Aviate: A Professional Aviator's Notebook

Aviate is a collection of techniques for keeping the airplane flying in the middle of the air, avoiding the edges of the air. The edges are defined as the ground, the ocean, obstacles, and extraterrestrial space. As most professional aviators know, "Aviate" comes before "Navigate" and "Communicate." Add to these three primary tenets of aviation, there is also "Relate," getting along with everyone on the team. These four books make up the "Professional Aviator's Notebook" series. This book, includes the following procedures and techniques:

Altimeter Setting Techniques

Altitude Selection Techniques

Approach Speed Additive Techniques

Balked Landing Techniques

Braking Techniques

Circling Techniques

Clearing Techniques

Continuous Descent Final Approach Techniques

Control Performance Techniques

Crosswind Landing Techniques

Engine Failure Takeoff Continued Techniques

Head Up Display Techniques

Landing Techniques

Radar Techniques

Runway Incursion/Excursion Avoidance Techniques

Stabilized Approach Techniques

Takeoff Go / No Go Decision Making Techniques

Unusual Attitude Recovery Techniques

Visual Approach Techniques

Wake Turbulence Avoidance Techniques

Case Studies

Appendix: All About Angle of Attack (AOA)

Appendix: All About Carbon-Carbon Brakes

Appendix: All About Mechanics (Physics, statics, and dynamics)