A General Text on Aeronautics: Fundamentals and Their Application

xii, 420 pp. Diagrams, photographs, and illustrations throughout. Includes: Occupations in the Aeronautical Industry; Balloons and Airships; Principles of Flight: Airplanes and Autogiros; Construction and Operation of Airplanes and Autogiros; Aircraft Propellers; Principles of Aircraft Engines; Construction and Operation of Aircraft Engines; Aircraft Attitude Instruments; Aircraft Engine Instruments; Aeronautical Safety Appliances; Avigation Maps and Piloting; Dead Reckoning; Avigation Instruments and Equipment; The Medium in Which Aircraft Fly; Principles and Applications of Meteorology; Index.