This book is written for serious pilots who wish to learn more about flying than the minimum required to pass an FAA exam. It is written for pilots who have moved beyond the simple airplanes and easy flights they were trained for, and who now find themselves in command of elaborately equipped high performance airplanes that they were not specifically trained to fly.

Included in the book are chapters and information about:

• Operating new engines, like the Continental IO-550, which permit running lean of peak EGT.
• Turbochargers and intercoolers.
• Normally aspirated engines, turbine engines, and propellers.
• Tutorial on partial panel flying and instrument flying by the numbers.
• Multi-engine flying. One chapter dealing with the aerodynamics of engine-out flight, including performance, the meaning of the 'ball' when an engine is out, and the importance of zero sideslip. Another offering practical advice for multi-engine survival, including special considerations regarding takeoff technique and the handling of an engine failure in all phases of flight.
• Advanced systems and situations, including pressurization, autopilots and flight directors, radar and lightning detectors, and icing.

Four hundred pages that continue his tradition of clear tightly executed explanations. - John Geitz, ABS Newsletter

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About the Author
John C. Eckalbar is an airline transport pilot and instrument flight instructor for single and multiengine airplanes. He has been a pilot for ExecutiveJet and has flown in the Federal Express feeder system. He has been an active FAR Part 135 charter pilot with air taxi and cargo experience in a wide range of general aviation airplanes, from Skylanes, 210s, and Bonanzas to Barons, 400 series Cessnas, Caravans, King Airs, and Citations.

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and is a Professor in the California State University system. He has published many articles on mathematics for economists and been the principal investigator on a National Science Foundation research project on dynamics and stability.

Hardcover
400 pages, Illustrated

Publisher
SkyRoad Projects (1994)