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