Pilot Training : Flying Skills : flight safety

Proficient Pilot 2

by Barry Schiff

Publisher:

ASA

ISBN:

9781560272823

Published Date:

1995

Other Identifiers:

ASA-PP-2

Pages:

328

Weight:

1.1lbs

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The Proficient Pilot, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 by Barry Schiff is an interesting, enjoyable, and most importantly - educational array of information on flying and flying techniques by Barry Schiff, a pilot with over 25,000 hours experience and frequent contributor to AOPA Pilot magazine. In a series of 5-6 page chapters, Schiff touches on everything from dead reckoning techniques to turbocharger operations, to flying the space shuttle. There are many hints & tips and how-to books available of improvin

From the Back Cover:
Proficient Pilot contains a wealth of information published nowhere else: how to survive a crash landing, how to start a hot engine, how to use ground effect to an advantage, how to cope with an engine fire, how to ditch, and much more. Schiff disposes of popular misconceptions about flying in turbulence, coping with wind shear, and obtaining meaningful performance data. He shares his tricks of the trade for handling a variety of situations and emergencies. In the words of Ernest K Gann, "I recommend you heed Schiff's messages because they are written by a true aviator. He knows it. He has done it. And he is doing it".

The Dynamics of Flight
power and wing loading
ground effect
cruise control
flying in turbulence
how this airplane really performs
roll and adverse yaw

Proficiency and Technique
aborting a takeoff
trimming
coping with wind shear
the go-around
wheelbarrow landings
crash landings
to spin or not to spin
desert flying
stopping the propeller

Powerful Topics
theory of propellers
managing power
turbocharger operations
starting the hot engine
in-flight engine fire

Instrument Pointers
determining true airspeed
altimeter and airspeed
failures
vacuum and gyro failures
turn indicator vs.
coordinator
swinging a compass
about time - Z; GMT; UTC

Systems Management
gear up landings
the pressurization system
electrical failure
flaps, slats, slots

Flying IFR
time savings shortcuts
missed approaches
communications failure
communicating 4 survival
structural icing

Advanced Adventures
fly to Europe - yourself
ditching
formation flying
setting aviation records

Special Treats
operation peace flight
high flight in a Lockheed
U-2
flying the space shuttle
sentimental journey