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Summary: An Excellent Tutorial on the Principles of Flying
Review: Don't let the dated looks of the book throw you, this is a masterpiece! It explains Bernoulli's principle and other lifesaving concepts in great detail. The author has a great sense of imagery and really provides some in-depth perusal of numerous techniques. It's an absolute must-have for any pilot.
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Summary: the best book on flying that I ever read.
Review: I began flying in 1944 and am still an active pilot in 1999. The is clearly the best book ever on how a plane flys and how you fly a plane. How I missed it for all these years, I will never know.
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Summary: Its true aviation masterpiece
Review: I bought this book one month ago and when i got it i finished it in 4 days. I couldnt put it down. Its a great book for people who wish to be a pilot or who oftan wonder how an airplane works. Ever wanted to find a pilot to ask questions but never could? this is your chance!! It is awsome!
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Summary: The Greatest Book on Flying I've Ever Read
Review: I college I've taken several courses on aerodynamics, aircraft design and the theory of flight. They would've all been far easier to understand if only I had read "Stick & Rudder" first! This is one of those few works that just draws you in the second you pick it up. It's provided me with a better understanding about the airplanes I fly than anything else I've been exposed to. This could very well be the best work ever written on flying.
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Summary: This is how aeroplanes really fly !!!
Review: I first read "Stick and Rudder" in 1965 when I was learning to fly. I had difficulty accepting the explanations and reasons taught to me about how an aeroplane works. The adoption of the "Bernoulli" theory did not make sense, especially as at that time I was an engineering student who was studying the Bernoulli theories in some depth and their application to the "theory" of flight seemed to be a case of manipulating the laws of physics to suit the answers as far as I was concerned.Wolfgang Langeweische became for me the "messiah of flight". Here is an explanation of flight that makes sense. Isaac Newton can now rest peacefully that we are coming to our senses I thought at the time. Now, 35 years later, my 20 year old daughter is learning to fly and lo and behold, the same old books are being prescribed, the same theories are taught and explanations given about "how aeroplanes fly". There are hundreds of books written on the subject of "Flight Principles" and "Theory of Flight". Each author in turn plagerises the same rubbish from his predecessors that they themselves had copied from someone else. THERE IS NO ORIGINAL THOUGHT PUT INTO THESE BOOKS,ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AN EXPLANATION OF HOW AN AEROPLANE FLIES !!! Surely by now, after nearly 100 years of powered flight, we can progress from "theory" to the "Laws of Flight"??? Many years and many hundreds of hours flying a wide variety of aerobatic aircraft from Tiger Moths, Stampes and Chipmunks to Citabrias and Pitts Specials, having all types of aerofoil sections, has taught me to appreciate and respect the wisdom of Langeweische's explanations of the art of flying. ON MANY AN OCCASION MY NECK WAS SAVED - thanks to Mr. Langeweische. In my opinion, "Stick and Rudder" should be COMPULSORY reading for EVERY pilot, from student to astronaut!!!
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Summary: excellent resource
Review: I had trouble handling stalls...this book definitely helped me understand why a stall happens, and in turn that helped me recover better when I perform them. Don't let the publishing date on this book fool you...it's holds just a true today, even with the evolution of general aviation aircraft.
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Summary: Good Book!
Review: I lived with the guilt that letting a wing drop in a stall was the sign of bad piloting,until my Instrument instructor told me otherwise, explaining the use of the rudder to control any such "drops". Re-reading this book in the sections that deal with the use of the rudder, I was happy to find that the same problem was addressed as an example of when to use the rudder to your advantage. Great book with it's underlying message that if you push the nose down, the plane stays up and if you pull the nose up, the airplane falls out of the sky like a rock :) All in all, interesting, instructional, an eye opener and recommended!
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Summary: the fact that it is still relevant and in print validates it
Review: I used this book in ground school at Rhode Island State College (before it was University) in 1940 and in flight school in 1941.Peggy Lennox(my instructor)told me to take to bed and learn from it .I wish we still used the stick instead of the wheel.this book had the greatest impression on my flight attitude of any book I ever studied, and I was 21 yrs of age 8 months before Pearl Harbor.
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Summary: Required reading
Review: I'm a student pilot with only a few hours under my belt. There is a lot of information to absorb while learning: Simple operation of the craft, radio communications, navigation, even just becoming familiar enough with the instruments to be able to read them at a glance. Stick and Rudder provided me with a clear understanding of what would happen - and why - when I manipulated the controls, before I ever left the ground. Best of all, it's written in a concise format, easy to read and understand. My CFI uses the FAA Flight Training Handbook as a text. Stick and Rudder helped me interpret the required FAA text and in fact the latter seems to have cribbed material from the former. Definitely get this book. Learning to fly is complex enough and the more tools you have to simplify the process, the better. This is one of the best.
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Summary: Good for Flight Simulator too
Review: If you are (like me) a fan of Microsoft Flight Simulator... get this book so that you can understand what the heck is going on. You won't regret it. I have an autographed copy of this book (lucky me)... I treasure it.
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