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Building Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory #HEBHRD0001
 
Building Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory
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$9.99
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Aviation
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Hawthorn Books

The book, Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory represents a comprehensive homebuilder’s guide that includes carefully delineated instructions, as well as, information on the construction and flying of original-design sport aircraft for fun. “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory” covers all types of aircraft including the following: 1) Monoplanes; 2) Biplanes: 3) Planes with pusher engines; 4) Aerobatic aircraft for stunt flying; 5) Cross-country cruisers, 6) Seaplanes; 7) Gliders or (sailplanes) and 8) Hang Gliders. An introductory chapter traces the evolution of various designs of homebuilt aircraft, from the early pre-World War I years to the development of aircraft like the Heath Parasol and the Pietenpol Air Camper (popular in the 1920s and 1930s) to the Wittman Tailwind and Corben Baby Ace (popular in the 1940s) up through the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Acro Sport, Steen Skybolt and the Thorp T-18 all popular during the mid 1970s. Along with providing information on building planes and on what government supervision is required, “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory” discusses engines including water–cooled, air-cooled radials and opposed 4 & 6 cylinder types. The use of converted Volkswagon engines in home-built aircraft is also reviewed. This book also gives specific assembly instructions for certain aircraft along with specific information on how to handle home-built aircraft in the air and provides information on how to test fly experimental sport aircraft (ground run-ups, taxi-runs, short lift-offs, turns, landings, as well as speed checks & stall checks). “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory” also provides detailed information about the handling of and safety procedures for gliders (sailplanes) and hang gliders along with information of aircraft kit availability. Towards the end of “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory” a comprehensive illustrated directory of all available types of sport aircraft, with detailed specifications and performance data plus information on where to obtain plans, current prices and the names & addresses of key Experimental Aircraft Association is also provided. Names of technical representatives and FAA designees are also identified. The major sections of “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory’ are as follows: 1) Foreword; 2) Chapter 1 – Born Free – The Homebuilt Aircraft Movement; 3) Chapter 2 – The First Homebuilts – Where It All Began; 4) Chapter 3 – Which Plane Should You Build? – There’s A Wide Choice Of Types; 5) Chapter 4 – Give Imagination To Your Wings! – The Wing Is The Heart Of An Airplane; 6) Chapter 5 – Getting It All Together – Tops On Aircraft Construction; 7) Chapter 6 – Paul Revere’s Horse – Selecting The Right Engine; 8) Chapter 7 – Test Flight – The Proof Is In The Flying; 9) Chapter 8 – Those Marvelous Monoplanes – Single-Wingers Have Lots To Offer; 10) Chapter 9 – Faster, Higher, Farther – How To Improve Your Performance; 11) Chapter 10 – Double-Deckers Are A Delight – The Biplanes Have It!; 12) Chapter 11 – Build your own racing Plane! – How To Join The Homebuilt Hot Rods; 13) Chapter 12 – The Water Birds – Amphibians And Seaplanes Are More Fun; 14) Chapter 13 – Project Schoolflight – Homebuilts Are A Young Person’s Game; 15) Chapter 14 – Restorations And Replicas – Wonderful Wings From Yesteryear; 16) Chapter 15 – Sailplanes And Ground-Skimmers – Riders Of The Winds; 17) Homebuilt Aircraft Directory; 18) Directory Of Larger EAA Chapters; 19) Schoolflight Technical Representatives (Operating Under EAA’s Project Schoolflight); 20) Federal Aviation Administration (General Aviation District Offices, Flight Standards District Offices & Engineering And Manufacturing District Offices); 21) Glossary; 22) Bibliography and 23) Index. In addition to an informative narrative, “Build Your Own Sport Plane With Homebuilt Aircraft Directory” includes the following features: 1) Approximately 244 black and white photographs; 2) About 15 black and white illustrations and 3) 1 Wendt “Traveler” black and white cut-away illustration with component descriptions and aircraft specifications. This book is 259 pages and is in excellent condition. The author is Don Dwiggins with Paul H. Poberezny, President - Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. (foreword). Edition published in 1975.

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