One of the principal aims of this book is that it should assist you in preparing for success in the PPL theoretical knowledge examination in ‘Human Performance and Limitations’, whether you are learning to fly aeroplanes or helicopters. A further main aim of the book is to promote the cause of flight safety by enabling student pilots to learn the essentials about the interaction between the human being, the aircraft and the flying environment. Working through this volume will help you understand the human body’s limitations when operating in an aviation environment, and make it less likely that you will ever become the “human factor” in any aircraft accident.

Contents: HUMAN PERFORMANCE

• CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2: THE ATMOSPHERE
• CHAPTER 3: THE HUMAN BODY
• CHAPTER 4: THE EFFECTS OF PARTIAL PRESSURE
• CHAPTER 5: THE EYE
• CHAPTER 6: THE EAR
• CHAPTER 7: FLYING AND HEALTH
• CHAPTER 8: THE INFORMATION PROCESS
• CHAPTER 9: JUDGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING
• CHAPTER 10: VERBAL COMMUNICATION
• CHAPTER 11: STRESS
• CHAPTER 12: THE COCKPIT
• DEFINITIONS
• HUMAN PERFORMANCE SYLLABUS
• ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
• INDEX
  

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This CD-ROM, therefore, constitutes an invaluable training aid for the student PPL, the PPL flying instructor and for all those who simply wish to gain a deeper understanding of flying. By following the briefings on this CD-ROM, you benefit from Oxford's unrivaled flying training expertise, now delivered using the latest multi-media instructional techniques which make even the most awkward concept easy to grasp . There are 14 briefings, in all, packed with illustrations depicting countless scenarios typical of the PPL flying training programme.

Anyone wishing to pass the Private Pilot Licence examinations should have this book. Issued by flying schools and training organisations throughout Europe this is a unique publication that is the most important and invaluable singular source of reference representing ALL questions sppearing in the current set of JAR Private Pilot Licence examination papers together with their appropriate multi choice answers. The Private Pilot Confuser covers the examinations for AVIATION LAW & PROCEDURES, METEOROLOGY, NAVIGATION, AIRCRAFT GENERAL (AEROPLANES), FLIGHT PLANNING & PERFORMANCE & HUMAN PERFORMANCE. The answers are explained and illustrated to fully enlighten you as to why a particular answer is the correct choice.

Synopsis

This book represents all questions that appear in the current set of JAR PPL examination papers together with the appropriate multi choice answers. Answers are explained and illustrated to fully enlighten the candidate as to why a particular answer is the correct choice. The editor of Pilot Magazine said: "In places, these explanatory chapters almost become text books in themselves, with detailed expositions, diagrams and calculations." Highly informative but also very concise and easy to read and digest, it is an excellent book to consolidate knowledge and understand what the CAA examiner is asking.