Piloting & Flight Instruction

A captain must be able not only to fly the aircraft, but also to manage it, manage the crew, and above all, manage his or her resources. In a number of air carriers there may be less than adequate additional training conducted, when upgrading pilots to...

After surviving three years flying the mighty Phantom, the RAF's greatest and most terrifying fighter (for those in the cockpit), Tug Wilson was sent to RAF Brawdy in Pembrokeshire and then to RAF Valley on the Isle of Anglesey to teach the flying skills...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874783282Author Jeremy M PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Airplan Flight Equipment LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781874783282Author Jeremy M PrattFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Airplan Flight Equipment LtdPublisher Crecy Publishing

Emergency is a collection of true stories about events where disaster seems imminent. Yet each situation is concluded without loss of life thanks to the skill of the pilots and their crews, whose bravery and resourcefulness have earned them well deserved...

As the official manual of the world famous British Gliding Association, this book is recommended reading for all pilots and instructors. Highly illustrated and designed to be user-friendly, it takes the user through the key theories of flight...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560276494Author W. J. WagtendonkFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies & Academics...

The training aid for many a pilot from one of the leading instructors of the First World War. There are 160 pages with many illustrations of leading aircraft of the period. Chock full of handy tips for the budding aviator. Nothing could ready you for the...

In February 2016 the RAF's Search and Rescue Force (SARF) celebrated its 75th anniversary. In June that year the world-renowned and universally admired service was officially disbanded, despite attempts from many, including HRH Prince William, to save it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995503434Author Nigel KnotFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint NerthusPublisher Nerthus

On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 had just taken off from LaGuardia Airport in New York, when a flock of Canada geese collided with it, destroying both of its engines. Over the next three minutes, the plane's pilot Chelsey "Sully"...

This manual has been produced for students undertaking their basic helicopter training. It concentrates on explaining not only how and why the helicopter flies but also on the correct handling techniques needed to master the flying exercises required to...

Safety Management Systems in Aviation presents the quality management underpinnings of SMS. The four components that must be designed into proactive safety are: Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion.Including...

A valuable training aid for applicants preparing for glider category rating or current glider pilots who wish to improve their knowledgeThis comprehensive handbook, created by the Federal Aviation Administration, supplies glider pilots with all the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737243809Author Ryan RobicheauxFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Rotorhead PublishingPublisher Rotorhead Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994476036Author James C NixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint CrammondmediaPublisher CrammondmediaWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995142138Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 152g

Find out how a pilot was instructed in flying a Battle of Britain fighter, using the original Pilot's Notes for the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane, as well as Air Ministry flying notes on captured Messerschmitt Bf 109s. See how each compares,...

Melding a pilot's practical view of life in the cockpit with the expertise of an engineering professor to give readers an insider look at plane crashes.One of the most amazing feats of modern life is the frequency with which airplanes safely take off and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473493080Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 494g

This second volume of the Helicopter Pilot's Manual provides a natural follow-on to Norman Bailey's first manual. It also aims to instruct and help the would-be pilot to pass the PPL(H) and is concerned with the mechanical aspects of the examination...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859790697Format PaperbackImprint Air Data PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing

On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in aviation history when Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809341Author Tony ButtlerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Here is the full and fascinating story of Brian Trubshaw's life as an experimental test pilot. Written from his own unique viewpoint on the flight deck, it covers a period of tremendous upheaval in the British aircraft industry.About the AuthorBRIAN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859790239Format PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Air Data PublicationsPublisher Crecy Publishing

Take to the (virtual) skies with help from Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator has offered a great way to fly aircraft of all sizes without ever leaving the ground for nearly 40 years. With help from Microsoft Flight Simulator For...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995117013Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 440g

Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly chronological order, over fifty continuous years of flying. This ranges from joining the RAF in 1962, through his intriguing first operational tour on Hunters in Aden, the early days of the Jaguar in Germany...

If you are one of the millions of airline passengers who take to the air daily and have no idea how an aeroplane flies or how it is flown - but would like to find out - then this is the book for you. It is written by an airline pilot who knows from...

As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed the impossible dream of becoming a pilot and this book tells how that dream came to pass. The author's career of over forty years spanned a period of incredible advances in the air - now...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644253687Author Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Supplies & Academics (Asa)Format PaperbackPage Count 1120Imprint Aviation Supplies &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679750079Author William LangewiescheFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903083010Author D.P. DaviesFormat HardbackPage Count 324Imprint Civil Aviation AuthorityPublisher Civil Aviation Authority

In December 1943, a top secret contract (E.24/43) was awarded to Miles Aircraft. The contract was to build the world's first supersonic jet capable of 1000mph. The only reliable source of data on supersonic objects came from the Armament Research Dept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955814501Author Paul TizzardFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Flying Without Fear PublishingPublisher Flying Without Fear PublishingWeight(grams)...

An illuminating look at how human vulnerability led to advances in aviation technology.As aircraft flew higher, faster, and farther in the early days of flight, pilots were exposed as vulnerable, inefficient, and dangerous. They asphyxiated or got the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809419Author Yefim GordonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Long-ranged maritime reconnaissance aircraft were a part of British wartime strategy since the First World War, in the form of flying boats. During the Second World War, the flying boats were increasingly replaced by land-based aircraft, such as the...

With specially commissioned artworks and dynamic combat ribbon diagrams, this volume reveals how the 'last of the gunfighters', as the F-8 was dubbed by its pilots, prevailed against the growing MiG threat of the Vietnamese People's Air Force. When...