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Seems like this might be a good place to link to The Turn (1993): > At the very heart of winged flight lies the banked turn, a procedure that by now seems so r
by js2 8y ago
Seems like this might be a good place to link to The Turn (1993):
> At the very heart of winged flight lies the banked turn, a procedure that by now seems so routine and familiar that airline passengers appreciate neither its elegance and mystery nor its dangerously delusive character. The author, a pilot, takes us up into the subject.
https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/langew/turn.htm https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/langew/turn.ht...
- JasonFruit 8y agoThat is a great article --- he had the knack of making difficult concepts not only clear but enthralling.