: Leighton Collins ; foreword by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780025272408
Copyright date: 1981
Subjects: Airplanes; Takeoff; Landing
Description: "Leighton Collins' long-awaited first book is all about the realities of flying into and out of an airport, the practical matters of landing and taking off safely and skillfully, every time."--Inside jacket.
Notes: "An Eleanor Friede book."

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Basic concepts; title: Atmospheric effects on angle of attack and airspeed; title: Aircraft flight characteristics; title: Pilot characteristics; title: Cleared for takeoff; title: The traffic pattern and circling; title: Cleared to land; title: Level-off touchdown; title: The landing roll; title: Engine-out twin-engine flying; title: Lost causes; title: Let's fly.