Accurate weather information is necessary to all pilots, but especially sport pilots flying ultralight and light sport aircraft. This DVD enables pilots to make decisions about whether conditions are conducive to flying by teaching them what factors need to be considered, including pilot capabilities, aircraft limitations, and weather conditions.
A comprehensive look at the subject of aerobatics. The author, Neil Williams has been British Aerobatics Champion 12 times. The book takes the novice from the first tentative experiments, step by step, up to the level of knowledge needed for a pilot to reach World Championship standard.
Paramotoring is the ultimate form of personal powered flight. This is the aviation sport for everyone with a tight budget but a thirst to fly. A paramotor outfit doesn't demand airfields and hangars. It will fit in its owner's car and can be flown from fields smaller than football pitches.
In 2004, Red Arrows, Britain's official aerobatic team, flew its 40th display season, in 2005 it celebrated its 40th birthday. This book, an account in words and over 150 photographs, documents an emotional year for the team. It looks at the team and how it works revealing the extraordinary learning curve each member of the team must go through.
Suitable for those who are undertaking the helicopter Private Pilot's Licence course, those who have qualified recently, and those who are planning to learn to fly helicopters in the future, this book follows the PPL(H) syllabus as it is taught, and provides a detailed account of each flying exercise.
The microlight aeroplane has brought flying within the reach of many. This updated handbook aims not only to prepare pilots for the PPL(A) Microlight examinations but also to teach them to fly safely and to develop understanding of meteorology, navigation, aerodynamics, and the legal dimension too.
Explains weather in a nontechnical way, offering pilots useful understanding of weather and practical knowledge of how to judge it and fly it. This title covers weather flying psychology, en route weather changes, radar and how to use it and taking off in bad weather.
On May 6, 2003, Polly Vacher took off from Birmingham airport seeking to become the first pilot to complete a solo flight around the world via both Poles in a single-engine aircraft. Her voyage to the ice was a 60, 000-mile adventure in her Piper Dakota that would take her to at least 30 different countries on every single continent.
Defines and compares the different types of light and ultralight aircraft, including hang gliders, paragliders, and powered parachutes in this 41-minute DVD. This supplementary full-colour booklet educates the sport flyer with additional photos, sport pilot regulatory information, aircraft descriptions, and comparison tables.
Contains all the information a pilot needs to undertake the basic loops, rolls and spins that make up the aerobatic repertoire. The book takes the pilot through ground training, aircraft and equipment limitations, the physical effects on the human body, and air exercises and manoeuvres.
A resource for canopy flight information. Suitable for those who are new jumpers looking to further their education or expert canopy pilots seeking tips on advancing your techniques, it offers technical, straightforward explanations of ram air parachute flight.