According to its preface, The Airplane Flying Handbook is developed to assist student pilots learning to fly. It is also beneficial to pilots who wish to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, pilots preparing for additional certificates, and flight instructors. It introduces the future pilot to the realm of flight and provides information and guidance in the performance of procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. It is developed by the FAA’s Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch.
The handbook covers topics such as:
>> Chapter 1-3
Introduction to Flight Training
Ground Operations
Basic Flight Maneuvers
>> Chapter 4 - 6
Slow flight, stalls and spins
Takeoff and departure climb
Ground-reference maneuvers
>> Chapter 7 - 9
Airport traffic patterns
Approaches and landings
Performance Maneuvers
>> Chapter 10 - 12
Night operations
Transition to complex and multiengine airplanes
>> Chapter 13 - 15
Transition to tailwheel, turbo-prop and jet airplanes
Emergency procedures
Printed copies of the book are available for sales in most aviation shops. The FAA provides free downloadable PDF copies.
Click on the chapter links above to download free, relevant portions of The Airplane Flying Handbook, or click on the link from Amazon to buy a printed copy.
Click for >> Cover, Preface and Table of Contents
Click for >> Glossary & Index
