Piloting category: 262 books
by Ron Fowler
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2013
Many pilots resign themselves to imperfect takeoffs and landings merely because they're unaware that even the pros must work at each of these critical phases of flight. This book shows pilots how to develop total awareness for the situation, the airplane, and the self—and to convert that awareness...
Danger and Poetry
One Glider Pilot's First Hundred Hours, from Flight School to Rescue Mission
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Joe Karam was born to transcend, but perhaps not to fly. When at twenty-seven his quest for freedom led him to set foot in a glider for the first time, he was overcome with fear and desire. Nothing seemed to have prepared him for such a formidable test of courage, nor did he know anything about Charlie,...
The Instrument Flight Manual
The Instrument Rating & Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
A manual for pilots seeking to add an instrument rating and for instrument-rated pilots needing a refresher, this guide covers airplane performance and basic instrument flying, navigation and communications, clearances, planning the instrument flight, and executing instrument flight—from preflight...
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...
by Mark J. Holt, Phillip J. Poynor
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Whether a Part 121 airline or a Part 135 charter operator, in the aviation industry a company survives by its compliance with the applicable Federal Aviation Regulations, or "FARs." Air Carrier Operations introduces aviation students to the significant FARs affecting airline operations....
by Fumiko Takahashi
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Told by a stewardess who flew for Pan American Airways for 16 years. From Japan's post-war survival to Pan Am's training school in Florida and around the world, this book covers the1960's and '70's jet-set lifestyle, Pan Am's rise and fall, celebrity and stewardesses stories, all told from an insider's...
by Helen Krasner
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
This book is the second volume of Helen’s proposed series of four. The first looked at learning to fly aeroplanes and helicopters and has already been published. The next book will concentrate of helicopter flying, since this is Helen’s speciality, and the final volume will talk about her personal...
Aviation Law and Drones
Unmanned Aircraft and the Future of Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
The aviation industry is being transformed by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones – commercially, militarily, scientifically and recreationally. National regulations have generally failed to keep pace with the expansion of the fast-growing drone industry.
Aviation Law and Drones:...
Airspace Closure and Civil Aviation
A Strategic Resource for Airline Managers
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
The impact to airlines from airspace closure can be as benign as a two minute extension on an arrival pattern, or as catastrophic as a shoot down from a surface-to-air missile, as the tragic loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over the Ukraine in July 2014 demonstrates. Airspace constraints come in...
by Florian Jentsch, Michael Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Simulations have been a fixture of aviation training for many years. Advances in simulator technology now enable modern flight simulation to mimic very closely the look and feel of real world flight operations. In spite of this, responsible researchers, trainers, and simulation developers should look...
Winged History
The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain,Jr., Aviator (Updated)
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Winged History: The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain, Aviator, Updated Edition is a must read for anyone interested in 20th century American aviation history. The visually documented chronicle, written by Chastain's only son, Ken Jr., traces the life of an American pilot over a period of 37 years...
Wild Weasel Fighter Attack
The Story of the Suppression of Enemy Air Defences
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Detecting and destroying enemy Surface-to-Air Missiles (S.A.M.) and radar is arguably the most dangerous mission that any pilot can undertake. Tactics differ with air forces, but the general principal is to fly a formation of aircraft into an area where the enemys air defenses are strong, wait for...
Malta GC
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2009
The Siege of Malta during World War II was one of the greatest dramas of the conflict. Bereft of vital defending aircraft, guns and ammunition this small island endured a succession of air raids from the Italian and German air forces. Valetta was virtually destroyed, the inhabitants took to living...