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Airplane flying handbook.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Federal Aviation Administration Staff, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- FAA Handbooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes--Piloting--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Airplanes.
- Flight training--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Flight training.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Washington, DC] : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service ; Newcastle, Washington : Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 2009, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The fundamental skills and essential information necessary for piloting airplanes are introduced in this beginning aviator's guide. Pilots wishing to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, flyers preparing for additional certificates or ratings, and flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both students and licensed pilots will benefit from the information in this pilot resource. The official FAA reference for the aviator-in-training, many test questions for the FAA Knowledge Exams for pilots come directly from this guide.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 - Introduction to Flight Training; Chapter 2 - Ground Operations; Chapter 3 - Basic Flight Maneuvers; Chapter 4 - Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins; Chapter 5 - Takeoffs and Departure Climbs; Chapter 6 - Ground Reference Maneuvers; Chapter 7 - Airport Traffic Patterns; Chapter 8 - Approaches and Landings; Chapter 9 - Performance Maneuvers; Chapter 10 - Night Operations; Chapter 11 - Transition to Complex Airplanes; Chapter 12 - Transition to Multiengine Airplanes; Chapter 13 - Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes
- Chapter 14 - Transition to Turbopropeller Powered AirplanesChapter 15 - Transition to Jet Powered Airplanes; Chapter 16 - Emergency Procedures; Glossary; Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- "FAA-H-8083-3A."
- Originally published by the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standards Service.
- ISBN:
- 1-56027-784-X
- OCLC:
- 609856353
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