Make Better Landings
Bramson, Alan
The complex feat of landing an aircraft demands great skill and judgement on the part of the pilot, and is without doubt the most potentially dangerous regular manoeuvre he must perform. Statistics from all over the world show that around half of all notifiable flying accidents occur during the approach and landing phase; and most of these happen not to students, but to licensed pilots.
Crammed with practical advice, Make Better Landings will help pilots at all levels of experience to turn every arrival - whatever the conditions - into a trouble-free performance touchdown.
Starting with the basic engine-assisted approach and landing, Alan Bramson explains each procedure step-by-step, emphasizing the importance of assessing your position relative to runway threshold, and showing how to improve technique and avoid all the common mistakes and pitfalls. Then come chapters that demonstrate how to cope with the more unusual and testing situations, such as glide, flapless and asymmetric landings; crosswind and short-field landings; and arrivals on runways contaminated with rain, snow and ice. If you fly something other than a piston-powered nose-wheel plane - a tailwheel aircraft, turboprop, jet or skiplane, for example - you will find the special handling characteristics and landing techniques for all these types of aircraft fully described and analyzed. Clearly illustrated throughout with 83 instructional two-colour diagrams by the author, this comprehensive volume will enable you - whether you fly for business or pleasure - to achieve the professional consistency that is a prerequisite for a lifetime of safe and happy landings.
Hardcover with dust jacket
252 Seiten / pages
illustrations, photos
good condition, dust jacket with tear
New York - Cincinnati - Toronto - London-Melbourne - 1982 - Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Art.Nr. 13128
