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Aerodynamic Terms	Axes of Rotation	Flaps	Low Pressure Above Wing High Pressure Below
Airfoil Shapes	Bernoulli's Principle	Flight Path vs. Relative Wind	Stability
Angle of Attack	Center of Gravity	Forces acting on the airplane in flight	Stalls and Spins
Airflow at various angles of attack	Cross sectional view of an airfoil	Ground Effect	Turns
Airfoil section Nomenclature	Drag Curves	Ground Reference Maneuvers	Wake Turbulence
Angle of bank vs. load factor Loads, and Load Factors	Drag vs. Relative wind	Left-turning tendency
Angle of bank vs. stall speed	Elevators  |  Ailerons  Rudder	Lift and Drag Components
Figure 1-1 Forces acting on the airplane in flight   Index Index
Figure 1-2   Index The angle of attack (above) is the angle between the wing chord and the flight path (relative wind). Index The angle of attack is always based on the flight path, (relative wind) not the ground. Index
Figure 1-3   Index Index
Figure 1-4  Index Index
Figure 1-5   Index Index
Figure 1-6  Index Index
Figure 1-8   Index Index
Figure 1-9   Index Index
Figure 1-10   Index Index
Figure 1-12   Index Index
Figure 1-13 Drag acts parallel to and in the same direction as the relative wind.   Index Index
Figure 1-15   Index Index
Figure 1-16   Index Index
Figure 1-18   Index Index
Figure 1-21   Index Index
Figure 1-25 Effect of elevators   Index Index
Figure 1-30 Effect of ailerons   Index Index
Figure 1-31 Effect of rudder   Index Index
Figure 1-33 The load supported by the wings increases as the angle of bank increases. The increase is shown by the relative length of the white arrows. Figures below the arrows indicate the increase in load factor. For example, the load factor during a 60 degree bank is 2.00, and the load supported by the wings is twice the weight of the airplane in level flight.   Index Index
Figure 1-35   Index Index

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