Author: John M. CollinsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580087261
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Provides instructions on basic origami folds to create a variety of paper airplanes.
The Gliding Flight
Author: John M. CollinsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580087261
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Provides instructions on basic origami folds to create a variety of paper airplanes.
Fantastic Flight
Author: John M. CollinsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781580085779
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Provides instructions for creating twenty-five paper airplanes using single sheets of paper.
Glider Flying Handbook
Author: Federal Aviation AdministrationPublisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1602390614
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
For both certified glider pilots and students attempting certification in the glider category, this is an unparalleled...
Understanding Gliding
Author: Derek PiggottPublisher: A & C Black
ISBN: 9780713643435
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Now in its third, updated edition, Understanding Gliding has become one of gliding's classic works. Piggott demonstrates that the basic priciples are not in fact complex, and he answers many of the common questions which are asked by new pilots.
Gliding
Author: Steve LonglandPublisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847974449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Gliding is for everyone who has ever dreamt of riding the air currents with the view stretching to the horizon, and with barely a sound to disturb the moment. Written by an experienced instructor, this book guides you through the first steps to realising that dream, and goes on to explore the many opportunities offered by this compelling and existing sport.
How Do Hang Gliders Work?
Author: Jennifer BoothroydPublisher: Lerner Publications ™
ISBN: 154150593X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Would you want to swoop through the air like a bird? Riding a hang glider is a fun way to fly. But a hang glider has no motor. How does the pilot take off? How does the hang glider stay in the air? Learn the answers in this book!
Gliding Flight
Author: Anne-Gine GoemansPublisher:
ISBN: 9789462380097
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Inventive, dreamy Gieles lives with his father and a flock of geese on a spotters' campsite beside an airstrip. The landscape is as isolated as Gieles himself. The fourteen-year-old boy is longing for affection from his mother, who is always away on hopeless missions to save the world from starvation. From the mysterious dreadlocked girl he has met online. As the houses in the area threaten to disappear because of new noise regulations and the relationship between Gieles's parents deteriorates, the boy conceives a desperate plan to try to reconnect his parents.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Flying and Gliding
Author: Bill LanePublisher:
ISBN: 9780028638850
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this guide, the authors trace the progress of aviation from the classic age to the fastest and largest of modern airliners presently operating. Opening the cockpit door they offer an insight into how pilots do their job.
Glider Basics
Author: Thomas KnauffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gliding and soaring
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Beginning Gliding
Author: Derek PiggottPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780713663525
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
This manual is intended for budding and improving glider pilots and as a resource for gliding instructors. It views the whole process from the perspective of a beginner tackling all the difficulties and concerns experienced by them head on, including the fundamentals of gliding, how to learn them and how they should be taught. It includes a new chapter on soaring.