Barry Schiff
Teoksen The Proficient Pilot tekijä
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Barry Schiff, with more than 25,000 hours in 250 types of aircraft, has received worldwide recognition for his aviation accomplishments. He has earned every FAA category and class rating (except airship) and every possible instructor's rating. As a 34-year veteran of Trans World Airlines, he näytä lisää currently flies the Boeing 757 and 767. Captain Schiff holds five world speed records and has received numerous honors for his many contributions to aviation safety. These include a Congressional Commendation, the Louis Bleriot Air Medal (France), Switzerland's Gold Proficiency Medal, an honorary doctorate in aeronautical science, and AOPA's L.P. Sharples Perpetual Award. An award-winning journalist and author, he is well known to flying audiences for his numerous books and articles published in some 80 aviation periodicals, notably AOPA Pilot, of which he is a contributing edito näytä vähemmän
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Instrument Flying: Instrument Rating Knowledge Exam, Checkride, and Instrument Proficiency Check Preparation… (2004) 5 kappaletta
All About Flying 3 kappaletta
Dream Aircraft 1 kappale
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This book was instrumental (pun intended) to helping me study for the instrument knowledge test. I find that it is much clearer for a beginning instrument student than the FAA handbooks. For example, the FAA handbooks start their discussion on instrument approaches by discussing arcane advisory circulars and talking about 135/121 ops... this textbook begins the discussion on instrument approaches by discussing what they are. Highly recommended as a replacement or supplement to the FAA books for your instrument studying needs.… (lisätietoja)
The first volume of the series covers such diverse topics as slip tips, takeoff techniques, crosswind landing, scud running, and multiengine flying.
A compilation of Barry Schiff's monthly column in AOPA Pilot, the popular aviation periodical, these books contain favorite articles from over the years in three volumes that are arranged by subject. These articles are pulled from his more than 26,000 flight hours in 260 types of aircraft to assemble volumes filled with Schiff's vast knowledge and experience with teaching pilots.… (lisätietoja)
A compilation of Barry Schiff's monthly column in AOPA Pilot, the popular aviation periodical, these books contain favorite articles from over the years in three volumes that are arranged by subject. These articles are pulled from his more than 26,000 flight hours in 260 types of aircraft to assemble volumes filled with Schiff's vast knowledge and experience with teaching pilots.… (lisätietoja)
Discusses the basic principles of flight and navigation and surveys the laws governing aviation. book intended for younger readers, is an excellent introduction to all aspects of flying for aspiring pilots of all ages. This book's only drawback is that it is outdated
This was one of my favorite books as a young teenager. It presents, in a nicely illustrated format, all the basics of flight. It also helped me to understand a lot of what I was hearing listening to airplanes and flight controllers on my scanner.
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