How to Fly a Plane
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-500-51374-3 (ISBN)
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This stunningly illustrated guide to flying is the only book of its type on the market, with accessible and vibrant text that takes the reader through the basics of flight and gives them a taster of what it's like to pilot eight extraordinary planes. It targets the tens of thousands of serious would-be pilots around the world and the far larger number of people who dream about flying, appealing to their core emotions on the subject while also providing vital practical information.
Nick Barnard is a writer, publisher and stunt pilot, and co-founder of the Yakovievs Aerobatic Display Team. His book How to Fly a Plane, for adults, was published by Thames & Hudson in 2007. As Nicholas Barnard has written widely on non-Western textiles in such publications as Living with Kilims and Living with Decorative Textiles.
How an Aircraft Flies: the fundamentals of flight are presented in a clear and easy-to-understand manner with colour illustrations; Let's Go Flying: all the skills required to fly, from take-off to landing, are described in detail and shown in step-by-step photographs taken from the pilot's perspective; First Flights: a personal, firsthand view of flying historic and world-renowned aircraft, including a high-performance glider, diesel-powered training craft, classic biplane, aerobatic stuntplane, Second World War fighter, executive jet, military jet trainer and wide-body passenger plane.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.9.2007 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 209 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 168 x 220 mm |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-500-51374-0 / 0500513740 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-500-51374-3 / 9780500513743 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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