Introduction to aviation science

By Joseph W Benkert

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134782224
• ISBN13: 9780134782225
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Prentice-Hall
• Length: 604 Pages
• Weight: 3.90 lbs.

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The Best in Aviation Instruction!

Aviation, overall, is a demanding science. Many who enter here do not leave unscathed! The courses are intense, and the material must be absorbed, because the airman shares the sky with you and me. Joseph Benkert, in his book "Introduction to Aviation Science", breaks aviation down into little itty-bitty bites, easy to understand and much easier to "swallow" than what you get from your run-of-the-mill flight instructor! Instead of studying "meteorology", Benkert breaks it down into "Atmosphere" and "Moisture" and "Weather Systems" - so your studies of meteorology begin to make sense. He does this throughout the book. Instead of studying "aerodynamics", he shares valuable information on "Flaps and Other High Lift Devices", and subjects designed to make it ever-so-simple to study the complicated delight we call "aviation"! Not only is it a good read, you cannot help but come away from the book with a sense of having learned - in detail - what appeared so difficult to you before! Each chapter has questions to provoke thought, with an answer key in the back of the book. With all the "pilot" gadgets available out there, this is the most useful information you can take to the cockpit with you. I am an instructor, and I teach from it! Joseph Benkert can say it so much better than I can, and my students understand! Instruments, Air Pressure, Night Flying, the Wind Triangle...it's all there! And, it is timeless! An incredible text!