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Best book on flying an airplane ever published
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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.
- 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.
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I am enjoying this book
- By Joseph from Kenner LA USA on Monday, January 12, 2015
- Pros: Easy style, fraught with humor and a plentiful supply of supporting pictures.
- Cons: Not really a con, but I would like to see an additional section, covering the G1000 glass canopy. It is so different from previous dashboards.
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Unlike other books in this area, I am enjoying the written details, accompanied by adequate pictures supporting the instruction. The writing style is light with a reasonable amount of instruction. That helps when the information is almost too much too much to absorb.
As a retired educator, I am reading and underlining significant information with the intent to reread for complete understanding. Very nicely organized.
Three years ago I got my helicopter pilot's license and am trying to get an airplane add-on certification. This book is a great start. - Was this review helpful to you? Yes No 1 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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EXCELLENT BOOK!
- By Paulflies from Summerfield FL USA on Wednesday, January 07, 2015
- Pros: Very Informative and a lot of illustrations.
- Cons: None
- Review: My wife bought me both this and the Audiobook of "How to Fly an Airplane" for an anniversary gift. I love both of them, the audiobook is nice because I can listen to it while I am working, but I also like the hardcopy for the visual reference.
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Excellent. Very helpful.
- By Victor from Melrose MA USA on Friday, January 09, 2015
- Pros: Provides several different explanations on a given topic
- Cons: None
- Review: The first handbook I have read that clarifies in detail the maneuvers needed to fly an airplane with confidence
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