Air Pilot's Manual - Flying Training: Volume 1

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Psychology (central decision channel and mental workload, information processing and situational awareness) Airman Testing Standards Branch publications are denoted by an asterisk (*). Reference Handbooks Title Propane Properties (pressure and operational effect at different temperatures, procedure in the event of a fire etc.) The unit of speed used in Aviation (and maritime) Knot (kn) is simply a nautical mile per hour (but no-one ever says that!) and is approximately 1.15mph.

Over the years there have been many assistant editors, in particular Peter Godwin, whose help I first asked for in the very early days with Trevor Thom and which continued until quite recently. The rights in the Air Pilot Manuals are now vested with the Pooley family and they continue to be edited and published from our offices and the Flying Instructor School at Shoreham Airport. Illness (when is it a prolonged illness, when are you unfit to fly and what do you when you wish to return to flying) do not return to the vehicle until given confirmation BY Electrical Power Company personnel that it is safe to do so

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Both Trevor Thom and Robert Johnson commenced the task in my office at Felden, Hertfordshire. By the end of the following year, all four volumes were completed and were published in February 1987. By the end of that year, we estimated that 95% of all the UK Flying Schools were using our manuals. Volumes 5, 6 and 7 followed, so completing the full series which also now includes the Question & Answer Exam Books Volumes 1-9 and the Air Presentations series of PowerPoint Teaching Aids. OS guide for map reading – for beginners (aimed at children – but really useful for those who are new to map-reading)

The British Balloon and Airship Club (BBAC) Training Manual – available from [email protected] behalf of the BBAC. It is very IMPORTANT to read and understand every part of this manual. Maximum Rate of Descent (Use the BBAC rate for the exams. This can be different for various types of balloons) Temporary restricted airspace – definition of, where is the information found and what operational significance is it to Pilots.Airmanship and Balloon Syllabus - Remember the more you know on this subject the better Pilot you will be! Medical certificates (validity, classes of medical, injury and incapacity rules) Remember to use 2009 information! So many changes have taken place in the last ten years, necessitating legislative updates and the consequential implementation into practice throughout the flight training industry, that it has been necessary to produce several new editions. This edition again updates both the Aviation Law and Meteorology sections and takes account of the widespread availability of briefing materials for pilots via the internet. Additionally changes introduced by EASA have been included. The EASA Aircrew Regulation came into force on 8th April 2012 and these requirements have been included in this edition. As before, unique in PPL training manuals, you will find throughout the text comprehensive references to the source documents and relative section numbers. This will enable you to carry out further research should you wish to delve deeper than the PPL syllabus.