Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook

There is no other book like Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook. It's a serious text written in Rod's unique fun and witty style. This one-of-a-kind manual contains more than 1,100 original illustrations and photos with 50 pages in full color. You can learn or review just by looking at the pictures. But you'll want to read every last word of the text because it's laced with Machado's humor and packed with his aviation wisdom.

Written in the first person, it's as if Rod is sitting next to you, personally explaining all the necessary aspects of flying to make you an informed, confident and competent pilot. It's the first book of its kind completely written and illustrated by one instructor--a CFI with more than two decades of teaching experience, 8,000 hours as a flight instructor and 600+ aviation seminars under his belt.

Flight instructors will love using the book's fabulous illustrations with their students. It will also be a favorite for its readability. A book only has value if it's read and understood.

For years, pilots at Oshkosh, Sun 'n Fun and seminars across the country have asked Rod to write a fun and easy-to-understand book for pilots. Well, here it is! Perfect to refresh for a BFR, catch up on the latest regs or weather formats, or for student pilots who want to pass their FAA knowledge and oral exams with flying colors.

Making Perfect Landings in Light Airplanes

Shows how pilots can develop a keen sense of awareness to recognize and understand different landing situations and evaluate the airplane's capacity to meet each challenge. Presents and defines specific landing situations and discusses factors that influence landings, covering crosswind procedures, short- and soft-field operations, night landings, emergency landings, and landing tailwheel airplanes. B&w drawings and photos help readers break down the landing process into simple steps. The author has written several other works on flying.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Flight Maneuvers

Shows how pilots can develop a keen sense of awareness to recognize and understand different landing situations and evaluate the airplane's capacity to meet each challenge. Presents and defines specific landing situations and discusses factors that influence landings, covering crosswind procedures, short- and soft-field operations, night landings, emergency landings, and landing tailwheel airplanes. B&w drawings and photos help readers break down the landing process into simple steps. The author has written several other works on flying.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR

Cross-Country Flying

Now updated to include new U.S. airspace classifications, this practical and popular guide tells pilots everything they need to know for safe and enjoyable VFR cross-country flying in single-engine airplanes.

Understanding Aeronautical Charts

This book combines into one convenient source all of the information every pilot needs to increase his or her understanding of, and efficiency in using charts. This completely updated edition incorporates new airspace classifications, GPS, international procedures, and other important developments affecting chart use-making it the most comprehensive and timely reference for chart information available. The author draws upon his own extensive flight experience to provide seasoned insights, covering such topics as VFR and HFR charts, chart projections and limitations, visual chart terminology and symbols, and souces of aeronautical charts.

Better Takeoffs & Landings

Covering operations at both controlled and uncontrolled airfields, this practical manual provides an in-depth treatment of these critical procedures under all conditions, shedding new light and practical insight on these maneuvers.

Light Airplane Navigation Essentials

This skill-building manual teaches the fundamentals of lightplane navigation using a natural, confidence-building progression that immediately allows readers to use newly learned techniques in the cockpit.

The Pilot's Air Traffic Control Handbook

For the many recreational pilots who find themselves flying out of their way to avoid controlled airspaces...reluctant to make use of the optional ATC services or uncertain about the protocol of contacting the ATC tower, this book offers the solutions. Paul Illman, an expert in the field, takes pilots through the ins and outs of using the ATC system, clearly and simply. He explains the airspace system fully from operating over Class B and C airports...to flight service stations and the air route traffic control centers. This best-selling volume in the Practical Flying Series, fully updated with the latest regulations and new chapters on VFR use of ATC, will give the VFR-rated pilot the confidence needed to negotiate any airspace and land at any airport like a pro.

Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbook

Used extensively as a reference source for all FAA Knowledge Exams, this guide provides essential information for pilots, flight engineers, and aviation maintenance technicians. It includes a comprehensive glossary of aviation terms. This handbook is the FAA-H-8083-1, which replaces the AC91-23A handbook.

Private Oral Exam Guide: The Comprehensive Guide to Prepare You for the FAA Oral Exam

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires oral as well as written exams for pilot certification and flight review. These exam guides teach applicants not only what to expect, but also how to exhibit subject mastery and confidence while under tough examiner scrutiny. In these exam preparation guides, the most frequently asked questions in each particular exam and the correct answer for each are provided in a question-and-answer format, with information sources for further study. Applicants facing the airline transport and private oral exam will benefit from the topics discussed and the further study materials provided. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

AIM/FAR 2004

McGraw-Hill AIM/FAR 2004 is customized to the General Aviation market -- not just a reprint, but an expert editor's update of an essential annual guide to Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM).

Changes are highlighted and explained; the index is extensive; coverage is expansive and as current as the year allows. Spence adds directories to weather websites, aviation facilities, officials, NTSB, and more, including study suggestions for test and flight review. The book's physical readability is superb, thanks to typesetting and to editorial organization.

Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

This series of textbooks and supplements for pilots, student pilots, aviation instructors, and aviation specialists provides information on every topic needed to qualify for and excel in the field of aviation. Most FAA Knowledge Exams' questions are taken directly from the information presented in these texts.
Required reading for pilots for more than 25 years, this book is used extensively as a reference source for the FAA knowledge exams and provides essential information for training and guiding student pilots. Discussion on the principles of flight, airplanes and engines, flight instruments, weight, balance, and airplane performance, weather, airport operations, airspace, navigation, and aeromedical information is included. This is FAA advisory circular AC 61-23C.

notice to student pilots