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Then and Now: How Airplanes Got This Way By Phil Scott

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Ever wonder why an airplane can stall with its engine running full speed How airports developed into the convoluted mess that they have become Who invented rudder pedals ailerons the fuselage and the Mile High Club It s all here in Then Now How Airplanes Got This Way Phil Scott s rich witty and fun seventh book In this collection of hilarious historical essays veteran journalist and historian Scott takes apart aircraft through history and tells how through a combination of science and art all the pieces fit together to make a thing that worked or didn t He explains how gasoline was used to cure the croup before it powered engines how it was better to be thrown clear of a wreck than being strapped into the seat how a future war hero invented instrument landings In delightful Literary Intermissions an aviator s wife tells how her future lover wooed her with his training log while a pioneering woman journalist learns how to take off and land Scott s exciting Then Now explains not only how airplanes work in the air but how pilots learned how to decipher these clues into a few movements of their hands and feet Introduction by aviation legend Richard L Collins Then and Now How Airplanes Got This Way.