Air Sports: The Complete Guide to Aviation Adventure - Softcover

Norm Goyer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071410511 ISBN 13: 9780071410519

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2003

Synopsis

Exploring the ways to fly, this book discusses the fun and reward of the other flying sports such as soaring, paragliding, ballooning, remote-controlled airplane flying, ultralight piloting, and hang gliding. It discusses training requirements, the necessary time investment, cost, equipment, safety, and basics of each option.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

INCLUDES 8-PAGES OF COLOR!

THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO HIGH-FLYING FUN AND EXCITEMENT!

A new wave of flight-related sports has captured the imaginations of the adventurous among us -- taking thrill-seeking to ever higher heights. With McGraw-Hill's new Air Sports, you can soar right along with them.

Written by Norm Goyer, a well-known aviation authority, Air Sports delivers fast-paced, entertaining coverage of these gravity-defying activities. You get detailed insight into training requirements, time and cost estimates, and safety precautions for a wide range of aerial pastimes, including:

* Soaring
* Sky diving
* Paragliding
* Hang gliding
* Powered parachuting
* Ballooning
* Ultralight piloting
* Gyrocopter flying
* Certified Aircraft Pilot Certificates
* Remote controlled airplane flying
* FAA rules and medical requirements
* And many more!

Packed with exciting illustrations -- including eight-pages of full color -- Air Sports will lift your spirits, raise your thirst for excitement, and leave you completely prepared to fly high.

About the Author:

Norm Goyer is the editor of Custom Planes magazine and senior editor of Private Pilot Magazine and past editor of Air Progress, Scale R/C Modeler, Sport Pilot, Affordable Flying and various Ultralight Special Edition magazines. A resident of Apple Valley, California, he is a commercial pilot with single and multiengine, instrument, seaplane, and glider ratings. He has flown every type of aircraft from B-52s to balloons and operated four FBOs in Southern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0071410511
• ISBN 13: 9780071410519
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242