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Light
Airplane Navigation Essentials (Practical Flying Series),
by Paul A. Craig (Paperback - 256 pages, July 1997)
Card catalog description
- If you need a practical - and basic - introduction to navigation, Light
Airplane Navigation Essentials is for you. This book is designed for new
small aircraft pilots and students just entering flight training who want
a guide that will clearly teach the fundamentals they need. Light Airplane
Navigation Essentials takes the mysteries out of navigation and clarifies
techniques and technologies, such as pilotage and deal reckoning ... course
plotting ... radio navigation ... VOR, Loran, and GPS ... airspace rules
... even the glass cockpit. Paul Craig has taught a very successful navigation
course for several years, and knows exactly what the new pilot needs
to learn. He explains the theory and practice of navigation in a straightforward
conversational style, making generous use of illustrations and graphics.
Each chapter builds directly on the one before, going from the most basic
principles to the latest electronic devices. |
