iFLYblog.com Book Club November 2012: Stick and Rudder
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Each month I will feature an aviation book that I would recommend you add to your collection.
An appropriate title for some of my more recent posts, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying is the oldest flying book I have read and it might be the most practical. Wolfgang Langewiesche was way before his time in dissecting the essence of flying. Some of the terminology is different and there are some aspects that are not applicable, but overall there are some real gems in here if you take the time to read it. It’s relativity short at only 384 pages.
For a book that was first published in 1944 and still available today, you need to have this in your library.
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I took this book off my shelf a few weeks ago and began reading it again. I first read it while I was doing my primary training and it was very helpful. It was confusing in places but it provided some interesting material for discussion with my instructor. It is amazing how differently this book reads today after having some experience and there is still much to be learned from Mr. Langewiesche. I agree this is a must-have on your aviation library shelf.
Scott,
That’s a good point. Sometimes this stuff doesn’t really make sense until you have some time under your belt.