Description:
Britain: International Textbook Co., 1950. Cover soiled, browning with rubbed edges. Pages soiled.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
AIR NAVIGATION. (AIR NAVIGATION PARTS 1-2). by Wintersteen, H.G - 1943
by Wintersteen, H.G
AIR NAVIGATION. (AIR NAVIGATION PARTS 1-2).
by Wintersteen, H.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1943. 58 pp + 48 pp (two sections, individually paged), 7 5/8" H. Black simulated leather boards with gold lettering on spine, blindstamped lettering, borders on front board. Marbled endpapers, b&w maps (some fold-out, printed on light blue paper), drawings/diagrams, formulae, tables. Chapter headings - Air Navigation, Part 1: Principles of Air Navigation; Navigation Systems; Terms Used; Latitude and Longitude; Maps and Charts; Civil Airway; Magnetism in Navigation; Magnetic Phenomena; Compasses; Construction of Aircraft Compass; Compass Errors; Compass Compensation. Air Navigation, Part 2: Navigation by Piloting; Example of Piloting; General Rules for Piloting; Navigation by Dead Reckoning; Course Finding; Dead-Reckoning Preparation; Piloting; Dead-Reckoning Practice; Problems with Dead Reckoning; Interception Problem; Use of Computer; Flight Plan. Light browning to pages - mainly in margins, previous owner's name in ink on free front endpaper.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
- Bookseller Capricorn Books (CA)
- Format/Binding Hardcover
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition No Jacket
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher International Textbook Company
- Place of Publication Scranton, PA
- Date Published 1943
- Keywords Air Navigation, Aerial Navigation, Aircraft Navigation, I.T.C., Navigation Systems, Traffic Control, Latitude, Longitude, Maps, Charts, Gnomonic, Conic, Polyconic, Mercator Projection, Chart Reading, Relief, Map Scale, Beacons, Flying, Flight, Restricted