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Flying on Your Own Wings: A Complete Guide to Understanding Light Airplane Design
Some have said that if God had wanted us to fly, He would have given us wings. And yet, we were given the ability to dream, to think with our heads, to have courage in our hearts, and to build with our hands. Truly, we have been given everything we We really can fly on our own wings!
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 26, 2010
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August 24, 2024
Overall the book is a good overview of the process of designing a light aircraft, but it could benefit from some polishing and definitely should not be taken as a “complete guide”. The first chapter attempts to explain basic arithmetic to the reader, which suggests a target audience that hasn’t yet completed grade school. Later chapters seem to assume that the reader is already a structural engineer. The hand drawn graphs and illustrations are nostalgic throwbacks to the golden era of aircraft design. However the scan quality is occasionally lacking. In the end it was a pleasant read that clearly was written by an expert in the craft who wished to convey the joy and feasibility of airplane design to others. In that, he succeeded.
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