Airship Pilot Manual - Goodyear Blimp: U.S. Navy K-Type Airship Pilot Manual

Airship Pilot Manual - Goodyear Blimp: U.S. Navy K-Type Airship Pilot Manual

Paperback reprint of historic documents first published September 1942 and revised September 1943. This includes the 103-page Airship Pilot manual. The information herein is designed to embody only such material as may be of value to the pilot and the crew of the K-airship during flight operations. Further descriptive matter vital to the ship and its care is set forth in the Specification and Maintenance Manuals. Ordinarily an airship takes off less than fully in flated and the lift condition is determined by a weigh-off rather than by calculation. After take-off, the pilot is interested in keeping track of the variations in gross and n~t lift as affected by the burning of fuel or dropping of ballast on the one hand, and by the variations in atmos pheric conditions on the other. The changes of lift can be followed by means of simple rules of thumb discussed later on. The lift of an airship is made up of two components -- the static lift and the dynamic lift. These two components have different physical origins and require separate treatment. Free Downloads: https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation