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Master the takeoff with step-by-step help!
This hardback edition of Making Perfect Takeoffs in Light Airplanes is intended to make the typical private pilot an expert in one phase of flight, the takeoff. Detailed but easy-to-understand information gives pilots the knowledge they need to go beyond rote reactions in order to develop piloting excellence.
Author Ron Fowler addresses the light-airplane departure as a series of steps requiring the pilot's total awareness of situation, airplane, and self. Pilots learn to identify and assess circumstances and conditions and then to implement appropriate procedures.
Each chapter presents and defines a specific takeoff situation. After setting the scene with the set of characteristics unique to that type of takeoff, Fowler then presents the methods-and the logic behind the methods-that allow the pilot to master such a takeoff. "Preflight Reminders" and "In-Flight Aids" at the end of the chapter provide critical data at a glance.
While Making Perfect Takeoffs addresses the needs of the typical rated private pilot, it also well serves the pre-solo student pilot to the thousand-hour pilot and the flight instructor. Fowler's conversation style speaks to all the pilots who hope to discover a new dimension within themselves, whose who accept the personal challenge of striving for excellence.
| ** | Chapters |
| 1 | Basic Considerations of a Normal Takeoff |
| 2 | Short-Field Takeoffs |
| 3 | Soft-Field Takeoffs |
| 4 | Critical Takeoff Situations |
| 5 | Night Takeoffs |
| 6 | Tailwheel Takeoffs |
| 7 | Cardinal Rules for Perfect Takeoffs |
About the Author
Ron Fowler, with over 12,000 hours as a Certified Flight Instructor, is a Gold Seal instructor and has 24 years of experience. With a combined bachelor's degree in are and sciences for the University of Florida, Fowler directs and teaches the aviation curriculum at Valencia Community College, Orlando, Florida.
Author of Making Perfect Landings in Light Airplanes, Flying the Commercial Flight Test, Preflight Planning, and Flying Precision Maneuvers in Light Airplanes, Fowler has also written numerous articles that have appeared in Air Line Pilot, Plane & Pilot, Boys' Life, Air Progress, and Private Pilot.
An ardent conservationist, Fowler served for several years as a wildlife survey pilot in a study of the American bald eagle, an animal with which he shares a love for the sky.
Hard Cover
156 pages, Indexed, Illustrated
Publisher
Iowa State Press (1991)
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