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Can I read Jane's World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders on EtoBox?
Jane's World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders by Andrew Coates is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jane's World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders about?
This book describes over 170 types of gliders, drawn from 19 nations, embracing historic pre-war gliders as well as a number of experimental 'one-off' and home-built designs. It also includes a number of motor gliders, a breed of aircraft that has evolved through the need to dispense with the ground-crew and launching aids necessary for conventional glider operations. Each entry consists of short description, table of data and both a specifically-prepared three-view drawing and a photograph.
Who reads Jane's World Sailplanes and Motor Gliders?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Andrew Coates
- Publisher
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company; Brand: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780871650214
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Engineering, History, Stem
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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