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Hardcover: 390 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 70th edition (1 Jan 1944)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0070362408
ISBN-13: 978-0070362406
Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 17.3 x 2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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The aviaton classic no pilot should be without!

In the early 1940's, Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote a series of articles in Air Facts analyzing the various aspects of piloting techniques. Based on these articles, Langewiesche's classic work on the art of flying was published in 1944.

Stick and Rudder explains precisely what pilots do when they fly, just how they do it, and why. These basics are largely unchanging. The book applies to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest not only to the learner but also to the accomplished pilot and instructor. Today, several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information, but Stick and Rudder remains the leading think-book on the art of flying.

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Here is the first exact analysis of the art of flying. It represents four years of research, flying and writing, and it shows exactly what the pilot does when flying, how it's done, and why. The book's main objective is to help the student become a good pilot quickly and surely, and to help the instructor understand more thoroughly the fundamentals of this profession. Careful reading of the book should be the equivalent of several hundred hours of flight practice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 60 years on, it's still the definitive guide, 30 Dec 2003

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I thought I had aeroplane control sussed as a student. A bit rough at the edges and things occasionally happened that I wasn't quite expecting, but good enough and nothing dangerous... Until I read this book.

Langewiesche has writtten a masterpeice on the "art" of flying and is still compulsive reading after 60 years in print. His references are occasionally quaint, such as comparing the "gait" of your aeroplane to the gait of your horse and referring to the elevator as "flippers" (the latter being much less misleading).

If only he'd also written books called "A Practical Guide to International Politics", "Crime Fighting Made Simple" and "Understanding Women" the word would be a better place ;o)

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5.0 out of 5 stars the best book on flying that I ever read., 27 April 1999

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I began flying in 1944 and am still an active pilot in 1999. The is clearly the best book ever on how a plane flys and how you fly a plane. How I missed it for all these years, I will never know.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book on flying technique, period., 8 Jul 1998

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Langewiesche has written the definitive book on aircraft manipulation. I learned more from this book than all the others I have read combined. Clear, concise, and well-written, no pilot should be without it.

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Without a doubt the best book on piloting I've read. Reminds us of the importants of old fashion flying techniques that our young flight instructors never learned.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the fact that it is still relevant and in print validates it
I used this book in ground school at Rhode Island State College (before it was University) in 1940 and in flight school in 1941. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Book on Flying I've Ever Read
I college I've taken several courses on aerodynamics, aircraft design and the theory of flight. They would've all been far easier to understand if only I had read "Stick... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Book - a Classic
This is the book that a *lot* of pilots learned from since 1940. It's still good over 50 years later.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The most "user friendly" book on Piloting ever written.
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