How to Fly a Plane

Citation

(2008), "How to Fly a Plane", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 80 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2008.12780aae.001

How to Fly a Plane

How to Fly a Plane

Nick Barnard – Photographs by Lucy Pope

This guide to flying is the only book of its kind to combine specially taken photographs and drawings with accessible and vibrant text to take the reader through the basics of flight and give them a taster of what it is like to pilot eight extraordinary planes. It targets the tens of thousands of serious would-be pilots around the world and the far larger number of people who dream about flying, appealing to their core emotions on the subject while also providing vital practical information.

The accessible text and step-by-step illustrations breaks down complicated concepts to take you through the basics of flight. “First Flights” transports you into the cockpits of eight world-renowned aircraft, from an acrobatic stuntplane to a passenger plane.

All of the 209 colour photographs in the book have been commissioned and shot exclusively by Lucy Pope. Her photographs of the Airbus 380 are highly imaginative.

This book is the perfect resource for would-be pilots, engineers, aircraft enthusiasts, designers, travellers.

The author Nick Barnard is a Writer, Publisher and Stunt Pilot, as well as the Co-founder of the Yakolevs formation aerobics display team. He worked on Thames & Hudson's You Can Do It and Outdoor Living, as did Lucy Pope, a well-known London-based portrait and lifestyle photographer.

For more information, please contact: Thames & Hudson Ltd, Tel: +44 (0)20 7845 5020, Fax: +44 (0)20 7845 5050, E-mail: r.rich@thameshudson.co.uk, web site: www.thamesandhudson.com