Balloon Flying Handbook

* This FAA text provides information and guidance to pilots in the performance of maeuvers and procedures. Subjects covered include equipment and components, preparing for flight, inflation, launch and landing, inflight maneuvers, and postflight procedures such as deflation and fueling. Chapters are included on special operations such as tethering and emergency procedures, regulations, maintenance, earning a pilot certificate, and aeronautical decision making (ADM). This book will interest student pilots learning to fly balloons, qualified pilots who desire to improve their proficiency, and instructors.