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 enlarge | Author: Wolfgang Langewiesche
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 12659
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 390
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0070362408
Dewey Decimal Number: 629
EAN: 9780070362406
ASIN: 0070362408
Publication Date: September 1, 1990
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Condition: ALL PAGES ARE INTACT HAS SOME WEAR, NO WRITINGS, LIGHT WATER DAMAGE INSIDE, ALL PAGES ARE READABLE, NO PAGES ARE STUCK TOGETHER. (STOCK#: NOENN-AF1)
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 Entertaining. Useful. You Don't Need It But Fun to Own! December 6, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is entertaining in many ways: like, if you consider some of the olde-worlde wisdom quaintly phrased, and the author's convictions, sometimes quite erroneous, confidently stated.
It is somewhat useful, as it does give some solid pointers about what to look out for (avoid) and what to do (technique) and what common pilot errors are, including some home-grown practical remedies and prevention.
When the author is writing based on his experience he is insightful, and you will gain a lot from his experience. When the author is trying to educate you on theory he evidently does not understand, he is not dangerous, but may leave you with the wrong idea about how things fly. For example, his vigorous dismissal of the fact that pressure differential between top and bottom surfaces wing causes lift, and his counter assertion that the wing stays up because it pushes the air down, is plain bull. The wings would then need to be at 45 degrees to the plane's longitudinal axis, and the airspeed would need to be humongous if that were true. Also, such a plane would never stall except at low speeds, and would be impossible to stall at high speed :)
The book is cheap. So, as long as you know enough physics to determine that the author does not, you will find value in anecdotal and experienced wisdom.
And, after all, you will own a classic that has fooled generations of pilots into buying it. I did.
Who flies - must read it November 29, 2007
The book is Bible for understanding principles of flight and airplane handling.
Its real value could be experienced when lessons learned are properly applied in IFR flying.
A must read for your tail wheel endorsement. November 5, 2007
I am a 110 hour private pilot who just earned his tail wheel endorsement in a 1956 PA-18 Super Cub and "Stick And Rudder" was the best source of information on tail wheel flying that I could find.
In 1944 conventional landing gear (tail wheel) was the predominant landing configuration for general aviation aircraft. Part 5, "Getting Down" deals primarily with landing these types of planes. Specifically chapter 16, "The Landing" (I can't wait to do some more wheel landings after reading it; the
"Plaster It On" section was excellent), and chapter 17, "The Landing
Run," which discusses ground loops. The author refers to tail draggers as "directionally viciously unstable," which any modern pilot who has learned to land in a tricycle gear aircraft will understand intimately once he or she tackles their tail wheel endorsement.
I also found chapters 19 & 20, "The Working Speeds of an Airplane," and "Thin Air" exceedingly thought-provoking. I had read most of "Stick And Rudder" years before getting my private certificate and recently picked it up again to read it in its entirety. It was definitely worth my time and I got a ton more out of it this time around. Perhaps around 100 hours is a good time to read it.
 Stick and Rudder - what we've forgotten July 19, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well, I got my Private Pilots license a couple of months ago and want to improve my Stick and Rudder skills so I bought... "Stick and Rudder". It's interesting to me how much has not changed in all the years since this book was written, but also there were a couple of sections near the end of the book that covered material in a simpler fashion than Rod Machado's book, which I used during my primary training and really enjoyed. I think this book is worth buying if you are training or just interested in blowing out the cobwebs.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!A must read for any pilot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! June 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is utterly amazing that Wolfgang Langewieshe could understand the behavior of aircraft so well after they had been flying for only 41 years. You've learned what you need to know for the written exam and maybe even your checkride. Now its time for "flying 102". Read this and you will understand flying better than many 40-500 hour pilots(An unfortunate fact given accident statistics in this experience range). After reading this, you will understand how seemingly competent pilots can easily get into trouble for a lack of "true" understanding. At least, it will make you a better pilot.....At best, it may save your life....
Jason Ensminger, M.D., Sport Pilot
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