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#2 of the pilot series "Dream Job Pilot?" offers flight training tips you won't find anywhere else, for example: how to choose the best training facility, how to save money and time, where to find grants and scholarships, and training financing. How to get the most flying hours in the shortest time in order to apply to airlines.
Most of all: hundreds of examples of pilot training facilities worldwide for airline and corporate pilots, helicopter pilots,...
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Effective flight training in this advanced technological age calls for improved teaching methods. Sean Lane's 21st Century Flight Training discusses core concepts such as flight phases, task prioritization, proficiency segments for performance maneuvers, as well as visual situational awareness-all of which lead to improved training efficiency and intelligent aeronautical decision-making.
The book introduces new training models such as Integrated...
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The United States Naval Academy was founded in 1845 in Annapolis, Maryland, after experience showed that the policy of training naval officers solely through shipboard experience was ineffective. The development of aircraft in the early 20th century was a technological change that impacted the academy. The efforts of naval aviation advocates, led by Capt. Washington I. Chambers, resulted in the Navy acquiring its first aircraft in 1911 and basing...
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"Fly the Wing" has been an indispensable comprehensive textbook on operating transport-category airplanes for more than 45 years. Pilots planning a career in aviation will find this book provides important insights not covered in other books. Written in an easy, conversational style, this useful manual progresses from ground school equipment and procedures to simulators and actual flight. Along the way, the author covers the physical, psychological,...
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Earning the FAA Private Pilot license is a great achievement-now, expand your initial training to go Beyond Flight Training.
The real excitement begins when the flight instructor lets go of your hand and you're left to set your own goals and create your own motivations. This book, Beyond Flight Training, is packed with new ways to sharpen your skills and make every flying hour a rewarding experience.
Veteran pilot and instructor LeRoy Cook shows...
6) Helicopter Flight Training: Lesson Plans for Students & Instructors with Questions Plus a Lot More
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I've always enjoyed passing knowledge onto others, and in a career spanning over 50 years with varied experiences, I've gained a lot of experience to pass on, and this book is a means of passing that knowledge on to aspiring students and would be, or existing, instructors. This book covers all the sequences required through to a commercial pilot licence, plus night flying and basic instrument flying, and each lesson plan is designed to bring the student...
7) Aeroplane Flight Training: Lesson Plans for Students & Instructors With Questions - Plus a Lot More
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I've always enjoyed passing knowledge onto others, and in a career spanning over 50 years with varied experiences, I've gained a lot of experience to pass on, and this book is a means of passing that knowledge on to aspiring students and would be, or existing, instructors. This book covers all the sequences required through to a commercial pilot licence, plus night flying and basic instrument flying. Not only does it detail what should be taught,...
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Flying a small plane to Alaska is an adventure many pilots only dream of. In 2008, the author, a student pilot, and his brother, a flight instructor, embarked on this adventure in an airplane old enough to be their mother. On their journey, they examined how to fit twelve feet eight inches worth of grown men into one of the smallest cockpits on earth--for as many as eight hours a day. They visited places they had planned on going, to see friends and...
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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How do astronauts train and prepare for their missions? What is it like to live aboard the ISS? What types of experiments and science work do astronauts carry out in space? And how are today's astronauts making future missions to Mars, and beyond, a reality?
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136 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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"What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don't shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring...
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(Sharon Mills).Clubhouse mysteries volume 4
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102 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Ziggy and the other members of the Black Dinosaurs go to space camp where they learn about the space program and speculate about the existence of extraterrestrial beings.
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Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting--a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.
14) Top Wing
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Calling all cadets! It's time to earn your wings with Team Top Wing as they work together in these 7 training missions! Swoop in with Swift to save Baddy McBat, get big air with Rod to earn jump badges, find treasure with Penny to get your Map Reading Badge, and work on your navigating skills with Brody to lead geese to safety! Plus, save Shirley Squirrely from a high-flying disaster and rescue Timmy and a rapid river!"--Container.
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Send your readers flying down the runway with a simple fold, fold, fold, and a side of science. Step-by-step instructions show budding flight-school students how to build the Spinning Blimp and other beginning-level paper airplanes, while hearty, fact-filled sidebars and an "Inside the Hangar" feature explain basic flight concepts. Engaging 4D components really give this title wings!
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