How to Fly a Plane by Nick Barnard

How to Fly a Plane by Nick Barnard

How to Fly a Plane is the most complete guide to flying a plane available. It’s perfect for the novice pilot or curious adventurer, and a great gift for the aviation obsessed. Nick Barnard has created the ultimate companion for armchair flyers and focused students alike. Beautifully designed with more than 200 color photographs and illustrations, and edited with a sharp sense of how to relate the complex activity of flying in simple, easy-to-understand terms, this is the must-have book for anyone who has ever dreamed of getting airborne. Learn to operate everything from a glider to an Airbus super-jumbo jet. Barnard covers the basics of aerodynamics from the sensation you’ll experience in the air and a step-by-step training flight to contact information for training schools and specifics regarding different types of aircraft. There are tips for your first flight and advice regarding the best plane for your needs. Divided into three sections, Nick Barnard covers basics and puts you in the cockpit so you can feel what it’s like to get up in the air for the very first time. How to Fly a Plane is an excellent resource for all would-be and novice pilots, aircraft enthusiasts, travelers, and fact-fanciers of every stamp.

Nick Barnard is a writer, publisher, and stunt pilot, as well as the co-founder of the Yakolevs formation aerobatics display team. Barnard is an aficionado of the Yak 50, the Sukhoi 29 and the Yak 52. Lucy Pope is a London-based photographer who has undertaken many magazine, book, and corporate commissions.

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ISBN 13	9780810995444
ISBN 10	0810995441
Title	How to Fly a Plane
Author	Nick Barnard
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Abrams
Year published	2008-03-01
Number of pages	128
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