Cockpit Procedures: Effective Routines for Pilots and Virtual Aviators

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Offers an understanding of basic flight principles and advice on what to do once inside the cockpit. Containing step-by-step descriptions of a thorough pre-flight inspection, start-up, taxi, takeoff, cruise, approach, landing, and after-landing actions, this guide places emphasis on what a pilot should actually be doing while in the pilot seat.

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"Will provide the background to, and practical application of, the many procedures that make the aircraft cockpit function ... many of the philosophies taught here are so fundamental and powerful that they will carry a pilot right through to retirement." --Mike Malherbe, BSc (Hons), MBL, South African Airways senior training captain

Author Bio

Chris Burger owns and operates a flight school near Pretoria, South Africa. He is a flight instructor, a pilot examiner, and a former air traffic controller.