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Rod Machado does it again with the "How to Fly an Airplane Handbook". A complete learn to fly handbook by one aviation's most knowledgeable and experienced flight instructions.
This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to:
- Learn the basic fundamentals of flying any airplane.
- Make flight training easier, less expensive and more enjoyable.
- Master all the private and commercial checkride maneuvers.
- Learn the “stick and rudder” philosophy of flying an airplane.
- Prevent an airplane from accidentally stalling and spinning.
- Allow you to learn to land an airplane quickly and enjoyably.
- Make you a better instructor by providing unique teaching strategies and explanations for student training.
As a comprehensive information source book, these How to Fly an Airplane Handbook pages include:
- Practical flying skills that rely on sights, sounds and tactile sensations.
- The theory and practice of attitude flying for pilots of all levels.
- Multiple strategies for evaluating when to round out and flare for landing.
- Multiple methods for controlling the airplane’s glidepath and airspeed.
- Strategies for evaluating the desired landing spot and glidepath angle.
- Techniques for understanding and flying ground reference maneuvers.
- Landing corrections for bounces, floating, porpoising and ballooning.
- Advice, wisdom and insights based on practical flying experience.
- Complex airplane operations, night flying, traffic pattern operations, slow flight, stall/spin recognition and recovery, and much more.
As available as an audiobook; Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane MP3 Audiobook.
510 pages, color, softbound
Published April 2014
by Rod Machado
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Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane Handbook Overview:
Rod Machado does it again with the "How to Fly an Airplane Handbook". A complete learn to fly handbook by one aviation's most knowledgeable and experienced flight instructions.
This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to:
- Learn the basic fundamentals of flying any airplane.
- Make flight training easier, less expensive and more enjoyable.
- Master all the private and commercial checkride maneuvers.
- Learn the “stick and rudder” philosophy of flying an airplane.
- Prevent an airplane from accidentally stalling and spinning.
- Allow you to learn to land an airplane quickly and enjoyably.
- Make you a better instructor by providing unique teaching strategies and explanations for student training.
As a comprehensive information source book, these How to Fly an Airplane Handbook pages include:
- Practical flying skills that rely on sights, sounds and tactile sensations.
- The theory and practice of attitude flying for pilots of all levels.
- Multiple strategies for evaluating when to round out and flare for landing.
- Multiple methods for controlling the airplane’s glidepath and airspeed.
- Strategies for evaluating the desired landing spot and glidepath angle.
- Techniques for understanding and flying ground reference maneuvers.
- Landing corrections for bounces, floating, porpoising and ballooning.
- Advice, wisdom and insights based on practical flying experience.
- Complex airplane operations, night flying, traffic pattern operations, slow flight, stall/spin recognition and recovery, and much more.
As available as an audiobook; Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane MP3 Audiobook.
510 pages, color, softbound
Published April 2014
by Rod Machado
13 CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane Handbook
13 Reviews
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Fantastic
- By norm from Lawrence KS USA on Friday, February 05, 2016
- Pros: Very nicely illustrated
- Review: A great informative and concise book on flying. I bought this as a give for my grandson and will soon be ordering one for myself, a 'rusty' pilot who wants to start flying again.
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Very useful Product (Book)
- By Keith from Canton MI USA on Wednesday, November 04, 2015
- Pros: Down to Earch training and Common Sense and Pratical
- Review: This was a wise purchase. It is a down to earth type of educationing a flying student. As I said in the prior sentence that this book is a down to earth education on actual flight in the cockpit. Also, it is full of useful common sense tools for flight instruction that is very useful for a student. I wished I had purchased it sooner. Thank You Rod.
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I LOVE this book!
- By Karen from Phoenix AZ USA on Friday, March 06, 2015
- Pros: VERY clear explanations of both how and why.
- Review: I've been slowly working toward my private pilot's license for 2 1/2 years, and every day I read something in this book that I "sort of ran across" in my training, but I never quite got. The explanations in this book are perfectly clear, as far as what's going on with the airplane, and why.
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Great Review Book
- By Sandy from Placerville CO USA on Wednesday, March 04, 2015
- Pros: Clear, concise, simplified explanations
- Review: Rod Machado has a knack for making clear otherwise complex descriptions of aeronautic maneuvers. His illustrations are helpful and add to clarity and simplification of explanations. Machado's well known humor adds to readability. I ordered the book so I could have ready reference anytime I wanted.
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An outstanding resource
- By Brian from Anaheim CA USA on Wednesday, March 04, 2015
- Pros: Very clear explanations of both flight theory and piloting techniques, very good illustrations
- Review: This is a very good book and has certainly helped me build my flying skills. So far it has been especially helpful in the areas of flying the pattern, approaches, and landing techniques. I have a much better understanding of the approach, round-out, flare, and touchdown now. The book has helped me get the most out of my flight hours practicing in the pattern. Recommend getting the audio version as a companion to the book.
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Great Instructional Book and Fun to Read
- By A Customer from Asheville NC USA on Thursday, February 12, 2015
- Pros: Very detailed but explains things well.
- Review: A great book for a student pilot all the way thru a CFI trying to learn some new tips and instruction techniques. The pictures and drawings are very good and helpful. Any pilot would benefit from reading this book and it is a fun read as well.
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Good supplement to actual flight training
- By Harry from Chapel Hill NC USA on Monday, January 12, 2015
- Pros: Generous use of graphics and visuals help to reinforce concepts
- Review: I have been taking lessons for a year off and on, and this book has been a great help in providing flight prep study material, as well as for prompting questions that I can discuss with my instructor. I have found that using the book both pre and post flight lesson is a wonderful way to provide repetition, and detail, to the learning process. It is written in a much more practical way than most ground school materials are written. Anyone in the process of learning to fly should get a copy as a textbook.
- Verified Purchase
Fantastic
- By norm from Lawrence KS USA on Friday, February 05, 2016
- Pros: Very nicely illustrated
- Cons: none
- Review: A great informative and concise book on flying. I bought this as a give for my grandson and will soon be ordering one for myself, a 'rusty' pilot who wants to start flying again.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 0 Other people found this review helpful.
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Very useful Product (Book)
- By Keith from Canton MI USA on Wednesday, November 04, 2015
- Pros: Down to Earch training and Common Sense and Pratical
- Cons: I could find any cons but I've been flying a while and have over 150 flight hours
- Review: This was a wise purchase. It is a down to earth type of educationing a flying student. As I said in the prior sentence that this book is a down to earth education on actual flight in the cockpit. Also, it is full of useful common sense tools for flight instruction that is very useful for a student. I wished I had purchased it sooner. Thank You Rod.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 0 Other people found this review helpful.
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I LOVE this book!
- By Karen from Phoenix AZ USA on Friday, March 06, 2015
- Pros: VERY clear explanations of both how and why.
- Cons: that it didn't come out sooner
- Review: I've been slowly working toward my private pilot's license for 2 1/2 years, and every day I read something in this book that I "sort of ran across" in my training, but I never quite got. The explanations in this book are perfectly clear, as far as what's going on with the airplane, and why.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 1 Other people found this review helpful.
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Great Review Book
- By Sandy from Placerville CO USA on Wednesday, March 04, 2015
- Pros: Clear, concise, simplified explanations
- Cons: None
- Review: Rod Machado has a knack for making clear otherwise complex descriptions of aeronautic maneuvers. His illustrations are helpful and add to clarity and simplification of explanations. Machado's well known humor adds to readability. I ordered the book so I could have ready reference anytime I wanted.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 0 Other people found this review helpful.
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An outstanding resource
- By Brian from Anaheim CA USA on Wednesday, March 04, 2015
- Pros: Very clear explanations of both flight theory and piloting techniques, very good illustrations
- Cons: Sometimes the corny humor overloads the text and gets to be annoying
- Review: This is a very good book and has certainly helped me build my flying skills. So far it has been especially helpful in the areas of flying the pattern, approaches, and landing techniques. I have a much better understanding of the approach, round-out, flare, and touchdown now. The book has helped me get the most out of my flight hours practicing in the pattern. Recommend getting the audio version as a companion to the book.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 1 Other people found this review helpful.
- Verified Purchase
Great Instructional Book and Fun to Read
- By A Customer from Asheville NC USA on Thursday, February 12, 2015
- Pros: Very detailed but explains things well.
- Cons: Maybe a little expensive but you get what you pay for!
- Review: A great book for a student pilot all the way thru a CFI trying to learn some new tips and instruction techniques. The pictures and drawings are very good and helpful. Any pilot would benefit from reading this book and it is a fun read as well.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 1 Other people found this review helpful.
- Verified Purchase
Good supplement to actual flight training
- By Harry from Chapel Hill NC USA on Monday, January 12, 2015
- Pros: Generous use of graphics and visuals help to reinforce concepts
- Cons: A bit too tongue in cheek at times
- Review: I have been taking lessons for a year off and on, and this book has been a great help in providing flight prep study material, as well as for prompting questions that I can discuss with my instructor. I have found that using the book both pre and post flight lesson is a wonderful way to provide repetition, and detail, to the learning process. It is written in a much more practical way than most ground school materials are written. Anyone in the process of learning to fly should get a copy as a textbook.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 2 Other people found this review helpful.
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