WHAT\'S IN Stick AND Rudder: The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack.
It shows precisely what the pilot does when he flies, just how.
It has been continously in print for thirty-three years.
Stick and Rudder is the first exact analysis of the art of Flying ever attempted.
His analyses of aviation\'s safety problems have deeply influenced pilots and aeronautical engineers and have contributed to the benign characteristics of today\'s airplane.
Plus: a chapter on Air Accidents by Leighton Collins, founder and editor of AIR FACTS.
Why the airplane usually flies a little sidewise.
Why the airplane doesn\'t feel the wind.
A strong advocacy of the tricycle gear written at a time when almost all civil airplanes were taildraggers.
The tricycle landing gear and what\'s so good about it.
This is probably the only analysis of tail-draggers now available to those who want to fly one.
The "tail-dragger" landing gear and what\'s tricky about it.
The visual clues that tell you where the ground is.
The landing--how it\'s made.
The role of ailerons, rudder, and elevator in making a turn.
Then what does it do?How a turn is flown.
What\'s the rudder for? The rudder does NOT turn the airplane the way a boat\'s rudder turns the boat.
By pointing the nose down more steeply, you can glide further.
By pointing the nose down less steeply, you descend more steeply.
Which is which?The paradox of the glide.
One controls the speed, the other controls climb and descent.
The elevator and the throttle.
A foolproof method of making a landing approach across pole lines and trees.
The visual clues by which an experienced pilot unconsciously judges: how you can quickly learn to use them."The Spot that does not move." This is the first statement of this phenomenon.
How the pilot\'s eye functions in judging the approach.
Why airplanes stall How do you know you\'re about to stall?The landing approach.
How lift is made, and what the pilot has to do with it.
What it is, and why it can\'t be seen.
WHAT\'S IN Stick AND Rudder: The invisible secret of all heavier-than-air flight: the Angle of Attack
