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Books

Airplanes

At A Glance: The ABC's of Safe Flying By David Frazier.

The bestselling cornerstone of the Practical Flying Series. Essential principles and techniques of safe flying for student and new pilots, as well as experienced pilots making the effort to stay current. Attitude, Basics, and Communications are the skills stressed by the author in educating pilots about the nuts and bolts of staying alive through proficiency, practice, and awareness. A must get!

Airplane Ownership. By Ron Wanttaja, Ronald J.Wanttaja.

Explores all the issues you need to consider before and after you've bought your own airplane. Wanttaja, winner of a 1992 Aviation/Space Writer's Association Award of Excellence for his book, Kitplane Construction, guides you every step of the way, helping to ensure that you choose the best airplane for the money.

The $100 Hamburger: A Guide To Pilots' Favorite Fly-in Restaurants. By John F. Purner.

The $100 Hamburger provides firsthand pilot reports on 1,000+ restaurants at or very near general aviation airports across the United States and in 15 foreign countries. Pilots tell of their experiences and give their impressions of each eatery, and answer key questions of location, food quality and type, service, ambiance, and price. A rating system of 1 to 5 hamburgers is used. Geographically indexed, and listed alphabetically within state or country.

Beyond The Checkride. By Howard Fried.

Asserting that a flight certificate is a pilot's "license to learn," this unique book offers valuable lessons learned by veteran pilots. Using the anecdotal style that has made his Flying magazine column so popular, Fried bridges the gap between pilot training and in-flight experience with his advice on vital but often underemphasized areas of: maneuvering speed; weight and balance; aircraft control; prop safety; night flying; altitude.

Better Takeoffs & Landings. By Michael C. Love.

Focusing on operations at both controlled and uncontrolled airfields where pilots face the greatest risks, this informative manual provides an in-depth look at proper takeoff and landing procedures for light airplanes. Many things can affect taking off and landing an airplane, including indirect factors such as weather and preflight inspections. All of these important issues are covered in this guide, which will be of value to all flyers-particularly students and licensed private pilots.

Helicopters

Learning To Fly Helicopters (Tab Practical Flying Experience. By R. Randall Padfield, Ralph C. Padfield (Illustrator) .

An introduction to helicopter flying techniques, many of which are difficult to master, as well as a discussion of emergency procedure, human factors, advanced operations and even a section on careers. This will be our first helicopters book in our Practical Flying Series.

Chopper: Thunder in the Sky. By Robert Genat.

Many early dreams of human flight were based on vertical lift, beginning with the technical sketches of the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci. Choppers: Thunder in the Sky documents the rise of the helicopter. Brimming with electrifying full-color photographs of the helicopters of the world and written by noted automotive and military historian Robert Genat, Choppers: Thunder in the Sky is the ultimate illustrated guide to the whirlybird.

Videos

Airplanes

Greatest Flight. National Geographic.

From England to Australia in a World War I Bomber..."Vimy I, cleared to land," radioed the control tower. "Welcome back to Darwin after all these years." With those words, the dream of Peter McMillan, an American, and Lang Kidby, an Australian, was realized: to recreate a 1919 flight from England to Australia that showed the feasibility of long distance air travel. This journey chronicles this record-breaking flight that marked the beginning of commercial aviation. Resurrecting original blueprints, McMillan and Kidby built a World War I era Vickers Vimy biplane bomber with open cockpit and cotton-covered wings, fitting it with modern engines and navigation gear. You'll witness the joy of cruising over the Taj Mahal and the aftermath of a crash landing on Sumatra. This story interweaves the 1919 and 1994 adventures, separated by 75 years but united in a common spirit of daring in THE GREATEST FLIGHT.

Helicopters

Brute Force.

The title says it all. A must see!

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