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Fly the Wing
Newly updated to include coverage of modern cockpit automation, this book provides pilots with valuable tools and proven techniques for all flight operations.
- GenresAviation
256 pages, Paperback
First published February 25, 2015
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About the author
Jim Webb
1 bookJimm Webb is a retired airplane captain and flight instructor, most recently with Eastern Airlines.
Webb learned to fly a barnstormer at the age of thirteen. For fifteen years he worked as an Eastern Air Lines flight instructor and check pilot, and he trained almost 500 pilots. During World War II he was a B-24
pilot in the Central Pacific, flying thirty-three missions and earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses and four Air Medals. After the war Webb flew a variety of charter and corporate planes before joining Eastern. He has logged more than 35,000 hours in the cockpit in aircraft of all types.
Webb learned to fly a barnstormer at the age of thirteen. For fifteen years he worked as an Eastern Air Lines flight instructor and check pilot, and he trained almost 500 pilots. During World War II he was a B-24
pilot in the Central Pacific, flying thirty-three missions and earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses and four Air Medals. After the war Webb flew a variety of charter and corporate planes before joining Eastern. He has logged more than 35,000 hours in the cockpit in aircraft of all types.
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October 30, 2012
A bit dated (Lockheed Electra, DC9) but some highly detailed explanations of flight dynamics and wing design. Some still useful rules of thumb for all pilots.
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