Project Gutenberg 2008-12-18 Public domain in the USA. 301 Grahame-White, Claude 1879 1959 Harper, Harry 1880 1960 33007427 Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Learning to Fly: A Practical Manual for Beginners" by Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper is a practical guide to aviation aimed at novices, written in the early 20th century." This manual covers the knowledge and skills necessary for aspiring pilots to understand the foundations of flying, including the physical requirements, stages of tuition, and an overview of flying schools. The intent is to prepare beginners for both the practical and mental aspects of learning to fly, ultimately making the process safer and more accessible. "The opening of the book introduces readers to the authors' goal of guiding complete newcomers in their quest to learn aviation." It outlines the rapid advancements in flight instruction since the early days, where skepticism surrounded the idea of teaching individuals to fly. The authors discuss how flying has transitioned from an exclusive endeavor for a select few into an organized instructional process available to many. They highlight crucial factors for successful learning and emphasize the importance of selecting a suitable flying school, covering topics such as instruction methodologies, the significance of instructor temperament, and the evolving nature of aviation training methods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 59.9 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Aeronautics Airplanes -- Piloting TL Text Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General Category: Engineering & Technology Category: How To ... 243634 2025-06-11T10:36:03.907453 text/html 239138 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 908445 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1037450 2025-06-11T10:36:12.616375 application/epub+zip 1038784 2025-06-11T10:36:08.076366 application/epub+zip 157465 2025-06-11T10:36:06.526382 application/epub+zip 1278560 2025-06-11T10:36:15.929312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1254899 2025-06-11T10:36:11.545351 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276770 2022-09-12T15:29:29.414737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218908 2025-06-11T10:36:03.297398 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 218702 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 79780 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 218694 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 79746 2021-01-04T12:48:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21012 2025-06-11T10:36:16.091323 application/rdf+xml 23441 2025-06-11T10:36:07.105390 image/jpeg 4751 2025-06-11T10:36:06.818373 image/jpeg 1211870 2025-06-11T10:36:03.970412 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia