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Instrument Pilot's Handbook

by Rod Machado

ISBN-13:

9780971201569

Published Date:

2007

Pages:

624

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Welcome to your instrument instructor in a book. Written by a veteran ground and flight instructor, this book is presented in a warm, conversational manner and spiced with humor. With a third of a century of teaching experience, Rod Machado's tried and true methods of instruction have achieved exceptional results with students around the world. Rod has the unique ability to simplify the difficult, and his humor helps you remember the lesson.

This book allows you to learn everything you need for:
The FAA instrument knowledge exam
Your instrument proficiency check
Updating and refreshing your knowledge

This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to:
Fly instruments as a knowledgeable and competent pilot.
Prepare for the FAA instrument pilot knowledge exam.
Prepare for the instrument pilot practical oral exam.
Refresh for your instrument proficiency check.
Remain an up-to-date confident instrument pilot.

As a comprehensive information source book, these pages include:
1. Simplification of the FAA’s instrument scan concepts/procedures
and a cockpit-practical, step-by-step instrument scan technique.
2. The latest information on aviation decision making for instrument pilots.
3. Detailed understanding of analog and glass (PFD) flight instruments.
4. Step-by-step procedures for planning an IFR cross-country flight.
5. Easy to apply navigation methods for VOR, GPS and ADF.
6. Clear, down-to-earth explanations of pertinent FARs, including
instrument currency, lost comm, alternate requirements, etc.
7. Step-by-step explanation of how instrument approach charts
are constructed, including MDAs, DAs, procedure turns, etc.
8. Practical understanding of the IFR system, GPS procedures,
icing and thunderstorm avoidance, NEXRAD, radar, and more.

Starting your Instrument Rating
Your Flight Instruments - behind the panel
A plan for the Scan
Humans - The Plane's Brain
Electronic Navigation
Holding Patterns
How the IFR System Works
The FARs Rule
IFR Aviation Weather Theory
IFR Weather Charts
Understanding Approach Charts
Approach Chart Analysis
GPS Approach Charts
Instrument Departures
IFR Enroute Charts
IFR Flight Planning
IFR Pilot Potpourri
IFR Clearance Shorthand

Note: The Instrument Pilot's Handbook is different from the Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual. The Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual is intended as a supplement for IFR training, sort of a "how to" manual for the cockpit. It contains many useful flight training tools and instrument flying techniques for the beginning and experienced instrument pilot. The "new" Instrument Pilot's Handbook is intended as a broad-based instrument knowledge book for both beginning and experienced pilots. It provides the necessary information to pass the FAA's instrument pilots knowledge exam, the IFR practical oral exam, the instrument proficiency check, as well as providing a comprehensive understanding of instrument flying knowledge.