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FLY DIRECT TO ALL THE BENEFITS OF GPSMastering GPS Flying is a set of eight flight lessons and ten background chapters that give you all you need to become comfortable and proficient with GPS -- no matter what your level of experience.
With more than 50 charts, photos, and diagrams, this practical guide -- written by two veteran flight instructorssteers you through all phases of GPS, including tasks that have proven to be troublesome on check rides. The book also presents the latest information on WAAS, LAAS, glass cockpits, and many other new GPS-based high tech developments.
Look inside to see how Mastering GPS Flying helps you to:
- Plan and fly GPS great circle and point-to-point cross country flights
- Use field-tested techniques to master data inputting and displays found on most instrument training aircraft
- Save time and money with "Shortcuts That Don’t Shortchange"
- Gain confidence using GPS core functions with unique "Black Box Practices"
- Handle last-minute changes and emergencies
- Pass a flight check with GPS
- Prepare for flight lessons with the questions in "Background Briefings"
- Get quick lookups of acronyms, technical terms, Web sites, and relevant GPS excerpts from ACs, and other official publicationsall in one handy Reference Section
Now almost as necessary as stick-and-rudder skills, GPS mastery is at hand with this easy-to-follow book from two experienced flight instructors.
McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide
Phil Dixon holds ATP, Flight Engineer, and Flight Instructor Certificates with Instrument and Multi-Engine ratings. He has served as an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner and as an Aviation Safety Counselor. Mr. Dixon graduated from the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications. He is a member of AOPA and lives in the St. Louis area.
Sherwood Harris is coauthor (with Henry Sollman) of the well-received McGraw-Hill book, Mastering Instrument Flying, now in its third edition. A former Navy carrier pilot, he holds an ATP and Flight Instructor Certificates with Single, Multi-Engine, and Instrument ratings. Mr. Harris was a part-time flight instructor in Danbury, Connecticut, and White Plains, New York, for many years. A member of AOPA, he is a retired Reader’s Digest senior staff editor and makes his home in Oxford, Mississippi.
