Flight Training:

Taking the Short Approach

Learning to fly is a daunting task to many and the amount of knowledge required can seem overwhelming. Written by an advanced student rather than a flight instructor, Flight Training: Taking the Short Approach is relevant to the concerns of someone just starting the flight training process. It covers such topics as why people fly, the process of learning to fly - including money matters, health requirements, time commitments, school and instructor options, and the tests involved - and the privileges and limitations associated with a pilot certificate. The author also dispels some frequent concerns in learning to fly such as the realities of engine failures, midair collisions, and weather.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the players in aviation, including the flight instructor, flight school, flight examiners, and air traffic controllers. From there readers are led to the airplane for an orientation to the controls and instrumentation and shown which maneuvers they will be flying throughout their pilot curriculum. It concludes by discussing which "gizmos" will help with training, and which are necessary if only for the "cool" factor.

Taking the Short Approach has some of the best 3D color-graphics found in any aviation text to give a solid "mind's-eye-view" of the flight training process, since the author is also an accomplished illustrator. As a result, readers will enter flight training completely prepared, knowing exactly what needs to happen to get that much-desired pilot's certificate, and able to make informed decisions so no time is wasted at the airport or in the airplane. Time and again pilots will turn to Taking the Short Approach for guidance and recommendations.

Softcover, 7-1/4" x 9", 292 pages.