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Books and Tapes
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Aviation BooksSee several more books on our Clearance Page!TaildraggersTaming the Taildragger. This is the classic, basic tailwheel book by John F. Ball. Basic flight manual for taildraggers, with performance specs for a variety of older taildragger models. The author is pretty low-key, and explains things clearly without a lot of fluff. Basic performance and limitations charts for Aeronca Champ, Citabria, Cessna 120, 140 and 170, Luscombe, Piper Cub, Pacer, and Super Cub, Stinson, and Taylorcraft. 96 pp. $ 7.50 The Compleat Taildragger Pilot. Harvey Plourde. Comprehensive, illustrated manual which describes not only the mechanics of flying tailwheel aircraft, but also the physics and mathematics behind why they behave as they do. New chapters cover torque, crosswind landing gear, P-factor, crabbed crosswind landing, and a special section for flight instructors, with plenty of diagrams, graphs and equations to satisfy your curiosity. 263 pp, Paper: $ 23.70
SPECIAL! Get both books for only $30! Buy the combo on-line! (Domestic orders only, international orders please email us first.) Advanced Pilots
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Mountain Flying Bible from Sparky Imeson isn't
just a 2nd edition
rehash of his original Mountain Flying book,
but instead is a whole new text with almost double the material!!
Each section covers a specific aspect of flight in natural order
including preflight, takeoff, enroute, arrival and landing. This
book presents a detailed and absolutely thorough analysis of just
about everything you'll need to know to travel safely in
mountainous terrain, including icons to highlight key
flight-critical information, warnings, rules of thumb, possible
courses of action and advanced techniques. "Operations
in the mountains are little different than any place else. It's
just that the safety margins are reduced to a greater extent, so
a pilot can't get away with many practices that are common at
lower elevations (with better aircraft performance) and more
hospitable terrain (that allows the pilot to go where he wants to
go)." (MF Bible) Thus you'll find chapters both on
items specific to mountain flying but also more general chapters
on basic aircraft operations with an eye towards achieving
maximum safety and performance. Sparky's writing style is very
readable, the book is extremely well organized, I absolutely
recommend this book to every pilot!! List 22.95, from us only $
19.95.