Project Gutenberg 2008-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 88 Grahame-White, Claude 1879 1959 Harper, Harry 1880 1960 33007427 Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners" by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper is a practical guide to aviation aimed at novices, written in the early 20th century." This manual covers the knowledge and skills necessary for aspiring pilots to understand the foundations of flying, including the physical requirements, stages of tuition, and an overview of flying schools. The intent is to prepare beginners for both the practical and mental aspects of learning to fly, ultimately making the process safer and more accessible. "The opening of the book introduces readers to the authors' goal of guiding complete newcomers in their quest to learn aviation." It outlines the rapid advancements in flight instruction since the early days, where skepticism surrounded the idea of teaching individuals to fly. The authors discuss how flying has transitioned from an exclusive endeavor for a select few into an organized instructional process available to many. They highlight crucial factors for successful learning and emphasize the importance of selecting a suitable flying school, covering topics such as instruction methodologies, the significance of instructor temperament, and the evolving nature of aviation training methods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Aeronautics Airplanes -- Piloting TL Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 243441 242856 2024-09-12T03:49:55.107034 2023-09-12T07:35:40.236992 text/html text/html 239138 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 908445 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1010282 2024-09-12T03:50:00.858987 application/epub+zip 1011873 2024-09-12T03:49:56.987014 application/epub+zip 158901 2024-09-12T03:49:55.858030 application/epub+zip 1234852 2024-09-12T03:50:03.856010 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1211083 2024-09-12T03:50:00.045006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276770 2022-09-12T15:29:29.414737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218908 218715 2024-09-12T03:49:54.584032 2023-09-12T07:35:39.774986 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 218702 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 79780 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218694 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 79746 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20664 2024-09-12T03:50:03.999028 application/rdf+xml 23417 2024-09-12T03:49:56.213020 image/jpeg 4774 2024-09-12T03:49:56.035023 image/jpeg 1186472 2024-09-12T03:49:55.157057 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia