A Personal Flyer's Guide to More Enjoyable Flying - Softcover

Koch, Capt David C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972699104 ISBN 13: 9780972699105

Publisher: The Aerospace Trust Press, 2013

Synopsis

"A Personal Flyer's Guide to More Enjoyable Flying" explains how personal flyers can use the best practices, techniques, systems and culture of airline and military airmen and airwomen to make their flying more enjoyable, more rewarding and safer. The author, Capt. David C. Koch, is a veteran aviator with over 50 years and 18,000 hours of airline, military, business and personal flying experience. Capt. Koch wrote the book for aspiring aviators, current personal flyers and managers and staff of airmanship-development-support organizations. For personal flyers, this book takes over where Dr./Col. Tony Kern's "Redefining Airmanship" leaves off. Every aviator who's interested in being the best pilot he or she can be needs to read this book. It also reveals an innovative approach to securing the future of personal flying. "A Personal Flyer's Guide to More Enjoyable Flying" is a fascinating glimpse into how airline pilots have made airline travel the safest form of travel yet devised my humankind, and it goes into detail on how personal flyers can make their personal flying even safer than airline travel.

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About the Author

SPANNING MORE THAN 50 YEARS, CAPT. DAVID C. KOCH’S AVIATION CAREER HAS INCLUDED: 50 years as a Personal Flyer 22 years as a pilot for United Airlines 13 years as a U.S. Army Rotary Wing Aviator Over 18,000 flight hours Chief pilot for 2 corporate flight departments Several aviation ventures including aircraft charter, a flying club and flight schools Leadership of pilot organizations Team leader on 5 major airline-pilot culture-change campaigns Special Assistant to the President of United Airlines for Space Shuttle Acquisition Training pilots for the world’s largest provider of corporate-pilot training Certifying corporate pilots for the FAA as a Training Center Evaluator FAA FAASTeam Representative Writer/Producer/Host of numerous FAA Wings Program Airmanship Seminars and Webinars Member of the FAA Wings Industry Advisory Committee Executive Director of the Center For Airmanship Excellence Member of the Kishwaukee College Aviation Advisory Board Co-author of “False Security: The Real Story About Airline Safety” Writer/Producer: "Jet Airline Pilot: What It Means To Be One / How To Become One"— an audiogram for aspiring airline pilots. Writer/Executive Producer/Host: "Argosies Of Magic Sails" — a video documentary on spaceflight. The publication of numerous articles about aviation and space

Edition details

• Publisher: The Aerospace Trust Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0972699104
• ISBN 13: 9780972699105
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280