FLIGHT HANDBOOK A GUIDE TO AERONAUTICS
Written by W.O. Manning, et al
Published by Flight Publishing Co. Ltd
in 1938
FLIGHT HANDBOOK A GUIDE TO AERONAUTICS
Written by W.O. Manning, et al.
Stock no. 2135199
1st.
1938.
Hardback.
Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Pale cloth with red titles and vignette. Fold-out illustration to front. B/w diagrams and photos. Foxing to spine and cover edges. Browning and foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is torn in half at rear spine join, so is in two pieces, with loss; surface paper damage also.
Front cover
Contents
- First Principles
- Aerodynamics: The Mechanism of Lift
- Aircraft Structures: Materials and Design
- Gliders and Sailplanes: The Achievement of Motorless Flight
- Balloons and Airships: Non-Rigid, Semi-Rigid and Rigid Construction
- Propellers or Airscrews: Action, Geometry and Materials
- Intrustments: Fundamental Principles Explained