Written in an easy-to-understand style by a certified flight instructor, Your
Pilot's License, Eighth Edition is filled with practical advice to help you
understand what it takes to learn how to fly an airplane. This trusted reference
has been revised for the latest technologies, regulations, and requirements and
offers expanded information on sport pilot training and certification. Get your
plans of becoming a pilot off the ground with help from an expert!
Your Pilot's License Covers:
- Costs and the amount of time it will take to obtain a license
- Sport pilot, recreational pilot, and glider pilot licenses
- Different types of ratings and certifications
- Options for flight
- Rules, regulations, and requirements
- Medical minimums
- Safety
- Instructors and flight schools
- The private pilot certificate
- Control techniques
- Weather
- VFR navigation and communications
- Private and sport pilot examinations
- And much more
Table of contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Most Frequently Asked Questions About Learning to Fly
- Chapter 2. Sport Pilot, Recreational Pilot, and Glider Pilot Licenses
- Chapter 3. Instructors and Flight Schools
- Chapter 4. The Private Pilot Certificate
- Chapter 5. The Airplane
- Chapter 6. Flying the Airplane
- Chapter 7. Control Techniques
- Chapter 8. Weather
- Chapter 9. VFR Navigation and Communications
- Chapter 10. The Examinations
- Glossary
- Index
About the Author:
Jerry A. Eichenberger is a licensed commercial pilot rated for
single-engine and multiengine airplanes, helicopters, and gliders. He holds an
airplane instrument rating and is a certified flight instructor, rated for
airplanes, single-engine and multiengine, and instrument instruction.
Eichenberger is a practicing attorney devoting his legal time to the area of
aviation law, representing manufacturers, maintenance facilities, flight
schools, airlines, airports, and individual pilots and aircraft owners.
Eigth Edition, Softcover, 332 pages.