Microlighting

Author: Chris Finnigan

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  • : $47.99 NZD
  • : 9781861264121
  • : The Crowood Press Ltd
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  • : May 2001
  • : 246mm X 189mm X 10mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : 8pp colour illustrations, 14 line drawings, 32 b&w photographs
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Barcode 9781861264121
9781861264121

Description

Topics covered in this text include a history of the sport and the philosophy behind it, different types of microlight, safety, ideas for advanced flying and owning and maintaining a microlight.

Author description

Chris Finnigan retired early from the British Army as a Lieutenant Colonel to become Chief Executive of the British Microlight Aircraft Association in 1999. He has had a passion for flying since the age of ten and has since flown gliders, Chipmunks, Cessnas, motorgliders and many microlights.

Table of contents

a history of the sport and the philosophy behind it; different types of microlight: flexwing and three axis; how microlights fly and how to learn to fly them; safety; airworthiness control; ideas for advanced flying and finally, owning and maintaining a microlight.