Description:

The fourth edition of the perennial best-seller. Fully updated, with everything the private pilot needs to know about flying IFR, such as handling emergencies, filing flight plans, understanding IFR communications, navigating, and flying more efficiently. Polish and improve your instrument-flight skills with the proficiency exercises. Glossary of aviation terms included.

Contents:

Foreword by Robert N.Buck.

Preface.

The Complete

Instrument Pilot.

The Language of Instrument Flying.

Attitude Instrument Flying.

Partial Panel

IFR.

IFR Flight Plans.

Preflight Planning.

IFR Clearances.

Communicating in the IFR System.

VOR Navigation.

Area Navigation.

Enroute Procedures.

Communications Failure.

Holding Patterns.

Getting Ready for an Instrument Approach.

Instrument Approaches.

The NDB (ADF) Approach.

The VOR Approach.T

he Instrument Landing System Approach.

High-Altitude IFR.

Handling IFR Emergencies.

Proficiency Exercises.

 

 

Flying Skills