Airplane Characteristics: A Systematic Introduction For Flyer And Student And For All Who Are Interested In Aviation

Any contribution to aviation, however small, needs today no justification. The airplane is an accomplished fact and concerning it there is no longer any room for apology or speculation. So far has the art of flying progressed that the principles of flight can in the main be set forth as definite and without surmise, and a collection of the essential elements can now be made that will apply to all airplanes, irrespective of type or structure. Not that there is nothing further to be learned or discovered in aviation — ^for, far from it, there is ample opportunity for discovery and invention in this direction — but a codification of the well-known ground work can now be made that may be an aid to those who are advancing the art, as well as to those who are learning it.

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Table of Contents:

Copyright

PREFACE

CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I SUSTENTATION

CHAPTER II RELATIONS IN FLIGHT

CHAPTER III RESISTANCE

CHAPTER IV LATERAL STABILITY

CHAPTER V DIRECTIONAL STABILITY

APPENDICES