FAA 8083-3A
The FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all pilots for more than 30 years! This book introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors, as well as those pilots wishing to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, pilots preparing for additional certificates or ratings, and flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both students and licensed pilots.
This handbook introduces the future pilot to the realm of flight and provides information and guidance in the performance of procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. It contains chapters dedicated to the introduction to flight training, ground operations, basic flight maneuvers, slow flight, stalls, and spins, takeoff and departure climbs, ground reference maneuvers, airport traffic patterns, approaches and landings, performance maneuvers, night operations, transition to complex airplanes, transition to multiengine airplanes, transition to tailwheel airplanes, transition to turboprop powered airplanes, transition to jet powered airplanes, and emergency procedures.
This book is the official FAA source for learning to fly and many test questions for the FAA Knowledge Exams for pilots come from this reference. Approx. 280 pages, paperback.
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February 14, 2010 Would You Recommend This Product:
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September 29, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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August 26, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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August 26, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Excellent, all the info you need for maneuvers and procedures
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would have preferred if it came in a spiral bound version for better durability and easier viewing
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June 13, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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January 22, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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January 2, 2009 Would You Recommend This Product:
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November 17, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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November 11, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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October 22, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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October 8, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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September 18, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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July 3, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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EXCELENT BOOK .. EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND READ
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June 19, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Just a great book.
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May 8, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Easy to read and understand. Excellent graphics.
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A must have for any pilot.
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April 19, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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Easy to read and understand. The curriculum is very similar to the curriculum my flight instructor uses. I have been able to answer some of his quiz questions in greater detail than he has explained.
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Some parts of the book are simplified a bit more than the CFII will cover.
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All in all, this is the most useful part of my flight training so far. I have a tight budget, but this is definitely worth it. This will and has saved me money at the hangar.
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April 16, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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April 2, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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April 2, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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March 6, 2008 Would You Recommend This Product:
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A clean, concise explanation for about everthing from ppl training to jet transition with good illustrations.
