How to Fly an Airplane Handbook Rod Machado’s How to Fly an Airplane Handbook – Flight Maneuvers and Stick and Rudder Skills Thinking about learning to fly? Then this is the book for you. This is a handbook for student pilots but it’s also a practical book for those who want to improve their basic flying skills. In addition, it’s an excellent book for helping flight instructors teach their students in a more efficient and effective manner. This book covers simple and complex single-engine airplanes having tricycle landing gear. This is not a comprehensive taildragger handbook. Why should you purchase this book? Many of today’s pilots rely excessively on their panel instruments to control their airplanes in visual conditions. Unfortunately, “panel pilots” never learn to fly the by the seat of their pants, which involves flying skills that primarily depend on sights, sounds and tactile sensations. Simply stated, relying primarily on your panel instruments to fly an airplane won’t make you a confident pilot nor will it make you a safe pilot. That’s why this handbook focuses on the basics of “attitude flying” and developing practical “stick and rudder” flying skills. These are the skills that give you complete control of your airplane and allow you to predict what it will do, can do and cannot do. Contained within these pages are techniques for controlling and evaluating the height and trajectory of your glidepath as well as strategies for managing the roundout and landing flare. You’ll learn how to handle crosswind landings, how to recover from the occasional bad landing, how to perform ground reference maneuvers for both the private and commercial pilot certificate, and much more. You’ll also benefit from Rod Machado’s insights and wisdom gained by teaching pilots for over 40 years. You’ll also laugh as you learn. This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to: Learn the basic fundamentals of flying any airplane.Make flight training easier, less expensive and more enjoyable.Master all the private and commercial checkride maneuvers.Learn the “stick and rudder” philosophy of flying an airplane.Prevent an airplane from accidentally stalling and spinning.Allow you to learn to land an airplane quickly and enjoyably.Make you a better instructor by providing unique teaching strategies and explanations for student training. As a comprehensive information source book, these pages include: Practical flying skills that rely on sights, sounds and tactile sensations.The theory and practice of attitude flying for pilots of all levels.Multiple strategies for evaluating when to round out and flare for landing.Multiple methods for controlling the airplane’s glidepath and airspeed.Strategies for evaluating the desired landing spot and glidepath angle.Techniques for understanding and flying ground reference maneuvers. Landing corrections for bounces, floating, porpoising and ballooning. Advice, wisdom and insights based on practical flying experience.Complex airplane operations, night flying, traffic pattern operations, slow flight, stall/spin recognition and recovery, and much more. Softcover, 510 full-color pages ISBN 978-09859328-4-8 About Fallon Aviation Welcome! Thank you for visiting our pilot shop! Fallon Aviation’s Pilot Shop provides recreational pilots and professional flight crews with the supplies needed to effectively pursue their passion for flying. Stop by Fallon Aviation for all your flying needs! We offer: Free shipping on every order with the FASTEST shipping available. Same day shipping if ordered before 1 P.M. EST! The best value for your dollar on the web! We offer name brand items such as Lightspeed, AeroPhoenix, David Clark, Flightcom, Faro, ASA, Gleim, Jeppesen, and MORE! The best customer service in the industry. Everything ships directly from Fallon Aviation Pilot Shop straight to you! Thanks for shopping with us! We look forward to fulfilling your order! Policies Shipping All orders placed before 1PM EST are shipped the same day! We ship to all 50 States, US Territories, and APO/FPOs. International orders are shipped through the eBay Global Shipping Program. We can only ship to verified addresses. We cannot change the shipping address after an item ships. *For our customers in Alaska (AK), Hawaii (HI), US Islands, and Puerto Rico (PR), we recommend purchasing USPS Priority Mail (Expedited Service) to ensure your shipment arrives quickly. Returns At Fallon Aviation we want to do all we can to ensure your complete satisfaction. We gladly accept returns and exchanges for items that are undamaged and in their original packaging within 30 days of delivery. All returns will be credited using your original payment method once the item is received and inspected to confirm it is undamaged. 20% restocking fee may apply.