Tips to Fly By

L. Collins Richard

Description

Pilot-in-command experience-thousands of hours at the controls of virtually all types of light aircraft in all flight conditions-is the main ingredient of this book by veteran pilot Richard Collins. He takes you to some of the tight spots in advance and lets you think them through ahead of time. Old hands can compare and add to their own experience; those new to the game can avoid some surprises.Tips to Fly By offers techniques, performance tips, and rules of thumb:How to devise a tailor-made preflight checklist for your machine, your flight, and yourself.When to change altitude for optimum fuel management; effects of loading on performance.What to watch for when flying low and slow; stall/spin avoidance.How to move up to higher-performance single- and twin-engine aircraft.Why night flying is really IFR flying.When, why, and how to practice flying skills; obvious reasons often ignored.and much more, including the finer points of flying that make the most of your airplane and make you a better, safer pilot.

Informations

• Publié par: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
• Date de parution: 09 novembre 1999
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781619542822
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

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Also by Richard L. Collins

Flying Safely Flying IFR Tips to Fly By Thunderstorms and Airplanes Instrument Flying Refresher (with Patrick Bradley) Flight Level Flying Air Crashes The Perfect Flight Pilot Upgrade (with Patrick Bradley) Mastering the Systems

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Richard L. Collins

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. Newcastle, Washington

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Tips to Fly By Second Edition by Richard L. Collins

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 7005 132nd Place SE Newcastle, Washington 980593153

Copyright ©1980 by Richard L. Collins All rights reserved. This book, or any portions thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. Published 2015 by Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.

ISBN 9781619542822 ASATIPSPD

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Contents

Foreword  ix

1 On the Ground  1 Preflight Planning 2 The Pilot 3 The Airplane 6 The Flight 13

2 Takeoff and Initial Climb  25 Takeoff 25 Initial Climb 29

3 En Route Climb and Cruise  37 A Smooth, Hands-On Transition 38 Navigation (Pilotage Still Works) 39 Marginal VFR 40 Ground Speed: Staying One-Up En Route 43 Fuel Management 44 Choosing the “Optimum” Altitude 47 Traffic — See and Be Seen 48

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4 Descent and Landing  51 Engine-Cooling Technique 52 Vigilance on Descents 53 Finding the Airport 53 Flying Hands-On in the Traffic Pattern 54 Concentration on Approach 57 The Power/Pitch Controversy 58 The Flaps Flap 62 Is the Approach Too High, Too Fast? 64 Taildraggers 70

5 HighPerformance Singles  73 Cockpit Check 75 Retractables 76 T-tails 80 Loading and Performance 81 Systems 83

6 Flying the Twins  85 The Accelerate/Stop Myth 88 Engine-Out Technique 93 Single Versus Twin IFR 100 Getting to Know Twins 103

7 The Art of Practice  107 Practice V MC Safely 109 To Spin or Not to Spin 114

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8 Emergencies  117 Hands-On in an Emergency 118 Time and Emergencies 123 Weather Emergencies 125 The 180 and Other Saves 126 One Down, None to Go 129 It’s in the Book 131

9 Flying at Busy Airports  133 Communications 136 The ATC/Pilot Relationship 138 Wake Turbulence 138 Jet Blast Avoidance 143

10 Night Flying  145 Weather 147 Cockpit Lighting 150 Fuel 151 Departures and Arrivals 152 Instruments 152 Approaches and Landings 153

11 Mountain Flying  157 Mountain Strips 159 Engine Failure 160 Wind and Clouds 161 Stall/Spin 162 Thin Air 163 Big Downdraft 166

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12 Moving to Higher Altitudes  167 Instrument Rating Required 167 Oxygen 168 Age and Condition 169 Pressurization 171 The Turbocharged Engine 172 Wind Aloft 174 Singles Versus Twins 177

13 VFR or IFR?  179 Hazy Days 180 The System Works 182 Planning 183 Freedom of Choice 184

14 Those Magnificent Machines  187 The Author’s Selections 187 Used Airplanes 197 The Final Selection 197

15 Fine Points  199 Definition 199 Finest Point of All 203

Index  205

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Foreword

Flying requires a good balance of mental agility and mechanical grace. Pilots who fly well think quickly and operate the machinery with a fine touch. On a day with reasonable flying conditions a passenger hardly feels any sensation of flight after a trip with a good pilot. Everything goes smoothly. When conditions are not quite so reasonable, or when there’s a glitch, a talented pilot has the ability to maximize the things going for the flight and minimize the things going against it. Like a cat, he lands on his feet. Most people who fly could do so as well as the best. They don’t, though, and this is a primary reason that the general aviation accident record is much worse than it needs to be. One reason for sloppy or lackadaisical flying is found in the train- ing process. While it does cover all the facts a pilot needs and more or less forces the rote learning of those facts through the medium of the knowledge exam and checkride, the training system often works on an impersonal basis. Many flight instructors do not have a broad range of personal experience in using airplanes to pass along in addition to what is contained in training manuals and courses. Some make the effort to humanize training, and should be commended for it, but it remains that a lot of new pilots know what is true but don’t know why it is true. They know something about how you are supposed to fly an airplane, but they don’t know why you are supposed to fly it that way or what happens if you don’t. A new private pilot summed this up when he said he felt superfi- cially trained because of a lack of exposure to valuable experience. What he wanted was an outline of the things he would learn from experience in his first 1,000 hours of flying. This book is based on experience, and it is my hope that the pilot who mentioned the need will find here 1,000 hours’ worth of hands-on flying experience.

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