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The Triumph of Instrument Flight: A Retrospective in the Century of U.S. Aviation - Softcover

Dailey, Franklyn E

 
9780966625134: The Triumph of Instrument Flight: A Retrospective in the Century of U.S. Aviation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0966625137 ISBN 13: 9780966625134
Publisher: Dailey International Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

The years 1921-31 saw U.S. aviation marking its first quarter century with record after record demonstrating the speed and reliability of aircraft and the developed skill of pilots who flew them. By 1929, the technology was greatly advanced beyond the fragile craft and the sputtering engine of the Wright Brothers. The ultimate tribute to them was the fact their aircraft, its engine and its controls proved to be the foundation for aviation. In 1932-35, technology and pilot skill breached weather's wall with the ability to fly instruments. A breakthrough flight control system, first demonstrated in 1929, had to be deconstructed to put the pilot into the knowledge loop. The result was a trio of pilot flight instruments that serve aviation to this day.

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Publisher
Dailey International Publishers
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0966625137
ISBN 13 
9780966625134
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
344