Most books treat GPS as a subtopic and don’t tell everything you need to know about using GPS. But the new Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook recognizes that GPS is at the center of modern cockpits and not just add-on equipment. If you fly VFR or IFR with a panel-mounted GPS, you’re bound to learn something you didn’t know about GPS, WAAS or operating your GPS receiver. It’s a totally new book that tells you what you need to know to safely operate modern GPS systems including detailed, step-by-step instructions for the Bendix/King KLN 94, Garmin GNS 430, 430W, 480, 530, 530W and G900X, G1000 and Perspective glass cockpits.
Don't Get Stuck in the Clouds Wondering Which Button to Push!
Max starts the book by explaining the details of how the GPS satellite
navigation system works. Next he goes into the details of the new infrastructure
that was built to create WAAS, the Wide Area Augmentation System. He also
explains all of the new WAAS-based approach minimums: LPV, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV,
LNAV+V, and LP and the “gotchas” involved in flying these approaches. Finally
Max gives detailed instructions for operating the most popular panel-mounted
GPSs and how to use an autopilot when flying approaches.
Throughout the book, NTSB reports and NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System pilot reports are used to illustrate pitfalls in using—and misusing—GPS equipment. Dozens of practical GPS and IFR tips, gleaned from the industry’s most experienced flight instructors are clearly displayed in the margins.
Experienced pilots pilots may be surprised to learn why you should always load an approach with an IAF—even when receiving vectors to final. They’ll also learn why what they used to do with the SUSP key will now get them in trouble when loading an instrument approach. But there’s lots more.
Learn What All Pilots Should Know
Learn the Right Way to Load Approaches including:
Learn About Flying Instrument Approaches
Learn About WAAS and other New Capabilities
Rod Machado, Flight Instructor, Author and National Aviation Safety Counselor said, “Max Trescott has done it again with the publication of Max Trescott’s WAAS and GPS Flying Handbook. This book is an absolute must-have for your flying library if you’re an instrument rated pilot or are working on your instrument rating. It’s a comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to understanding and flying GPS approaches. Max takes you from the basics to the advanced aspects of WAAS based GPS approaches and covers the nitty-gritty details that are oh-so necessary to safely use today’s sophisticated GPS equipment."
Author:
Max Trescott
ISBN: 978-0-9777030-6-7
272 pages
Published July 2009
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Most books treat GPS as a subtopic and don’t tell everything you need to know about using GPS. But the new Max Trescott’s GPS and WAAS Instrument Flying Handbook recognizes that GPS is at the center of modern cockpits and not just add-on equipment. If you fly VFR or IFR with a panel-mounted GPS, you’re bound to learn something you didn’t know about GPS, WAAS or operating your GPS receiver. It’s a totally new book that tells you what you need to know to safely operate modern GPS systems including detailed, step-by-step instructions for the Bendix/King KLN 94, Garmin GNS 430, 430W, 480, 530, 530W and G900X, G1000 and Perspective glass cockpits.
Don't Get Stuck in the Clouds Wondering Which Button to Push!
Max starts the book by explaining the details of how the GPS satellite
navigation system works. Next he goes into the details of the new infrastructure
that was built to create WAAS, the Wide Area Augmentation System. He also
explains all of the new WAAS-based approach minimums: LPV, LNAV/VNAV, LNAV,
LNAV+V, and LP and the “gotchas” involved in flying these approaches. Finally
Max gives detailed instructions for operating the most popular panel-mounted
GPSs and how to use an autopilot when flying approaches.
Throughout the book, NTSB reports and NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System pilot reports are used to illustrate pitfalls in using—and misusing—GPS equipment. Dozens of practical GPS and IFR tips, gleaned from the industry’s most experienced flight instructors are clearly displayed in the margins.
Experienced pilots pilots may be surprised to learn why you should always load an approach with an IAF—even when receiving vectors to final. They’ll also learn why what they used to do with the SUSP key will now get them in trouble when loading an instrument approach. But there’s lots more.
Learn What All Pilots Should Know
Learn the Right Way to Load Approaches including:
Learn About Flying Instrument Approaches
Learn About WAAS and other New Capabilities
Rod Machado, Flight Instructor, Author and National Aviation Safety Counselor said, “Max Trescott has done it again with the publication of Max Trescott’s WAAS and GPS Flying Handbook. This book is an absolute must-have for your flying library if you’re an instrument rated pilot or are working on your instrument rating. It’s a comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to understanding and flying GPS approaches. Max takes you from the basics to the advanced aspects of WAAS based GPS approaches and covers the nitty-gritty details that are oh-so necessary to safely use today’s sophisticated GPS equipment."
Author:
Max Trescott
ISBN: 978-0-9777030-6-7
272 pages
Published July 2009
Makes it easy for you to quickly become an expert on operating and programming the Garmin G1000 system in any aircraft.
If you find a better price elsewhere on this product we will match that price and beat it by 10% of the difference.
Purchase today and you can return it in the original condition through Wednesday, March 31, 2021 ! See our return policy.