Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane Handbook

This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to:

• Learn the basic fundamentals of flying any airplane.

• Make flight training easier, less expensive and more enjoyable.

• Master all the private and commercial checkride maneuvers.

• Learn the "stick and rudder" philosophy of flying an airplane.

• Prevent an airplane from accidentally stalling and spinning.

• Allow you to learn to land an airplane quickly and enjoyably.

• Make you a better instructor by providing unique teaching strategies and explanations for student training.

As a comprehensive information source book, these pages include:

• Practical flying skills that rely on sights, sounds and tactile sensations.

• The theory and practice of attitude flying for pilots of all levels.

• Multiple strategies for evaluating when to round out and flare for landing.

• Multiple methods for controlling the airplane's glidepath and airspeed.

• Strategies for evaluating the desired landing spot and glidepath angle.

• Techniques for understanding and flying ground reference maneuvers.              

• Landing corrections for bounces, floating, porpoising and ballooning.          

• Advice, wisdom and insights based on practical flying experience.

• Complex airplane operations, night flying, traffic pattern operations, slow flight, stall/spin recognition and recovery, and much more.