Captain John Swan. Author of Human Performance For Pilots Simplified and pilots guide to aviation law, Captain J Swan has written this simple illustrated guide to the American, Australian, British and the proposed European JAA private Pilot syllabuses on Meteorology. Written in laymans terms for pilots who want an easy to understand, and digestible guide into Meteorology. Illustrated with numerous diagrams to aid understanding. Subject matters covered include: The Atmosphere, Altimetry, Stability, Pressure Systems and their Associated Weather, Fronts and Winds. B & W, 53 pages, Paperback.

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Captain John Swan is a Designated Examiner for the Irish Aviation Authority and holds CAA, FAA and IAA Airline Transport Pilot Licences. He learnt to fly in England and continued his training in America where he flies helicopters for Eurojet Aviation Ltd. Prior to undertaking a flying career he studied Mechanical Engineering at Portsmouth Polytechnic graduating with an Honours degree.

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This publication covers the requirements for initial issue of a JAA Flight Crew Licence and also the requirements for holders of National Flight Crew Licences wishing to convert to a JAA Licence. For holders of professional flight crew licences additional knowledge of JAR-OPS 1 or 3, aeroplanes or helicopters respectively, is also required which is covered in our sister publication A Guide to JAR-OPS.
The Joint Aviation Authority's Requirements for Flight Crew Licensing, JAR-FCL are split into 3 parts: JAR-FCL Part 1 Aeroplanes JAR-FCL Part 2 Helicopters JAR-FCL Part 3 Medical JAR-FCL Parts 1 and 3 had an implementation date of the 1st July 1999 and JAR-FCL Part 2 six months later on the 1st January 2000. At the time of writing only Denmark, Iceland and the UK had implemented parts 1 through 3.

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Captain John Swan is a Designated Examiner for the Irish Aviation Authority and holds CAA, FAA and IAA Airline Transport Pilot Licences. He learnt to fly in England and continued his training in America where he flies helicopters for Eurojet Aviation Ltd. Prior to undertaking a flying career he studied Mechanical Engineering at Portsmouth Polytechnic graduating with an Honours degree.

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JAR-OPS covers the operational requirements of any civil aircraft operated by an operator whose main place of business is within a JAA Member State for the purpose of commercial air transportation.

JAR-OPS 1 covers the requirements for aeroplane operators whereas JAR-OPS 3 covers helicopter operators. Where aspects of JAR-OPS are common to both aeroplanes and helicopters the numbers 1 and 3 are either omitted or replaced with a #, whichever is clearer.

This pilot guide covers the private pilot Navigation syllabus.

• Written in layman’s terms with numerous illustrations makes it simple to understand.
• Covers the American and European JAR-FCL Private Pilot Syllabuses on Navigation.

Captain John Swan holds JAA and FAA Professional Pilot Licences. He learnt to fly in England and continued his training in America where he flew both aeroplanes and helicopters. He currently flies Agusta 109s and is a designated examiner for the Irish Aviation Authority. Prior to undertaking a flying career he studied Mechanical Engineering at Portsmouth Polytechnic, graduation with an Honours Degree.