Air Law for Microlight Pilots is the first book to deal specifically with Air Law as it relates to pilots of microlights, gliders, balloons, paramotors, gyrocopters and other ‘sport aviation’ pilots. Designed to enable to user to pass the relevant UK Private Pilot Licence (PPL) or National Private Pilot Licence (NPPL) air law examination, it will be equally invaluable for the qualified pilot seeking to update his or her knowledge of aviation law, flight rules and procedures. This book sets out to detail those parts of Aviation Law which are relevant to sports aviation (recreational) pilots, focusing in particular on microlight pilots where powered aircraft are concerned, explaining the detail of the subject in a commonsense way designed to help the reader learn.
Comprehensive, readable and illustrated throughout (including a full colour section), this book will become the standard reference for sports aviation law. It also includes comprehensive progress and revision questions and answers to help the reader consolidate his or her knowledge.
Subjects covered include: • AVIATION LEGISLATION
• AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION
• MICROLIGHTS
• LICENCES, RATINGS, AUTHORITIES
• PILOT LICENSING
• LICENCE CONSIDERATIONS
• INSTRUCTOR RATINGS (MICROLIGHTS) AND EXAMINER AUTHORITIES
• AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS
• AIRCRAFT OPERATION
• FLIGHT RULES (RULES 24 TO 27)
• AIRSPACE
• AIRSPACE RESTRICTIONS AND HAZARDS
• INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
• ROYAL FLIGHTS
• AIR TRAFFIC SERVICES
• ALTIMETER SETTING PROCEDURES
• OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES AND RULES OF THE AIR
• AERIAL COLLISION AVOIDANCE
• LOW FLYING
• AERODROME SIGNALS AND MARKINGS
• DISTRESS, DIFFICULTY AND URGENCY SIGNALS
• ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS
Memory Map Adventurer 3500 GPS - Pilot 1:500,000 Edition
Ready to use straight out the box this waterproof & lightweight GPS has a 3.5" full colour touchscreen with the fastest map display we've seen.
* 4GB microSD card pre-loaded with Memory-Map UK CAA VFR charts at 1:500,000 scale
* Ready to fly anywhere in Great Britain and add your existing Memory-Map V5 maps.
* Also includes Memory-Map PC software and CAA aviation charts for your PC to plan flights and print charts.
Ready for the outdoors the Adventurer 3500 is compact and lightweight and even with a removable battery it still boasts an IPx7 waterproof rating. The large bright screen makes it easy to view full colour detailed maps and charts in all light conditions. In the box you also get a silicone case for additional protection from knocks and bumps plus a cycle mount making it your ideal outdoor companion, however you choose to explore.
The 3.5” large bright screen in the Adventurer 3500 makes it easy to view full colour detailed maps and charts in all light conditions. The touchscreen can be used with your finger or, unlike an iPhone, it can also be used with a stylus making it ideal for use with gloves on those colder days. Use the built in DigitalGPS™ windows to set-up the screen to display the GPS data just the way you like it – a simple arrow or sophisticated data such as XTE or VMG.
A 50 channel high sensitivity GPS receiver ensures a fast lock as soon as the unit is switched on and the signal remains strong and clear even in built up and wooded areas.
Technical
* Size : 122mm x 75mm x 20mm
* Weight : 190g
* Screen : 3.5" full colour outdoor viewable touchscreen
* Battery : Removable Lithium Ion. Spare batteries available as accessories.
* Waterproof (IPx7) rating * Bike mount, 220v and 12v charger included
* microSD card slot
* Compatible with any Memory-Map V5 maps
This program shows you what to expect for, and how to pass your Sport Pilot checkride with tips and insights from a Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). The Sport Pilot Checkride DVD compresses a typical four-hour practical test into an engaging 78-minute presentation. Watch and learn as five well-prepared Sport Pilot applicants fly powered parachute, weight-shift control, and airplane light-sport aircraft (LSA) through their practical exams. As the DPE, Paul Hamilton comments on each applicants strengths and weaknesses, and offers recommendations you can use during your own checkride. Comes with an booklet of checklists and informational tables.
Convenient short length for cockpit use. Outside edges respectively read to 60 Nautical Miles in 1:500,000 and to 30 Nautical Miles in 1:250,000. Centre scale reads Statute and Kilometers in 1:500,000 scale .
All Scales and Protractors are manufactured to
withstand perpetual use. Each supplied in polythene slip case
The CRP-1 is designed particularly for the student and private pilot. Easy to handle, it includes all the necessary functions for examination, planning and flying requirements. This model is widely used by flying training organisations in the United Kingdom and throughout the world.
Circular slide rule side with clear durable cursor. For calculation and conversion of temperature, time, distance, volume, altitude and density altitude, speed, weight, fuel, endurance, multiplication and division, 1 in 60 rule etc. Coloured scales and lettering enhance operation and clarity.
Wind triangle side incorporating sliding scale with speed range of 40-850 and clear rotating disc for lead pencil plotting. Use it for calculation of heading and groundspeed, wind velocity, head and crosswind components etc
Easy to handle it includes all the neccessary functions for the CAA PPL examinations and general planning and flying requirements.
The CRP-1W is designed particularly for the student and private pilot This is the same as the CRP-1 but with an additional wind arm on the back of the computer. Easy to handle, it includes all the necessary functions for examination, planning and flying requirements. This model is widely used by flying training organisations in the United Kingdom and throughout the world. Circular slide rule side with clear durable cursor. For calculation and conversion of temperature, time, distance, volume, altitude and density altitude, speed, weight, fuel, endurance, multiplication and division, 1 in 60 rule etc. Coloured scales and lettering enhance operation and clarity. Wind triangle side incorporating sliding scale with speed range of 40-850 and clear rotating disc for lead pencil plotting. Use it for calculation of heading and groundspeed, wind velocity, head and crosswind components etc.
Easy to handle it includes all the neccessary functions for the CAA PPL examinations and general planning and flying requirements.
The CRP-4 is manufactured in high quality card with plastic wind segments and plotting disc on the wind triangle side so that pencil markings can be erased in the normal way. The circular slide rule side (without cursor) offers the coloured scales of the CRP-1. The sliding scale offers a speed range of 40 - 650, Incorporating an 'F - factor table' and edge scales on both sides for 1:250,000 NM, 1:500,000 NM, 1:1,000,000 NM, And millimetres (0-208).
CRP-8 Microlight Computer is manufactured with a Microlight sliding slow speed scale giving speeds between 10 and 120. Circular slide rule side with clear durable cursor. For calculation and conversion of temperature, time, distance, volume, altitude and density altitude, speed, weight, fuel, endurance, multiplication and division, 1 in 60 rule etc. Coloured scales and lettering enhance operation and clarity.
This landing pattern computer is an easy to use popular plastic circular calculator. Pocket size, this calculator is only 100mm in diameter. Left hand patterns are on one side of the calculator, right hand patterns on the other. The desired runway heading is located in the runway window which automatically co-locates headings for cross-wind, down-wind and base legs. The aircraft heading can be set with the cursor on the outer compass rose enabling the pilot to select the most convenient circuit join method.
Contrasting yellow and black scales enhance clarity.
