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Proficient Pilot 1: tricks of the trade for <br>a variety of situations

Proficient Pilot 1

Publisher:
ASA
ISBN:
9781560272816
Published Date:
1994
Other Identifiers:
ASA-PP-1
Pages:
324
Weight:
1.1lbs
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Outstanding for its clarity and readability, this book covers such diverse topics as slip tips, takeoff techniques, crosswind landings, scud running, flying the ILS, emergency tactics, and multi-engine flying.

Barry Schiff provides a wealth of valuable information based on his years of experience. Foreword by Ernest Gann.

"The best book about flying airplanes I have ever read." — Ernest K. Gann

Developing and maintaining proficiency at the controls is a key concern for pilots at all levels. In The Proficient Pilot, award-winning author and veteran airline captain and flight instructor Barry Schiff provides a wealth of valuable information based on his years of experience, concentrating on procedures and techniques not covered in other aviation books.

In his foreword to the book, Ernest K. Gann writes, "I recommend you heed Schiff's messages because they are written by a true aviator... Schiff is a true pro, and he covers the whole lofty field of airmanship with the skill and the dignity it deserves."

Illustrated throughout with helpful charts and line drawings, The Proficient Pilot should be required reading for all who fly.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Proficient Pilot Volume 1:
Dynamics of Flight
the miracle of lift
all about stalls
stalls and spins
turning and maneuvering
that shifting center of
gravity
flying behind power curve

Proficiency and Technique
climbing flight
slipping to a landing
crosswind landings
uphill and downhill runways
contaminated runways
soaring in an airplane
scud running
flying a taildragger

Flightworthy Considerations
responsibilities of pilot in command

wind shear
high density altitudes
in-flight illusions
interpreting engine
instruments

Getting There
dead reckoning
wind and its effect on
aircraft
pressure pattern navigation

The World of Instrument Flight
low visibility takeoff
the ILS approach
low visibility transition to landing
nonprecision approaches
hazards of circling airports
busting approach minimums
holding patterns simplified
strange instrument
approaches

Emergency Tactics
flight control failure
pitot-static difficulties
engine failure on takeoff
engine failure at night or
in IFR
precautionary landings

Multi-Engine Flying
engine out approaches
engine out driftdown
minimum controllable advice
From the Back Cover:
Proficient Pilot contains a wealth of information published nowhere else: how to survive a crash landing, how to start a hot engine, how to use ground effect to an advantage, how to cope with an engine fire, how to ditch, and much more. Schiff disposes of popular misconceptions about flying in turbulence, coping with wind shear, and obtaining meaningful performance data. He shares his tricks of the trade for handling a variety of situations and emergencies. In the words of Ernest K Gann, "I recommend you heed Schiff's messages because they are written by a true aviator. He knows it. He has done it. And he is doing it".