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It is a very good book for first time pilots

  • By Luann from East Patchogue NY USA on Tuesday, July 21, 2009
  • Review: Met my expectations, very informative and easy to read and understand.
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A good read for an engineering student

  • By Kim P from Prattville AL USA on Friday, April 3, 2009
  • Pros: Up to date.
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  • Review: I bought this book for my son who is an engineering student. He wants to learn to fly and after reviewing several intro books on flying, I selected this book. Quite a few things have changed since I learned 20 years ago. The book is up to date with all the changes. I have to make my son leave the book at home to keep him from studying it and neglecting his college curriculum.
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  • By Ronald from clarks summit PA USA on Monday, October 25, 2010
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Good Review for returning pilots

  • By A Customer from Portland OR USA on Tuesday, July 17, 2012
  • Pros: A good voerview and practice of what is needed to fly well
  • Cons: Short on some of the problems on navigation and flight planning
  • Review: I did purchased this book to bring me up to date on changes that have happen since I have stop flying.For that it does a good job. For its intended purpose it appears to do a good job as well. Nicely written. Short on flight planning instruments problems which I would of like to see more. Times have changed. Glass cockpit. GPS.
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There are better ones out there.

  • By Cap'n Wally from Carlsbad NM USA on Friday, July 17, 2009
  • Pros: Some of the text was fresh and contained ideas and facts not seen in other textbooks.
  • Cons: Could have been more thoroughly proof read.
  • Review: The book was just adequate for use in our ground school. Too many of the illustrations were simple line drawings. Particularly, the airspace illustrations should have been easier to interpret and, perhaps been combined. Too many of them were simply copied from the AIM and only in black and white. There were multiple errors in the text. Example: on page 4-4 Mr. Gardner states that a student pilot "cannot log pilot in command time because they are not yet rated in any kind of aircraft". This differs somewhat from FAR 61.51(e)(4) which states that a student pilot may log PIC time. Another (page 5-17) states that you must get a SVFR authorization through a FSS. One may get it from center or tower or ground control, or,.... but you get the picture. The only color illustrations were in appendix D and a sample sectional chart, plus some airport signs, at the very back of the book. A less congested chart would have been less confusing to the students.
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