This is Volume 3 in a series of seven from Trevor Thom and covers the tricky subject of Air Navigation and again like it's predesesors it is marvellous. If you are taking a PPL, this book is an absolute must as it contains most of the syllabus and is a great guide into navigation.

Updated to the new JAR syllabus 'The Air Pilot's Manual' series by Trevor Thom have become internationally recognised as the foremost pilot training textbooks. With new, easy to read page layouts and excellent, clear computer generated graphics throughout they offer the student the best opportunity for easy learning of the Flying and Ground subjects for the Private Pilot Licence and will always provide excellent revision for the qualified pilot. They are standard issue for flying training organisations in the United Kingdom and throughout the World

Contents of this volume

Volume 3 covers Air Navigation and includes:

Basic Navigation Theory - Speed - Direction Navigation Computer - Vertical Navigation Time - The Earth - Aero-Nautical Charts Flight Planning - Pre-Flight - Route Selection and Charts - Flight Log - Flight Plan En-Route Navigation - Techniques - Navigation in Remote Areas - Entry/Exit Lanes .

This title explains the unique difficulties and dangers of mountain flying in small aircraft and how appropriate and precise training in this specialized category can increase safety, proficiency and success in mountain flying operations. Organized by phases of flight - preflight preparation, takeoff, climb, departure, enroute terrain encounters (downdrafts, weather, icing, etc.) navigation, engine management, descent, arrival, and landings, the author combines statistics, techniques, and examples of actions (right and wrong) that real pilots have taken in actual flight scenarios.

Key Features:
Outlines the nature of flight in the mountains
Mountain flight accident statistics and causes
Cites training that offsets mountain flying mistakes
Altitude impact is big factor in mountain flight: details effects on aircraft and on pilots
Hypothermia, dehydration, fatigue related to mountain flying examined
Cold weather operations and precautions outlined
Mountain winds strategies - including reverse-direction anomalous winds
Take-off conditions from airport mountains are reviewed
Mountain-specific strategies and techniques differing from 'flat-land' flying described
Includes search-and-rescue operations procedures.

This book, the second in the series, has been produced primarily to assist an applicant for a Private Pilot's Licence in the study for the Flight Performance and Planning examination. It is not intended as a complete course of study, but is designed to act as a guide to the main points in the syllabus. However, it is also intended to help those who have already passsed the examination by giving them a document to which they can refer in order to achieve safe and practical flight planning.

The most important parts , especially those relating directly to safety, are covered in detail. However, the coverage of parts which the author considers less vital is only sufficient to give a basic understanding of general structure. To cover the whole syllabus, or indeed to fly with a high level of safety, more detailed knowledge is required, and pilots should strive to learn as much about their aircraft and its environment as possible. Pilots must refer to the Flight Manual and other documents for accuracy and confirmation before flight. This is especially true because this book is not normally amended as legislation changes.

In the third book of the JAA PPL series the emphasis is again on practical and safety related advice, beyond merely covering the exam syllabus and theoretical material.

Profusely illustrated throughout with many full colour diagrams, illustrations and photographs, the meteorology section has been written with the assistance of the Met. Office, and includes the latest advances such as interpreting satellite pictures and Internet services. The navigation section includes detailed and fully-illustrated information on how to plan and conduct a VFR flight, including an illustrated map reading flight and the latest map symbology. Radio navigation theory is also covered together with all other JAA PPL syllabus requirements. The navigation section also shows the reader how to fully integrate navigation and meteorology for accurate pre-flight planning and safe in-flight decision making.

The best slide-rule-style flight computer on the market is now available in a strong white cardboard construction suitable for students and new pilots. ASA's E6-B features a wind component grid and comprehensive crosswind correction chart, and on the other side the slide computes time, speed, distance, altitude, true airspeed, and density altitude problems as well as conversions.

Nautical and statute scales are included. A standard mechanical flight computer designed for the USA market and so lacking some of the imperial and metric conversions found on the other Flight Computers. Otherwise it functions in the same way as the these. Its major feature is that it is manufactured in aluminium and so can tolerate all sorts of abuse with minimal damage! .

Supplied in a plastic sleeve with an illustrated instruction booklet