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CONTENTS 2

Introduction 2

The air 4

Lift and drag 6

Aeroplane wings 8

Airflow over an aeroplane’s wing 10

Forces acting on an aeroplane 12

Stability and movements of an aeroplane 14

Controlling the aeroplane 16

More about stability—the automatic pilot 18

Air speed and ground speed 20

Taking off 22

Level flight and the speed range 24

How a climbing plane reaches its ceiling 26

Turning 28

Landing 30

Reduction of landing speeds 32

The propeller 34

Piston engines 36

Jets and propeller turbines 38

Flight instruments 40

Navigation 42

Auxiliary equipment 44

The sound barrier 46

The helicopter 48

Vocabulary 50