Introduction

The air

Lift and drag

Aeroplane wings

Airflow over an aeroplane's wing

Forces acting on an aeroplane

Stability and movements of an aeroplane

Controlling the aeroplane

More about stability—the automatic pilot

Air speed and ground speed

Taking off

Level flight and the speed range

How a climbing plane reacthes its ceiling

Turning

Landing

Reduction of landing speeds

The propeller

Piston engines

Jets and propeller turbines

Fligit instruments

Navigation

Auxiliary equipment

The sound barrier

The helicopter

Vocabulary