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Britain: International Textbook Co., 1950. Cover soiled, browning with rubbed edges. Pages soiled.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
PRACTICAL FLYING. (PRACTICAL FLYING PARTS 1-2 / PARACHUTES. by Wintersteen, H.G - 1943
by Wintersteen, H.G
PRACTICAL FLYING. (PRACTICAL FLYING PARTS 1-2 / PARACHUTES.
by Wintersteen, H.G
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1943. 77 pp + 46 pp +63 pp (three 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 drawing, diagrams. Chapter headings - Practical Flying, Part 1: Regulations; Pilot's Certificate; Air Traffic Rules; Flight; Flight Instruction; Elementary Maneuvers; Combined Maneuvers; Precision Maneuvers. Practical Flying, Part 2: Flight; Advanced Maneuvers; Loop With Quarter Roll Recovery; Split S or Half Roll; Vertical Reverse or Cartwheel; Cuban Eight; Immelman Turn; Seaplanes; Load Factors; Maneuvering Speed; Wing Loads in Turbulent Air; Safe Flying Speed in Turbulent Air. Parachutes: Types and Operations; Types of Parachutes; Parachute Requirements; Parachute Operation; Descriptions of Parachutes; Irvin Air Chute; General Description; Care and Inspection; Parachute Repairs; Packing Parachutes; Switlik Parachute; Pioneer Parachutes. Previous owner's name in ink on free front endpaper, light toning to pages, one slight very small corne bump.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (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 Flying, Flight Instruction, Pilots, Pilot Certification, Mid-20th Century, World War II, Second World War, Maneuvers, Regulations, Combined Maneuvers, Precision Maneuvers, Advanced Maneuvers, Loops, Rolls, Recovery, Vertical Reverse, Cartwheels, cuban Eig