The Complete Private Pilot

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781560274490
• ISBN10: 1560274492
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics

Summary

This textbook is for anyone interested in pursuing and obtaining a Private Pilot or Recreational Pilot certificate. The author, a long-admired member of the aviation community, explains in a friendly, readable style and comprehensively covers all the details involved in the adventure of becoming a pilot and learning to fly. An FAA Knowledge Exam is required to earn a Private Pilot certificate. Using the FAA exam as the premise for learning, Bob Gardner applies practical information so readers are not only prepared for the test, but also for the cockpit. He augments the required aeronautical knowledge by giving specific tips and techniques, checklists and mnemonic devices, and sound advice from personal experience. A full-color example of a sectional chart is provided inside the back cover of the book for use with the many interactive exercises throughout the text. Each chapter concludes with sample questions taken directly from the FAA test, and a comprehensive glossary and index are included as well as useful aviation website links throughout the text. This practical application of the FAA Knowledge Exam is not available in any other book!

Author Biography

Bob Gardner has been a pilot and flight instructor for more than 40 years and is the author of the Complete Pilot series and Say Again, Please. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. v
Getting Started	p. vii
Basic Aerodynamics	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 25
Aircraft Systems	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 17
Flight Instruments	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 13
Regulations	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 21
Procedures and Airport Operations	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 28
Weather	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 14
Weather Services	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 22
Aircraft Performance	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 21
En Route Flight	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 24
Navigation	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 18
Communication Procedures	p. 1
Review Questions	p. 26
Putting it All Together	p. 1
Glossary	p. A-1
Airport/Facility Directory Legend	p. B-1
A/FD Excerpts	p. C-1
Full-Color Illustrations	p. D-1
Index	p. I-1
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