basic student guide to flying, and it's still full of classical knowledge which any pilot should absorb. The cartoon illustrations of helmet-and-goggles aviators may make some snicker---let them. YOUR WINGS remains both a charming artifact and a lively reminder that some knowledge simply doesn't age.
Assen 'Jerry' Jordanoff was nothing if not amazing. A Bulgarian test pilot and engineer who fled Europe for this country after the First World War, he taught himself English at the New York Public Library---and supported himself with odd jobs such as shoveling snow in winters. He then began working his way through America's aircraft industry, developing new ideas and new technologies seemingly every time he woke up in the morning. Among other accomplishments was a series of instructional texts on aviation.

Dated of course, but most of the instruction is surprisingly still valid. The black and white illustrations are done in sketch form, but I know that one of the illustrators (Eric Sloane) is a well know artist. Overall a very useful book despite it's age. ( )

Book Description: Funk & Wagnalls Co New York 1937. 1st edition. 4to. (14) 281 (1)pp.