Description
This book—prepared by the Federal Aviation Administration—is a resource without equal for glider pilots. Covering components and systems, flight instruments, performance limitations, preflight and ground operations, launch and recovery procedures, flight maneuvers, traffic patterns, soaring weather, radio navigation, and much more, it lays out in authoritative detail the science, mechanics, and regulations that every pilot needs to know. Plus, it contains a glossary of essential terms and crystal-clear color illustrations. No one should learn to fly, or fly a glider, without this information close at hand.
Genres
Piloting & Flight InstructionAviationTransportationAll Other NonfictionCommercialAeronautics & AstronauticsTechnology & EngineeringAviationTransportationYoung Adult NonfictionAir SportsSports & RecreationProfessionalStudy AidsTrainingAerodynamicsMechanicsScienceSurvival & Emergency PreparednessSafety & SecuritySelf-helpPractical GuidesLawAviationTransportationJuvenile FictionAeronautics, Astronautics & Space ScienceTechnologyJuvenile NonfictionTest PreparationStudy AidsSports & RecreationReferenceScience & TechnologySubjectsTeachingEducationReferenceSports & RecreationTest PreparationStudy AidsAeronautics, Astronautics & Space ScienceTechnologyVocational
Pages240
Released2011
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSkyhorse
ISBN9781626366725
SellerSimon & Schuster
About the author(s)
The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. It regulates and oversees the aviation industry, pilot licensing, and airspace with the goal of providing “the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world.”
