Jeff Van West, Kevin Lane-Cummings

Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots (eBook, PDF)

Real World Training

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Get ready to take flight as two certified flight instructors guide you through the pilot ratings as it is done in the real world, starting with Sport Pilot training, then Private Pilot, followed by the Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Air Transport Pilot. They cover the skills of flight, how to master Flight Simulator, and how to use the software as a learning tool towards your pilot's license. More advanced topics demonstrate how Flight Simulator X can be used as a continuing learning tool and how to simulate real-world emergencies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 752
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470183311
• Artikelnr.: 38197817

Autorenporträt

Jeff Van West is a certified flight instructor in both single and multi- engine aircraft and editor of the professional pilot magazine IFR. He has written training curricula for both computer simulation and general aviation programs. Kevin Lane-Cummings is a pilot, flight instructor, educator, and technical communication professional. He has worked for aerospace megacorporations, science museums, flight schools, public TV stations, and Internet publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Authors. Credits. Acknowledgments. PART I: PREFLIGHT. Chapter 1.
Flight School Setup. Chapter 2. First Flight in the Piper J-3 CUB. PART II:
SPORT PILOT. Chapter 3. Ground Reference Maneuvers. Chapter 4. Airport
Operations. Chapter 5. Old-Fashioned Navigation. Chapter 6. Emergencies.
Chapter 7. Performance Takeoffs and Landings. Chapter 8. Slow Flight,
Stalls, and Spins. PART III: PRIVATE PILOT. Chapter 9. First Flight in the
Cessna 172SP. Chapter 10. Radio Navigation with Tradional Avionics. Chapter
11. First Flight with the G1000. Chapter 12. Night Flight. Chapter 13.
Weather. Chapter 14. Maximizing Performance. PART IV: INSTRUMENT RATING.
Chapter 15. Basic Attitude Instrument Flying. Chapter 16. IFR Flight.
Chapter 17. Instrument Approaches. Chapter 18. GPS Approaches. Chapter 19.
Additional Instrument Approaches. Chapter 20. IFR Emergencies. PART V:
COMMERCIAL LICENSE. Chapter 21. Multiengine Flying in the Beechcraft Baron.
Chapter 22. Commercial Flight Maneuvers. Chapter 23. Flying with One
Feathered. PART VI: ATP AND BEYOND. Chapter 24. Multiplayer. Chapter 25.
Virtual Airlines and Online Flying. Chapter 26. Virtual Air Traffic
Control. Chapter 27. Conclusion. Index.

Rezensionen

"I keep this book on visual at all times, as it's destined to become a classic. THE book to read about serious flight-simulation". (fs-dev-support.com/jarn, Monday 17th September)