Confident Flying: A Pilot Upgrade
A guide to better risk management, decision making and judgement, to get the most out of your flying.
- 266 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Confident Flying: A Pilot Upgrade
A guide to better risk management, decision making and judgement, to get the most out of your flying.
About this book
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In this unique book, the authors' reflective insights provide the basis for a program of risk management, sound decision making, and judgment. Richard Collins and Patrick Bradley share both good and bad decisions they've made throughout their flying careers. Through their personal anecdotes, stories, and familiar writing style, readers will absorb the information without even realizing they're being taught some of the most valuable lessons in their aviation career.
This book explores common misconceptions regarding risks and show what the actual risks are and why. Coauthors Collins and Bradley bring together varied experiences and different perspectives in their consideration of the risks in each phase of flight, including preflight, takeoff, en route portions of both VFR and IFR flight, approach and arrival, landings, and more. Particular high-risk areas are evaluated as well, including night flight, aerobatics, mid-air collision possibilities, special weather considerations, and human factors.
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- 1. Preflight Planning
- 2. Before Takeoff
- 3. The Takeoff
- 4. En Route VFR
- 5. En Route IFR
- 6. Arriving VFR
- 7. Arriving IFR
- 8. Landing
- 9. Dark is the Night
- 10. Midair Collisions
- 11. Special Weather Considerations
- 12. Messing Around
- 13. 70/100 Hours Per Year
- 14. Those Exciting New Electronics...
- 15. Human Factors
- Index