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by Barry Schiff
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
In the second volume of The Proficient Pilot, veteran airline captain Barry Schiff provides new material as rich and varied as that in his prizewinning first volume. His valuable advice for general aviation pilots is based on more than 26,000 hours of first-hand experience.
The Proficient Pilot...
by J. Allan Danelek
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
This book tells the true story of aviation as it evolved from mankind’s first primitive attempts to fly to the remarkable successes of the early twentieth century in a non-technical and even fun way, designed to impress upon the reader that the history of aviation is richer and more remarkable than...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. This study examines the possibility of expanding fixed-wing aircraft roles and missions in the United States Army. Acquiring, integrating and operating a larger number of light cargo airplanes...
Engine Out Survival Tactics
Fighter Pilot Tactics for General Aviation Engine Loss Emergencies
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Are you prepared to handle an engine loss event in your single engine piston aircraft? Are you current and trained in all aspects of the General Aviation engine loss situation? What is your best glide speed, best glide ratio? Do you know where High Key is? Did you know that about 30% of all General Aviation...
The Vanishing of Flight MH370
The True Story of the Hunt for the Missing Malaysian Plane
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
CNN Aviation Correspondent Richard Quest offers a gripping and definitive account of the disappearance of Malaysian Airline Flight MH370 in March 2014.
On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared with barely a trace, carrying 239 people on board—seemingly vanishing into...
by Amy Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
In 1939, when this Vintage Words of Wisdom title was first published, only 36 years had elapsed since the Wright brothers had made the first flight in a powered aeroplane. Yet in these few years, as Amy Johnson explains, the world had become a smaller place, shrunk by the achievements of pioneer aviators...
Flying with the Larks
Britain's Early Aviation Pioneers of Larkhill
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
The story of the pioneers of Britain's war in the skies and the development of military aviation before and during World War IIn 1903 the Wright Brothers achieved their dream of powered flight, and from then on our domination of the skies became a reality. The military potential of aircraft was obvious...
The Dragon in the Cockpit
How Western Aviation Concepts Conflict with Chinese Value Systems
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
The purpose of The Dragon in the Cockpit is to enhance the mutual understanding between Western aviation human-factors practitioners and the Chinese aviation community by describing some of the fundamental Chinese cultural characteristics pertinent to the field of flight safety. China’s demand for...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
A Companion for Aspirant Air Warriors: A Handbook for Personal Professional Study traces the evolution of military airpower from its infancy through Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Designed to introduce company-grade Airmen to the ideas, people, and materiel associated with military...
by Blackman, Tony
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
Flight to St Antony is a modern accurate aviation mystery/thriller where the detective Peter Talbert, an aviation insurance expert, is instrumental in solving the reason why an airliner with over two hundred people on board is forced to ditch at night in the Caribbean near the island of St Antony....
Heroic Flights
The First 100 Years of Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2003
A century after the Wright Brothers first took to the air, the author records those moments of aviation history that stand out from all the others for their pioneering bravery or gallantry in the face of the enemy. A fascinating potpourri embracing the whole story of aviation from those first faltering...
Hero of the Air
Glenn Curtiss and the Birth of Naval Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
In this biography, William F. Trimble examines the pioneering work of Glenn Curtiss and his role in the originsof aviation in the U.S. Navy in the years up to and through World War I. A self-taught mechanic and inventor, Curtiss was a key figure in the development of the airplane during the early part...
FAR-FC 2019
Federal Aviation Regulations for Flight Crew
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Convenient handbook-sized 6" x 9" format
Free Updates available online and via email subscription service for instant access to regulation and procedural changes.
Changes since last edition clearly marked
Comprehensive index
Tabs included for quick reference
by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA)
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This FAA handbook provides tools to help pilots determine and assess each situation for the safest possible flight with the least amount of risk. Pilots who practice effective risk management have predetermined personal standards and have formed habit patterns and checklists to incorporate them. This...