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Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners
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IS book is written for the novice - and for the e who is completely 'a novice. We have assumed, t, that it will come into the hands of men great and growing ecided wisely to learn step, feel they would like that is to say, they take joining a flying school - all can be imparted non-technically, and in such a manual as this, not only as to the stages of tuition the tests to be undergone, but also in regard to general questions as, having once turned their towards flying, they take a sudden and a ve interest. Been our aim, bearing in mind this first and restless interest, to cover a 'wide rather restricted field and this being so, and remem also the limitations of Space, we cannot pretend do not for a moment wish it to be assumed that cover exhaustively the various topics we discuss. Our endeavour, in the pages at our dis posal, has not been to satisfy completely this first curiosity of the novice, but rather to stimulate and strengthen it, and guide it, SO to say, on lines which will lead to a fuller and more detailed research.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
IS book is written for the novice - and for the e who is completely 'a novice. We have assumed, t, that it will come into the hands of men great and growing ecided wisely to learn step, feel they would like that is to say, they take joining a flying school - all can be imparted non-technically, and in such a manual as this, not only as to the stages of tuition the tests to be undergone, but also in regard to general questions as, having once turned their towards flying, they take a sudden and a ve interest. Been our aim, bearing in mind this first and restless interest, to cover a 'wide rather restricted field and this being so, and remem also the limitations of Space, we cannot pretend do not for a moment wish it to be assumed that cover exhaustively the various topics we discuss. Our endeavour, in the pages at our dis posal, has not been to satisfy completely this first curiosity of the novice, but rather to stimulate and strengthen it, and guide it, SO to say, on lines which will lead to a fuller and more detailed research.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
134 pages, Hardcover
First published December 23, 2008
About the author
Claude Grahame-White
74 books2 followersClaude Grahame-White (21 August 1879 – 19 August 1959) was an English pioneer of aviation, and the first to make a night flight, during the Daily Mail-sponsored 1910 London to Manchester air race.
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