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Author: Derek Piggott
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780713663525
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis manual is intended for budding and improving glider pilots and as a resource for gliding instructors. It views the whole process from the perspective of a beginner tackling all the difficulties and concerns experienced by them head on, including the fundamentals of gliding, how to learn them and how they should be taught. It includes a new chapter on soaring.
Author: Derek Piggott
Publisher: A & C Black
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780713643435
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow in its third, updated edition, Understanding Gliding has become one of gliding's classic works. Piggott demonstrates that the basic priciples are not in fact complex, and he answers many of the common questions which are asked by new pilots.
Author: Norman Richards
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780385051552
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide to soaring and hang gliding including getting started, flying the aircraft, and the aerodynamic principles involved in each sport.
Author: Derek Piggott
Publisher: A & C Black
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 302
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steve Longland
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2012-08-01
Total Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 1847974449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGliding is for everyone who has ever dreamt of riding the air currents with the view stretching to the horizon, and with barely a sound to disturb the moment. Written by an experienced instructor, this book guides you through the first steps to realising that dream, and goes on to explore the many opportunities offered by this compelling and existing sport.
Author: Jeffery P. Sandman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2006-06-28
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1439633061
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo fly as the hawk and eagle has been mankinds dream for centuries. Modern sailplanes make soaring and gliding flight possible, and with them, humans can fly higher, faster, and farther than the greatest of birds, using only an invisible force of nature to stay aloft. The terms soaring and gliding are used interchangeably, and the sport is appealing to pilot and spectator alike. Sailplane enthusiasts have always been explorers, always looking for a more ideal site that will provide the intellectual challenges of soaring as well as the sheer beauty and relaxation the sport can offer. Michigan-based glider pilots and designers found their soaring paradise in the early 1930s when they ventured north to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. The explorers began to promote the sport to national and international prominence, and many came to make up a veritable whos who of American aeronautics. Over a century after Octave Chanute discovered motorless flight on the Lake Michigan dunes, sailplanes, hang gliders, and paragliders still fill the skies.
Author: Kenneth D. Rose
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2006-09-26
Total Pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780801884726
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Author: Federal Aviation Administration
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2007-07
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1602390614
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor both certified glider pilots and students attempting certification in the glider category, this is an unparalleled...
Author: Werner Baumeister
Publisher: Verlag für Technik und Handwerk
Published:
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGliding is probably one of the most elegant forms of moving in the air. No wonder, then, that it also has a very special appeal for model pilots and that many beginners choose gliding. In this book, FMT author Werner Baumeister explains everything you need to get started successfully. The construction and special features of today's widely used ARF (Almost Ready to Fly) models are explained as well as the important steps of setting up, flying in, and optimising. Of course, the experienced glider pilot also gives plenty of tips from his many years of practice, making it easier to get started in successful model gliding. And by the way: even old hands can benefit from some of the author's tips in this book. From the content: • Which model suits me? – a decision-making aid • Electric or "clean” • The shopping checks • The model • Flying in and optimising • EWD and centre of gravity – and what goes with it • When the wings flap... • Help, my model is gone! • First aid for beginners
