Positive Flying: Flight-tested Numbers and How to Fly Them for Precision Performance (General Aviation Reading series) - Hardcover

Taylor, Richard L.; Guinther, William M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565660242 ISBN 13: 9781565660243

Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc., 1992

Synopsis

Fly an airplane at a set attitude, airspeed, and power setting, and it does precisely what it is supposed to—every time. This book tells why and how “flying by the numbers” works, and gives the flight-tested numbers for precision performance in 27 of America's favorite small aircraft. For aircraft not included in this list, the book provides exact cockpit procedures for nailing down the numbers for any other light airplane.

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About the Author

Richard L. Taylor is an award-winning author of many articles and 14 aviation books. He retired from the Air Force Reserve as a major in 1979, having earned Command Pilot status. For 22 years he was a member of the aviation faculty at the Ohio State University (now associate professor emeritus), where he was director of flight operations and training and taught at all levels of the flight curriculum. He lives in Dublin, Ohio.

From the Inside Flap

Fly an airplane -- any airplane -- at a set attitude, airspeed, and power setting, and it does precisely what you want, every time. That's positive flying, "flying by the numbers," the safe, certain method airlines use. This book tells why and how, and gives the flight-tested numbers for precision performance in 27 of America's favorite small aircraft. If the airplane you fly isn't on this list, the book provides exact cockpit procedures for "nailing down the numbers: for any other light airplane.

Beechcraft Musketeer (Sport) 150 HP, Sundowner 180 HP, Super Musketeer 200 HP, Sierra 200 HP, Bonanza 185, 225, and 285 HP, Baron 260 and 285 HP, Duke 380HP.

Piper Cherokee 150 HP, Archer II 180 HP, Arrow 200 HP, Comanche 260 HP, Cherokee Six 300 HP, Lance 300 HP, Aztec 250 HP.

Cessna 150 Standard 100 HP, 172 150 HP, Cardinal RG 200 HP, Skylane 235 HP, Centurion 285 HP, Skymaster 210 HP, 310 285 HP.

Grumman American AA% 150 HP Traveler, AA5B 180 HP Tiger.

Mooney M20G Statesman 180 HP. AUTHOR BIO: Richard Taylor, an award-winning author of many articles and 6 aviation books, writes from a background of continuous pilot activity since 1955. He has over 11,300 flight hours in a wide variety of aircraft including gliders, helicopters, amphibians, turbojets, STOL airplanes, amd jets. He was for 22 years associate professor of aviation (now emeritus) at Ohio State University, where he directed and taught all levels of the flight curriculum.

William M. Guinther is one of the nation's leading flight consultants specializing in instrument instruction and recurrent training methods.

Edition details

• Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565660242
• ISBN 13: 9781565660243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 233