Learning to fly

My first time at the stick I took off and landed perfectly.  Ever since then I've threw caution to the wind and ditched as many times as I've touched three points.  I tell myself "these are experimental flying machines not pussy cat trainers." but the truth is that good judgement can be learned, and unlearned.

Learn good judgement here, then fly the surface vector:
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying
by  Wolfgang Langewiesche 1944

This flying by the seat of your pants with sound old school Newtonian physics.  Also, seriously old school, being written in 1944.  Wolfgang's terminology is kooky, but no more than his knuty 1917 counter part Horatio Barber.

Dan Dare meets Steampunk:
The Aeroplane Speaks
by Horatio Barber 1917

A schizophrenic anthropomorphism of every component in a plane.  You will hear voices after reading the prologue.  Awesome illustrations throughout.  The last bit is rather poetic.  It was intended to brace new US Army pilots for the majestic beauty of flight but it almost conveys a hidden chapter on chronic fatigue.