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CONTENTS [[2 column table]] | --- | Page | | Introduction | V | | Chapter I.—The instructor and the student | 1 | | The flight instructor | 1 | | Handling the student | 3 | | Promoting ease and relaxation | 5 | | Do's and don'ts for the instructor | 6 | | Chapter II.—Basic flying technique | 9 | | The four fundamentals | 9 | | Development and progress | 11 | | Chapter III.—Preliminary instruction | 14 | | Analyzing the student and correcting preconceived ideas | 14 | | Familiarization with the airplane | 17 | | The controls—Their action and use | 18 | | Communication and signals | 19 | | Factors for consideration during the first flight | 20 | | Chapter IV.—Instruction requirements and the sequence of maneuvers | 24 | | Instruction requirements | 24 | | Elementary maneuvers | 27 | | Intermediate and accuracy maneuvers | 27 | | Advanced and acrobatic maneuvers | 28 | | Chapter V.—Down wind turns | 29 | | Chapter VI.—Elementary maneuvers | 31 | | Straight and level flight | 31 | | Medium turns | 34 | | Side by side controlled aircraft | 45 | | Elementary application of the turn | 46 | | Confidence building maneuvers | 47 | | Starting and handling the engine | 51 | | Swinging the propeller | 53 | | Use of the throttle | 55 | | Warming up the engine | 56 | | Taxiing | 57 | | Without brakes | 57 | | With brakes | 61 | | Normal climbs | 62 | | The climbing turn | 63 | | Glides | 66 | | Gliding turns | 69 | | Steep turns | 72 | | Stalls without power | 79 | | Power stalls | 83 | | Spins | 84 | | S turns across a road | 88 | | Medium and steep "eights" along a road | 90 | | The square or rectangle course | 95 | | Take-offs | 97 | | Landings | 102 | | Forced landings | 109 | | The solo flight | 119 | | Chapter VII.—Intermediate and accuracy maneuvers | 122 | | Eights across a road | 122 | | Eights around pylons | 124 | | Eights on pylons or pylon eights | 127 | | Gentle turns | 133 | III