Tips To Fly By
Tips to Fly By by Richard Collins
Veteran pilot Dick Collins draws on his extensive experience at the controls of a variety of light aircraft. Text is organized along the natural progression of a flight: through takeoff, climb, enroute, descent and landing. Added focus is placed on high performance singles, twins, and emergencies. This book imparts the kind of flying savvy that takes thousands of flight hours to obtain.
Soft cover and indexed. Tips to Fly By offers techniques, performance tips and rules of thumb. For example: How to devise a tailor-made preflight checklist for your machine, your flight, and yourself. When to change altitude for optimum fuel management; effects of loading on performance. What to watch for when flying low and slow; stall/spin avoidance. How to move up to higher-performance single- and twin-engine aircraft. Why night flying is really IFR flying. When, why, and how to practice flying skills; obvious reasons often ignored. ... and much more, including the finer points of flying that make the most of your airplane and make you a better, safer pilot.
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