Ground studies for pilots : Flight Planning
ISBN: 9781405149976
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Engineering: General; Engineering; Engineering: Mechanical;

Part of a series of training manuals for students taking commercial pilot and air transport pilot licence examinations, this covers all aspects relating to plotting and flight planning - form of the earth, navigational planning techniques and the principles and practice of flight planning. It has been completely revised to take account of the recent Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe syllabus for flight crew licensing.

Pete Swatton was a navigator in the Royal Air Force for 37 years, of which 28 years were spent as an OCU instructor and Wing examiner. On retirement he became an instructor with the Professional Pilot Study Centre at Bournemouth and remained there for 12 years. Currently he is the Chief Ground Instructor for Ground Training Services Ltd at Bournemouth /Hurn airport which specialises in training pilots for the JAA examinations. He is author of Aircraft Performance Theory also published by Blackwell.

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