81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

Do you want to be the pilot who comes home after every flight?

Learn from the experiences of other pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic.

81 Lessons From The Sky contains eighty-one easy-to-read, true stories from actual pilots, including what they learnt from their accidents and near misses. Eighty-one stories from around the globe, from the General Aviation community on their own near misses and their learnings.

All eighty-one stories have been selected and republished with permission from NASA, CASA and CHIRP, and include first hand pilot reports about aviation accidents from the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Eighty-one lessons learnt from taxiway incidents, refuelling errors, airspace infringements, cloud base confusion, reliance on GPS systems, storm fronts, military airspace incursions, and many, many more.

Each story is short and easy-to-read, written in the voice of the pilot who lived to report back. You'll recognise the names of the aircraft, and you may have even landed at some of the airfields mentioned in these pages. Aircraft like the Conquest, the Pawnee, the Cessna 150, the 172, a Piper 6XT, even a Bird Dog, and others.

An essential read for all current and future pilots. And remember, safety first.

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81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

Do you want to be the pilot who comes home after every flight?

Learn from the experiences of other pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic.

81 Lessons From The Sky contains eighty-one easy-to-read, true stories from actual pilots, including what they learnt from their accidents and near misses. Eighty-one stories from around the globe, from the General Aviation community on their own near misses and their learnings.

All eighty-one stories have been selected and republished with permission from NASA, CASA and CHIRP, and include first hand pilot reports about aviation accidents from the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Eighty-one lessons learnt from taxiway incidents, refuelling errors, airspace infringements, cloud base confusion, reliance on GPS systems, storm fronts, military airspace incursions, and many, many more.

Each story is short and easy-to-read, written in the voice of the pilot who lived to report back. You'll recognise the names of the aircraft, and you may have even landed at some of the airfields mentioned in these pages. Aircraft like the Conquest, the Pawnee, the Cessna 150, the 172, a Piper 6XT, even a Bird Dog, and others.

An essential read for all current and future pilots. And remember, safety first.

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81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

by Fletcher McKenzie
81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

81 Lessons From The Sky: General Aviation

by Fletcher McKenzie

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Overview

Do you want to be the pilot who comes home after every flight?

Learn from the experiences of other pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic.

81 Lessons From The Sky contains eighty-one easy-to-read, true stories from actual pilots, including what they learnt from their accidents and near misses. Eighty-one stories from around the globe, from the General Aviation community on their own near misses and their learnings.

All eighty-one stories have been selected and republished with permission from NASA, CASA and CHIRP, and include first hand pilot reports about aviation accidents from the USA, Australia and the United Kingdom.

Eighty-one lessons learnt from taxiway incidents, refuelling errors, airspace infringements, cloud base confusion, reliance on GPS systems, storm fronts, military airspace incursions, and many, many more.

Each story is short and easy-to-read, written in the voice of the pilot who lived to report back. You'll recognise the names of the aircraft, and you may have even landed at some of the airfields mentioned in these pages. Aircraft like the Conquest, the Pawnee, the Cessna 150, the 172, a Piper 6XT, even a Bird Dog, and others.

An essential read for all current and future pilots. And remember, safety first.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780473419943
Publisher: Squabbling Sparrows Press
Publication date: 07/15/2018
Series: Lessons from the Sky , #1
Pages: 386
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Fletcher McKenzie is the producer of the global television show, 'FlightPathTV' and the author of the bestselling 'Lessons from the Sky' aviation series, as well as 'From The Pilot's Seat', which is now on its third reprint.Specialising in his area of passion, the aviation industry, he sells aircraft and works with Reliance Aircraft International. He has consulted and worked with Oceania Aviation, Aeronet, Private Flight, C4 Systems, Macsema, RNZAF and AIMM (Automated Intelligent Movement Management), Aviation New Zealand. He is a former member of the Executive Committee of Flying NZ (RNZAC). He also holds a private pilot's license and has won two National Flying competition titles.The 'Lessons from the Sky' series aims to save lives. To ensure more pilots fly home safely.

Table of Contents

1. Airworthiness & Maintenance

DRINKING DISTRACTION

SEAT FAILURE ON TAKE-OFF

PRE-FLIGHT CHECK FAILURE

ALUMINIUM SPEED TAPE FOR A/C SKIN REPAIRS

STANDARD OF WORK

FRYING TONIGHT

PROPERLY CLEAR OF THE PROP?

BIRD DOG DISTRACTION

2. Complacency & Fatigue

PUSH THE ‘RIGHT’ PEDAL

EVENT AT A BUSY FLY-IN

MEA CULPA

WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND FUELLISH

MORE THAN A TROPICAL BREEZE

ACCIDENT REPORT

NO PLACE FOR FUELING

NO PLACE FOR DUELING COMPLACENCY

FORCED LANDING

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH

HOT AND HIGH

RUNNING OUT OF FUEL

COMPLACENCY OR PARANOIA?

READING ON A TRAIN SAVED MY LIFE

TOO TIRED TO GLIDE?

3. Human Factors & Decision Making

TAKING-OFF INTO TRACK OF LANDING AIRCRAFT (1)

TAKING-OFF ACROSS THE PATH OF A LANDING AIRCRAFT (2)

WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE? C150 PILOT’S REPORT

TAXIWAY INCIDENT

ALL FINGERS AND TOES

HELICOPTER HAZARD

LIGHT BULB MOMENT

GET THERE ‘ITIS’

SOMETHING TO WATCH

IN THE DARK

DOUBLE TROUBLE

TIGER COUNTRY

4. Communicate & Air Crew

TCAS CLIMB

POTENTIAL COLLISION

AIRPROX

ALTITUDE DEVIATION

JOINING DILEMMA

NARROW SQUEAK IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE

COCKPIT ORGANISATION/COMMUNICATION

ALERT TO THE DANGER

A FEW HOME TRUTHS

5. Weather & Wind

EDGING AROUND THE STORM

CARBS AND CALORIES

CAUGHT ABOVE CLOUD

RUNNING FROM THE STORM

CAVOK CONFUSION

BAD WEATHER CIRCUITS

6. Controlled Airspace & Air Traffic Control

POSSIBLE INFRINGEMENT

ATC MIS-CONTROL

INFRINGEMENT OF CLASS D AIRSPACE

NEAR INFRINGEMENT

INFRINGEMENT OF DONCASTER CTR 1

RADAR VECTORS TO APPROACH WITHOUT GLIDEPATH INFORMATION

AIRSPACE INFRINGEMENT

DANGER AREA INFRINGEMENT

PRESSURE FROM ATCO

SERA 5005 - ATC SUSPENDING OPERATIONS

INFRINGEMENT OF CLASS D ZONE

INFRINGEMENT OF CAS

POSSIBLE INFRINGEMENT OF THE LONDON TMA

INSTRUMENT APPROACHES IN CLASS G AIRSPACE

7. Near Miss & Separation

BENEFITS OF LISTENING SQUAWK

GLIDER IN PROXIMITY TO CLOUD

VERY LATE ‘CLEARED TO LAND’: WAS IT AN INCURSION?

RECENT NAVIGATION INCIDENT

RUNWAY INCURSION

NEAR MISS (1)

NEAR MISS (2)

CLOSE ENCOUNTER ON FINAL APPROACH

8. Technology & Automation

IPAD, GPS AND COMPASS DEVIATION

DEGRADED RNAV - INSPIRATION FOR VERSATILITY

GPS GUIDES TO DISTRACTION

TOO SMUG FOR COMFORT

GONE PEAR SHAPED

9. On the Ground

VEHICLE ENTERING RUNWAY – GROUND MOVEMENTS AWARENESS

AVGAS CONTAMINATION

INSTRUCTIONS FROM AIR GROUND COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (AGCS) OPERATOR

10. Aviation Quotes

Glossary - ICAO Abbreviations and Codes

Acknowledgments

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