- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2 edition (1 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0071376038
- ISBN-13: 978-0071376037
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 1.6 x 23.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 358,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Details the best prevention, management, and correction strategies for all in-flight emergencies
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DEFUSE THE EMERGENCY BEFORE IT HAPPENS
Do you know the best way to get found if you're forced down, radioless, in the wilderness? Can you land in heavy surface winds? What happens if your engine fails? Are you prepared for the unexpected?
Pilot Jerry Eichenberger's Handling In-Flight Emergencies is the best way to prepare for the unexpected-and to fly more confidently and safely. This guide can help you-
* Apply the best prevention, management, and correction strategies for all in-flight emergencies
* Fly knowing you're armed with the best solutions to in-air crises
* Follow critical preflight and training procedures that protect you aloft
* Learn preferred ways of coping with icing, thunderstorms, wind shear, mechanical and electrical failures, IFR conditions, navigational errors, spatial disorientation, and more
* Discover equipment to help you identify and reduce dangers that might otherwise go undetected
* Evaluate avionics products before you need them
* Learn from other pilots' errors
REAL-LIFE CASE STUDIES ILLUSTRATE EACH EMERGENCY SITUATION
A volume in the McGraw-Hill Practical Flying Series
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Emergencies become procedures.
17 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
This is a good overview of some of the things that might go wrong. The underlying philosophy behind the book is that if emergency procedures are learned and practiced, they cease to be emergencies and rather just more procedures.
An example happened earlier this year when I was flying with a friend who had recently transitioned to a complex airplane (one with retractable landing gear). On final approach, he didn't get the "all green" lights on the gear (meaning the gear was not securely locked down for landing). With a gear not locking, the plane is still perfectly flyable, and indeed, we had four hours of fuel left. Although you'd obviously prefer not to, you CAN land with the gear up without doing undo harm to you or the plane (but not your ego :)
Since I was in the right seat, I offered to trouble shoot while he continued flying. Trouble shooting involves working down the checklist and doing things like swapping out bulbs and making sure metal contacts are not dirty -- not very complicated, but involved enough that a second person makes life easier. After tinkering with the light bulbs, I looked up to see my friend was, shall we say, in a self-induced unusual attitude. HE FORGOT TO KEEP FLYING THE PLANE.
This is a where he would have benefitted from practicing the emergency procedures in order to build confidence and react more positively to the situation.
Handling In-Flight Emergencies covers engine failure, VFR into IFR conditions, electrical failure, control system failure, and getting found after being "temporarily lost." The book should be read in the spirit that these are things to think about, work with your preferred instructor. I feel it's successful at that.
For the various control system failures and how to work around them, I recommend Rich Stowell's "Emergency Maneuver Training" book and video. They are very thorough and take a scientific approach to the situations. (Stowell is also able to explain aerodynamics without boring you.)
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A new pilot is ready for emergencies
2 April 2000
Format:Paperback
When I announced to a friend that I was learning to fly, hegave me a hardback copy of Handling In-Flight Emergencies, by JerryEichenberger. On the inside cover he wrote me the following personal message . . . "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots" He was sharing with me what he must have learned as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam. If you are going to learn to fly, you must be prepared for the ultimate in flight emergency. Mr. Eichenberger's book was a timely gift for me. I read it interchangeably with all my training books, and actually understood the many recommendations he makes in the book, as some of the situations a pilot has to be aware of were either actually encountered or simulated in the course of my training. The book is very logically written from the point of view of a pilot and a flight instructor. I commend it highly to any aspiring new pilot, and even to seasoned pilots. In fact I have just ordered a copy from Amazon.Com (the first time I have ever ordered anything on a computer) as a gift for my own instructor, who patiently led me to this accomplishment today.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
***I wish someone would have told me...
18 Feb 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As an instrument pilot of airplanes and helicopters and commercial student, I've read countless aviation books. This one is undoubtedly the worst. How it made it to a second edition--or got published in the first place--is beyond me. The writing is poor (third-grade level). Don't get too excited about the "REAL-LIFE CASE STUDIES"--there are 7 in total--only two of which are not the authors (poor) SHORT stories (read: not nearly long or detailed enough to be case studies). If you have EVER read any text on flying, you already know more than is contained in this book---and you absolutely had more fun learning it. PLEASE, if you're still thinking about purchasing this book---contact me--I'll be more than happy to get rid of mine for no cost.
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