The Glider
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The Glider |
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In 1946, Stelio Frati published a book, L'Aliante (The Glider), an engineering textbook on the design of a glider. With the assistance of Maurice Branzanti who did the translation from Italian, we have been publishing this book in serial format in our Falco Builders Letter.
Since Mr. Frati has no intention of reviving the book, we are happy to share it with everyone. There are nine chapters in all, and this is our progress to date. We will be updating this as we make progress.
The Glider
Revised 3-27-07. Now includes 21 pages of Chapter 9.
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Thank you for bringing Frati's "The Glider" to the English speaking world and the modern era. I've followed the updates for several years now and realize what a painstaking task it must be to accurately translate a technical work while keeping it both readable and contemporary. You're doing a remarkable job. My hat's off to you. I think the book is to design as Langewiesche's "Stick and Rudder" is to flying. Daniel Kauffman |
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