Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying

Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying

Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying

Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying

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Overview

For more than a century, pilots have been intrigued by the challenges of flight in the highest mountains and the deepest canyons on every continent. Mountain, Canyon, and Backcountry Flying allows pilots to get off the beaten path and enjoy the outdoors. It opens up a whole new world of recreation, including airplane camping, hiking, fishing, and staying at guest lodges or bush camps in areas without roads or easy access by land or water.

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
Publisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
Publication date: 05/20/2019
Pages: 416
Sales rank: 329,664
Product dimensions: 7.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Amy Hoover has been flying commercially and teaching backcountry flying for more than 25 years. She has over 7,000 hours of flight time, more than 2/3 of it in the Idaho backcountry, and is an original co-founder of the Mountain/Canyon Flying School in McCall, Idaho. Hoover has published more than 25 articles and manuals on mountain and canyon flying, and given more than 100 presentations in various forums throughout the U.S. She holds a Ph.D. in Education and is a Professor of Aviation at Central Washington University.

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

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