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Overview
Flying in these enticing environments often entails operations over relatively inaccessible terrain in a challenging and sometimes unforgiving environment. This necessitates the proper mindset, discipline, and procedures to operate efficiently and safely. Operating over mountains, navigating through canyons, taking off and landing on unimproved, high-altitude airstrips in confined areas, and maximizing airplane performance requires specialized skills. The authors and guest writers share information and tips gleaned from more than 150 years and 100,000 hours of collective experience as professional mountain and backcountry pilots and flight instructors.
Recreational pilots to mountain flying instructors will find this book useful, and college and university professors can use the text to supplement their classroom instruction. Fundamental concepts include preparing for and conducting mountain and canyon flights, airport operations, situational awareness, aircraft performance, risk management, and emergency operations. Analysis of accident scenarios, accounts from the authors' own experiences, and contributions from seasoned backcountry pilots and instructors expand on material detailed in the text. Each chapter includes exercises to help the reader understand and apply the information to their own flying, and beautiful color illustrations will inspire pilots to seek out these awe-inspiring destinations.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781619547414 |
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Publisher: | Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. |
Publication date: | 05/20/2019 |
Pages: | 416 |
Sales rank: | 322,166 |
Product dimensions: | 7.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
R. K. "Dick" Williams has been a licensed pilot since 1972. He holds all fixed wing and instructor certificates, several turboprop and jet type ratings, and has flown over 18,300 hours as an instructor, charter, government, and corporate pilot. He was also an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner for 10 years. Williams started one of the first mountain flying schools in Idaho in 1985 and has over 8,000 hours flying and instructing in mountain and canyon terrain. He is the author of "Notes From The Cockpit."
Table of Contents
Dedication viii
Foreword x
Acknowledgments xii
About the Authors xiv
Introduction xvi
Section I Preparation and Planning 1
Chapter 1 The Pilot and the Airplane 3
Practicing for Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flight 4
The Airplane 11
Preflight and Post-Flight Inspections 22
Accident Scenario 25
Review Questions and Exercises 26
Chapter 2 Mountain and Canyon Meteorology 29
Preflight Weather Knowledge 31
Global Circulation and Pressure Patterns 32
Mountain Winds 33
Cloud Types and Weather Systems 36
Fog 37
Haze and Smoke 39
Small-Scale Local Weather Phenomena 40
Accident Scenario 54
Review Questions and Exercises 56
Chapter 3 Flight Planning and Navigation 59
VFR Charts 60
Basic Navigation 64
Route Selection 66
Global Positioning System (GPS) Navigation 70
Automatic Dependent Surveillance Radar-Broadcast 74
Dispatching and Flight Following 75
Accident Scenario 78
Review Questions and Exercises 80
Section II Operations 83
Chapter 4 En Route 85
Altimeter Settings 86
Visual Illusions 86
Crossing Ridges 88
Terrain Flying 90
Flying in Canyons 92
Turning Safely 94
Emergency Turn 102
Low-Level Maneuvering 104
Climbs and Descents 112
Accident Scenario 113
Review Questions and Exercises 116
Chapter 5 Approach and Landing 117
Before You Go 120
Flying a Stabilized Approach 120
Airport Environment 136
Go-Arounds and Abort Planning 141
The Airstrip 147
Landing with Wind 152
Sloped Airstrips 158
Wind versus Slope 169
Touchdown and Rollout 170
Taxi and Ground Operations 171
Accident Scenario 173
Review Questions and Exercises 176
Chapter 6 Takeoff and Departure 177
Takeoff 178
Departure 183
Taking Off with Wind 188
Sloped Airstrips 192
Wind versus Slope 197
Accident Scenario 198
Review Questions and Exercises 202
Chapter 7 Cold Weather and Ski Flying 203
Guest Author Michael Vivion 204
Why Ski Flying? 204
Weather 205
The Ski-Equipped Airplane 207
The Skis 209
Other Equipment 217
Factors Affecting Ski Flying 219
Ski Operations 224
Glacier Flying with Paul Claus 230
Rocky Mountain Ski Flying with Mike Dorris 234
Summary 238
Accident Scenarios 238
Review Questions and Exercises 240
Section III Aircraft and Human Performance 241
Chapter 8 How to Lighten Up: Density Altitude, Loading and Aircraft Performance 243
What is Density Altitude? 244
Aircraft Performance 247
Power versus Density Altitude 249
Power Loading and Weight Reduction 250
Takeoff Performance 252
Climb Performance 255
Landing Performance 262
Leaning the Mixture 263
Accident Scenario 265
Review Questions and Exercises 268
Chapter 9 Risk Management for Mountain and Canyon Flight 271
Physiological Effects of Altitude 272
Human Factors 274
Backcountry Flight Safety and Etiquette with Jeanne MacPherson 281
Emergencies 284
Precautionary Landings 290
Forced Landings 291
Post-Crash Survival 294
Survival Vest 295
Survival Kits 296
Accident Analysis-Amy Hoover's Story 300
Review Questions and Exercises 324
Appendix A Axioms, Rules, and Suggestions 325
Appendix B Answers to Review Questions 331
Appendix C Glossary of Terms 337
Appendix D References Cited 355
Index 365