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Cockpit Automation for General Aviators and Future Airline Pilots (with DVD) with DVD [Paperback]

Stephen M. Casner (Author)

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Publication Date: January 2002

This book introduces the reader to a new generation of aeroplane that features cockpit automation: the collection of computers and displays that have taken the place of the traditional flight instruments, navigation, and control systems found in older-generation aircraft.It provides basic common-sense instruction in the use of cockpit automation equipment now available on smaller propeller aircraft. The entire use of cockpit automation is covered as it happens in an actual flight, from preflight, taxi-out, take-off, cruise, descent and landing.

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About the Author

Stephen M. Casner is a research scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center. He holds an airline transport pilot certificate with type ratings in the Boeing 737 and Cessna Citation and is a Gold Seal certified flight instructor. He lives in San Francisco. Douglas A. Dupuie is a first officer with Canadair Regional Jet and a Gold Seal certified flight instructor.

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Product Details

Paperback: 188 pages
Publisher: Iowa State Press; Pap/DVD edition (January 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813823005
ISBN-13: 978-0813823003
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,659,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This chapter gets you started in the exciting world of cockpit automation: the high-tech computers and displays that are now common in the modern small airplane cockpit. Read the first page

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