Record details

• ISBN: 0071402853
• ISBN: 9780071402859
• Physical Description: x, 358 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
• Edition: 7th edition
• Publisher: NY : McGraw-Hill, 2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Learning to Fly 1 -- Why Should I Learn to Fly? 1 -- How Long Does It Take? 2 -- What Will I Fly? 3 -- What's the Cost of Learning to Fly? 5 -- Can the Cost Be Reduced Further? 6 -- Where Should I Learn to Fly? 8 -- What Kinds of Flight Schools Are There? 11 -- What Type of Trainer Should I Fly? 14 -- What If I Get Airsick? 15 -- What Safety Issues with Small Airplanes Should I Be Aware Of? 16 -- 2 Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Glider Pilot Licenses 19 -- Jargon of Pilots' Licenses 19 -- A Bit of History 21 -- Sport Pilot Licenses 24 -- Recreational Pilot Licenses 28 -- Glider Pilot Licenses 31 -- 3 Instructors and Flight Schools 45 -- Physical Exam 46 -- Choices in Flight Training 48 -- Buying Your Own Airplane 55 -- Ground Study Options 56 -- Costs Involved 60 -- Timing Your Lessons 61 -- Instructors--Good and Bad 62 -- Judging Your Instructor 64 -- Mutual Respect 65 -- Fewer Student Pilots and the Time Problem 66 -- 4 Private Pilot Certificate 69 -- Student Pilot Requirements 69 -- Basic Private Pilot License Requirements 71 -- Privileges and Limitations 76 -- Staying Current 78 -- Logbook 79 -- Legal Documents 79 -- 5 Airplane 81 -- Angle of Attack and Stalls 84 -- Stall Warning Devices 86 -- Thrust and Drag 87 -- Center of Gravity 88 -- Pitching the Nose Up or Down 91 -- Trim 91 -- Turning the Airplane 93 -- Wing Flaps 95 -- How the Propeller Works 97 -- In-Flight Effects of the Propeller 100 -- Using the Throttle 101 -- Engine 103 -- Flight Instruments 107 -- Engine Instruments 116 -- 6 Flying the Airplane 119 -- Preflight Check 123 -- Getting Started in the Cockpit 132 -- Ready for Takeoff 146 -- Airspeed Control 147 -- Stalls and Stall Recovery 151 -- Other Stalls 154 -- Approaching to Land 155 -- Landing the Airplane 164 -- Weight and Balance Calculations 167 -- 7 Control Techniques 175 -- Load and Air Density 178 -- Takeoffs 183 -- Climbs 184 -- Descents 188 -- Turns 190 -- Typical Medium Turn 193 -- Climbing Turns 196 -- Descending Turns 198 -- Ground Reference Maneuvers 199 -- Rectangular Course 200 -- S-Turns across a Road 205 -- Turns about a Point 207 -- Not-So-Normal Landings 208 -- Flight Plans 229 -- Emergency Locator Transmitters 230 -- Emergency Instrument Procedures 231 -- Flying the Instruments 233 -- Back to Better Weather 237 -- Using the Turn Indicator 237 -- 8 Weather 241 -- Preflight Weather Briefings 244 -- In-Flight Briefings 247 -- En Route Flight Advisory Services 247 -- In-Flight Weather Advisories 248 -- Air Pressure 249 -- Fronts and Air Masses 250 -- Dewpoints 255 -- Lapse Rates 255 -- Cloud Types 256 -- Weather Map 260 -- Mountain Effects 261 -- Icing in Flight 264 -- Weather Decision 266 -- 9 VFR Navigation and Communications 273 -- VFR Weather Minimums 273 -- Right-of-Way Rules 274 -- Navigation 276 -- Obtaining a Course 283 -- Radio Aids to Navigation 301 -- Automatic Directional Finders 308 -- Global Positioning System 310 -- Airspace Classifications 313 -- Air-to-Ground Communications 318 -- Tower Talk 318 -- Light Signals 324 -- Common Traffic Advisory Frequencies 326 -- Multicom Frequency 329 -- 10 Examinations 331 -- Knowledge Test 333 -- Practical Test 335.

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