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xii, 722 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
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Aerodynamics: -- 1. Forces acting on an airplane -- 2. Stability and control -- 3. Aerodynamics of flight -- The airplane: -- 4. Airframe -- 5. Engine -- 6. Systems -- 7. Flight instruments -- Airplane and pilot performance -- 8. Airplane performance factors -- 9. Takeoff and landing performance -- 10. En route performance -- 11. Weight and balance -- 12. The human in the cockpit -- Weather: -- 13. Heating effects in the atmosphere -- 14. Wind -- 15. Clouds and thunderstorms -- 16. Air masses and frontal weather -- 17. Operational weather factors -- 18. Weather reports and forecasts -- Flight operations -- 19. Regulations -- 20. Charts -- 21. Airspace -- 22. Airports and airport operations -- 23. Visual navigation fundamentals -- 24. Using the flight computer -- 25. Flight planning -- 26. En route navigation -- 27. Navigation aids -- Appendices: -- Appendix 1. Abbreviations -- Appendix 2. Answers to review questions