Mathematics for Pilot Trainees.
Abstract
The purpose of this manual is to provide, in convenient form, a review of some topics of arithmetic and related material which the pilot trainee must understand in order to practice simple air navigation and to cope with other problems of the practical airman. Briefly, the scope includes the elementary operations of arithmetic, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, percent, ratio and proportion, angular measurements, scales, the use of graphs and formulas, and the graphical solution of the more common problems involving the triangle of velocity. In mathematics, as in learning to fly, no amount of reading can replace actual practice. For this reason, many exercises have been included in each paragraph, and at the end' of each section a collection of miscellaneous exercises has been added based on the material considered in that section. It is not contemplated that every student will do all of the exercises. However, an ample number of exercises has been' inserted to provide an opportunity for those trainees those may feel the need for extra practice. The answers to the even numbered exercises are given to enable each student to check his own work
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 22, 1942
- Accession Number
- ADA377434