This guide for new pilots proves that the fun has just begun when you pocket that precious certificate that says you're free to fly on your own. Now, veteran pilot LeRoy Cook shows you what lies beyond flight school. This indispensable, skill-building handbook not only leads you through becoming a fully fledged, confident, and competent independent pilot, it helps you discover all the joys of flying, from vacation advice to piloting for money.

101 Things to Do with Your Private Pilot's License can help you: - Grow as a pilot, both technically and personally - Get better performance from airplanes, with techniques rarely taught in flight school - Sharpen self-evaluation and judgment skills - Handle unfamiliar airport conditions such as grass fields, large traffic centers, and air congestion - Have fun with the family on board - Upgrade your ability to fly in four-season weather and make solo weather decisions - Discover money-making, service, and social opportunities - Perform expert flight tests on aircraft for sale - Master advanced navigation systems - Prepare for additional ratings - And much, much more!

A practical and concise guide to the flight exercises for the aeroplane PPL and ratings associated with it. Both the JAR and NPPL Private Pilot's License syllabuses are covered, as well as the JAR Night Rating, the CAA Instrument Meteorological Conditions Rating and the JAR Multi-Engine Rating. The common variations - retractable undercarriages, tailwheels, variable-pitch propellers and super- and turbocharging- are also covered. Topics include: The requirements for each license/rating listed, with the entry-to-training requirements, privileges and validity/currency of each; Each exercise is described in detail, explaining what has to be achieved and how to do it; Useful checklists and aides-memoire throughout

If you are to get the most out of your flying lessons, from the point of view of instruction and value-for-money, you must be as mentally prepared as possible for each airborne training sortie. In order to achieve that aim, Oxford Aviation Training have created these interactive, graphically-rich, practical flying training briefings, especially for the student private pilot. The briefings, modelled on the long classroom briefings traditionally used in service flying training, provide a comprehensive treatment of the theory behind all the general handling flying lessons.

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.

The first book in the PPL course series, the first all-new series of training books for over a decade, follows the JAA PPL flying training syllabus and takes a fresh and modern approach to learning to fly. It dismantles some long established myths and encompasses many issues concerning today's pilots (wake turbulence, ATC procedures, transponders and radar, radio navigation, noise abatement etc.) as well as those timeless airmanship issues that have always been vital to safe flying (lookout, carburettor icing, organising cockpit workload etc.)

The book takes the reader from a point assuming no pre-knowledge of aviation, to the completion of the JAA PPL flying syllabus. It is presented in a straightforward manner, with no irrelevant theoretical material. Illustrated throughout with diagrams, line drawings and photographs, including a step-by-step 'patter' of each flight exercise with internal and external views of the flight exercise to match. PPL1 is also the only training book currently available which covers the full UK JAA PPL syllabus, including in particular Radio Navigation.

The private pilot invariably operates as the pilot in command of a single-pilot aircraft. So, in actual fact, he is not only a pilot but a navigator, too. It is essential, therefore, especially during cross-country flights, that the pilot should be able to apply all the correct practices to his navigational task, in a timely manner, without being distracted from flying accurate headings, airspeeds and altitudes. Developing this skill is the very essence of single pilot navigation. The foundation on which this skill resides is meticulous flight planning.

It is the aim of this interactive, multimedia computer-based training (CBT) course to teach you every element of the theory underlying flight planning and the art of single-pilot navigation (and to prepare you for the PPL ground examinations) more quickly, effectively and enjoyably than ever before.

In order specifically to meet the JAR-FCL PPL theoretical knowledge requirements, this CBT also includes basic theory instruction in Radio-Navigation Aids.

• Form of the Earth
• Mapping Direction & Distance
• Aeroplane Magnetism
• Principles of Navigation
• Time & Flight Planning
• Ground D/F
• ADF, VOR/DME & GPS
• Ground Radar
• Chart Reference Material

Aircraft (General)teaches you all you need to know about the systems of a modern light aircraft, so that you can fly your aircraft efficiently and safely, while exercising proper care of the aeroplane itself. Systems covered include the electric, electronic, mechanical and hydraulic systems, its engine and its instruments.

For those who fly, a thorough knowledge of the Principles of Flight is also essential if they are to fully appreciate the flight characteristics of their aircraft and become safe and proficient pilots. This interactive, graphically-rich computer-based training (CBT) course provides pilots, whether student or qualified, with an effective and enjoyable method of studying, and testing themselves in, the scientific principles upon which flight depends.

The course is a deep and comprehensive study of the science and mechanics of flight. It is aimed specifically at meeting the needs of the light aircraft pilot. The course content and self-assessment tests satify the demands of the JAA PPL (A) theoretical knowledge syllabus.

• Airframes
• Landing Gear, Tyres & Brakes
• Engines General
• Engine Cooling & Lubrication
• Carburation
• Aero Engine Fuels & Fuel Systems
• Propellers
• Engine Handling
• Electrical & Vacuum Systems
• Pressure Instruments & Gyroscopic Instruments
• Engine Instruments
• Airworthiness
• The Atmosphere
• Subsonic Airflow & the Four Forces on an Aircraft
• Aerofoils, Lift & Drag
• Lift Augmentation & Stability
• Flight & Trimming Controls
• Stalling & Spinning
• Flight & Ground Limitations

If you are to get the most out of your flying lessons, from the point of view of instruction and value-for-money, you must be as mentally prepared as possible for each airborne training sortie. In order to achieve that aim, Oxford Aviation Training have created these interactive, graphically-rich, practical flying training briefings, especially for the student private pilot. The briefings, modelled on the long classroom briefings traditionally used in service flying training, provide a comprehensive treatment of the theory behind all the general handling flying lessons.

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.