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Low-horsepower fun aircraft you can build
Don Dwiggins

This is a TAB book from the seventies, so it is not too relevant to today. It is interesting to compare the evolution of low power aircraft, some of today's are direct descendants.

This is not a technical book, or construction manual. It gives more of a general overview.

LCCN:  79022942
Author: Dwiggins, Don.
Main Title: Low-horsepower fun aircraft you can build
Edition Information: 1st ed.
Published: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, [1979]
Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0830697101 : $9.95
0830622675 (pbk.) : $5.95
Notes: Includes index.
Subjects: Airplanes, Home-built.
Series: Modern aviation series



Building & flying the Mitchell wing
Collier, Larry.

The Mitchell wing is an interesting plane. There are several variations, including the U2.

It has a reputation for having a problem with centre of gravity.

LCCN:  81009251
Author: Collier, Larry.
Main Title: Building & flying the Mitchell wing
Edition Information: 1st ed.
Published: Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. : Tab Books, c1982.
Related Titles: Building and flying the Mitchell wing.
Description: 176 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
ISBN: 0830623027 (pbk.) : $7.95
Notes: Includes index.
"TAB 2302"--Cover.
Subjects: Airplanes, Home-built.
Series: Modern aviation



Aircraft structures.
David Peery


This is the first edition, which has more information than the second edition!

LCCN:  50005367
Author: Peery, David J.
Main Title: Aircraft structures.
Edition Information: 1st ed.
Published: New York, McGraw-Hill, 1950.
Description: vii, 566 p. diagrs. 24 cm.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Subjects: Airplanes--Design and construction.
Strains and stresses.