Name: ONLY SECONDS TO LIVE PILOTS' TALES OF THE STALL AND THE SPIN
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ONLY SECONDS TO LIVE PILOTS' TALES OF THE STALL AND THE SPIN

by Dunstan Hadley

Published by Airlife. 1st. 1997

Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. This book contains many first-hand accounts of both stall and spin phenomena from a wide range of sources. B/w photos and diagrams.

Base of spine is bumped.

ISBN: 1853108774
Stock no. 2110774

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Preface
Part 1 The Beginning of Spinning
Lilienthal and Wilbur and Orville Wright
A.F. Berriman: Parke's Dive: from Flight
Geoffrey de Havilland: from Sky Fever
Edward Busk
L.K. Blackmore: from Harry Hawker
Frank T. Courtney: Spins and Things from Aeronautics
Norman Macmillan: The Spin from Aeronautics
Norman Macmillan: More History from Aeronautics
Norman Macmillan: Aerospin Postscript from Aeronautics
C. Draper: The Flap Spine from Aeronautics
Norman Macmillan: Letter from Estonia from Aeronautics
Part 2 Spinning in the Twenties and Thirties
Richard Riding 'A flat spin': from Aeroplane Monthly
Alec Lumsden: Gloster Gamecock from Aeroplane Monthly
Richard Dennis: Armstrong Whitworth Ape from Aeroplane Monthly
Alec Lumsden: Bristol Bulldog from Aeroplane Monthly
Richard P. Hallion: from Test Pilots, The Frontier's Men of Flight
Philip Wills: from On Being a Bird
John Maynard: John Cunningham, from Aeroplane Monthly
John S. Wilson: Flat Spins Letter from Aeroplane Monthly
Richard P. Hallion: from Test Pilots, The Frontier's Men of Flight
Part 3 The Forties, Fifties, Sixties and Seventies
N. Roy Harben: from The Complete Flying Course
John Kilbracken: Four Spins of Interest from Bring Back my Stringbag
D.I. Hadley: Barracuda Spin
Eric 'Winkle' Brown: from Wings of the Weird and Wonderful
Eric 'Winkle' Brown: from Wings on My Sleeve
Charles 'Chuck' Yeager: from Yeager
Richard P. Hallion: Gotterdammerung of the Bell X-2: from Test Pilots
W.A. 'Bill' Waterton: from The Quick and the Dead
Roland 'Bee' Beamont: Spinning and the P 1A: from Aeroplane Monthly
Royal Air Force Manual: Stalling and Spinning
Charles 'Chuck' Yeager: Going for Another Record, from Yeager
Derek Piggott: Spinning in Gliders, from Gliding
Darrol Stinton: Anatomy of Spinning Article, from Flight International
'Aerodynamicist': Article from Flight International
D.L. Hadley: Hang Glider Spine
Part 4 The Pros and Cons of Stalling and Spinning
M.G. McDonnell: To Spin or Not to Spin Letter from Flight International
Ray Di Masico: Response to M.G. McDonnell Letter from Flight International
Harry W. Hathorne: The Controversy Continues Letter from Flight International
UK Tomahawks Re-Cleared for Spinning from Flight International
John Stanley Owen: To Spin or Not to Spine, from International Journal of Aviation Safety
General Aviation Safety Committee: To Spin or Not to Spin
John C. Ward, D.L. Hadley: The Pupil's Point of View
Dave Martin: Going for a Spin? Call Gene Beggs First, from Private Pilot
Maurie Bradney: from Basic Gliding Knowledge
Part 5 Into the Nineties
A.C. Kermode: from Mechanics of Flight
Miles McCallum: The Deadliest Myth, from Flyer
Mike Cuming: Don't Pull the Stick, Push It, from Sailplane and Gliding
Derek Piggott: Stalling or Low g. from Sailplane and Gliding
Charles Bremner: Fatal Nosedive of Flight 585 Baffles Experts, from The Times
Lou Frank: To Spin or Not to Spine, from Sailplane and Gliding
Bill Scull: Teaching Stalling and Spinning, from Sailplane and Gliding
I.K.A.G. Wilson: The CAA View
CC. Coton: The Ministry of Defence View
R. Irving: The Cranwell View
Eric 'Winkle' Brown: Non-stalling, Non-spinning Aircraft from Wings of the Weird and Wonderful
Finally
Index