Flying Skills : VFR skills
The Right Seat
by Avram Goldstein
Publisher:
ISBN:
0938013017
Published Date:
1986
Edition:
4th Printing
Pages:
144
Weight:
0.5lbs
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For a pilot's companion
The Right Seat is an excellent introduction to flying for pilots' companions and would-be pilots. Authored by noted aviation writer Avram Goldstein, CFII, this book lays a good foundation for that first lesson on the way to the private ticket. The Right Seat clearly explains in easy-to-understand text with illustrations: how the airplane flies, how the instruments work and how to read them, how to navigate, how to communicate, how to assist the pilot, and what
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
The Airplane: A User Friendly Introduction
a walk around the airport
the engine doesn't make it fly - its the wings
the power controls and instruments
the flight control and instruments
a few simple exercizes
Navigation: Where are you - Where do you go next
navigating by eye
navigating by instruments
Communication: How to talk, how to listen
communication technique
radio frequencies for communications
communications from tie down to tie down
How to Help your Pilot Friend without Ruining the Friendship
How to Take Over in an Emergency
what to do immediately
what to do next
landing the airplane
a walk around the airport
the engine doesn't make it fly - its the wings
the power controls and instruments
the flight control and instruments
a few simple exercizes
Navigation: Where are you - Where do you go next
navigating by eye
navigating by instruments
Communication: How to talk, how to listen
communication technique
radio frequencies for communications
communications from tie down to tie down
How to Help your Pilot Friend without Ruining the Friendship
How to Take Over in an Emergency
what to do immediately
what to do next
landing the airplane
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- ...from the 'VFR skills' Category
- > Visualized Flight Maneuvers - Low Wing
- > Bush Planes
- > Mountain Flight
- > Mountain Flying
- > Handling In-Flight Emergencies
- > Anatomy of a Spin
- > Stick & Rudder
- > Mountain Flying Bible
- > Seaplane Pilot
- > The Shirt Pocket Mountain Flying Guide
- ...from the 'basics' Category
- > Pilot Handbook
- > Handbook of Aero Knowledge
- > Weight & Balance Graphic Planner
- > Flight Library Pro - 2009
- > Aircraft Weight and Balance
- > The Right Seat
- > Guide to the Biennial Flight Review
- > 2009 FAR for Flight Crew
- > Aircraft Weight & Balance Handbook
- > Weight & Balance 101
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Construction of
Tubular Steel Fuselages
details fuselage construction process
Building Skills
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~Marshall Pryor
Portland Community College
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