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Helicopter flying handbook : FAA-H-8083-21B.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, 2021Description: xiii, various pagings : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781510767201
  • 1510767207
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction to the helicopter -- Chapter 2: Aerodynamics of flight -- Chapter 3: Helicopter flight controls -- Chapter 4: Helicopter components, sections, and systems -- Chapter 5: Rotorcraft flight manual -- Chapter 6: Weight and balance -- Chapter 7: Helicopter performance -- Chapter 8: Ground procedures and flight preparations -- Chapter 9: Basic flight maneuvers -- Chapter 10: Advanced flight maneuvers -- Chapter 11: Helicopter emergencies and hazards -- Chapter 12: Night operations -- Chapter 13: Effective aeronautical decision-making.
Summary: Introduces the skills and knowledge essential for piloting helicopters. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors, as well as pilots preparing for additional certificates and ratings or who want to improve their flying proficiency, and flight instructors engaged in teaching pilots of all skill levels. This handbook provides information and guidance on the procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. In addition to a basic introduction to the helicopter, readers will find chapters on aerodynamics, flight controls, components and systems, the rotorcraft flight manual, weight and balance, performance, ground procedures, basic and advanced flight maneuvers, emergencies and hazards, attitude instrument flying and night operations.The Helicopter Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly helicopters and is a primary reference for the FAA Knowledge Exams. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs. It also includes a comprehensive glossary and index.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 629.1325 H475 Checked out 05/28/2024 33111010744692
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An official publication of the Federal Aviation Administration, this is the ultimate technical manual for anyone who flies or wants to learn to fly a helicopter.

If you're preparing for private, commercial, or flight instruction pilot certificates, it's more than essential reading--it's the best possible study guide available, and its information can be lifesaving. In authoritative and easy-to-understand language, here are explanations of general aerodynamics and the aerodynamics of flight, navigation, communication, flight controls, flight maneuvers, emergencies, and more.

Also included is an extensive glossary of terms ensuring that even the most technical language can be easily understood. Helicopter Flying Handbook is an indispensable text for any pilot who wants to operate a helicopter safely in a range of conditions. Chapters cover a variety of subjects including helicopter components, weight and balance, basic flight maneuvers, advanced flight maneuvers, emergencies and hazards, aeronautical decision making, night operations, and many more. With full-color illustrations detailing every chapter, this is a one-of-a-kind resource for pilots and would-be pilots.

First published in 2019.

"This handbook is available for download, in PDF format, from www.faa.gov."

Includes index.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the helicopter -- Chapter 2: Aerodynamics of flight -- Chapter 3: Helicopter flight controls -- Chapter 4: Helicopter components, sections, and systems -- Chapter 5: Rotorcraft flight manual -- Chapter 6: Weight and balance -- Chapter 7: Helicopter performance -- Chapter 8: Ground procedures and flight preparations -- Chapter 9: Basic flight maneuvers -- Chapter 10: Advanced flight maneuvers -- Chapter 11: Helicopter emergencies and hazards -- Chapter 12: Night operations -- Chapter 13: Effective aeronautical decision-making.

Introduces the skills and knowledge essential for piloting helicopters. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors, as well as pilots preparing for additional certificates and ratings or who want to improve their flying proficiency, and flight instructors engaged in teaching pilots of all skill levels. This handbook provides information and guidance on the procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. In addition to a basic introduction to the helicopter, readers will find chapters on aerodynamics, flight controls, components and systems, the rotorcraft flight manual, weight and balance, performance, ground procedures, basic and advanced flight maneuvers, emergencies and hazards, attitude instrument flying and night operations.The Helicopter Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly helicopters and is a primary reference for the FAA Knowledge Exams. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs. It also includes a comprehensive glossary and index.

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