A compilation of Barry Schiff’s monthly column in AOPA Pilot, the popular aviation periodical, these books contain favorite articles from over the years in three volumes that are arranged by subject. These articles are pulled from his more than 26,000 flight hours in 260 types of aircraft to assemble volumes filled with Schiff’s vast knowledge and experience with teaching pilots. The first volume of the series covers such diverse topics as slip tips, takeoff techniques, crosswind landing, scud running, and multiengine flying.
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Barry Schiff is a 34-year veteran of TWA and holds five world aviation speed records. He is a contributing editor of AOPA Pilot. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Do you REALLY know what lift is?,
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This review is from: The Proficient Pilot (Hardcover)
Being a helicopter and fixed wing instructor pilot for 7 years, I thought I knew how lift worked. NOT. Read what they did not teach you in flight school in this great book by Mr. Schiff.
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This review is from: The Proficient Pilot : Volume One (Hardcover)
As a physicist and private pilot, having read a few dozens of books on aviation, I find this book (in fact the two volumes I and II) the best aviation reading I have ever come across. Strongly recommended even if you think you have read it all.
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This review is from: Proficient Pilot, Volume 2 (General Aviation Reading series) (Paperback)
Schiff's wisdom and clarity are tough to appreciate when you don't know anything about flying. Save this one until after you've soloed at the very least. Then reread it once per year. And don't forget Volume 2 when you can learn how to fly the North Atlantic and also how to ditch if your flight to Europe doesn't go as planned...
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This antiquated piece of philosophy is, of course, fallacious. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
optimum glide speed, operative engine, normal glide speed, scud runners, sloped runway, turnaround maneuver, trimmed airspeed, engine failure after takeoff, glide performance, instrument takeoff, precautionary landing, crab angle, most light aircraft, airspeed loss, intentional slip, reversed command, holding clearance, glide range, circling minimums, runway touchdown zone, reducing airspeed, aileron pressure, approach slot, localizer needle, stall pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Dynamics of Flight, The World of Instrument Flight, Flightworthy Considerations, Emergency Tactics, National Transportation Safety Board, All About Stalls, Los Angeles, That Shifting Center of Gravity, Mother Nature, San Francisco New!
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This antiquated piece of philosophy is, of course, fallacious. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
optimum glide speed, operative engine, normal glide speed, scud runners, sloped runway, turnaround maneuver, trimmed airspeed, engine failure after takeoff, glide performance, instrument takeoff, precautionary landing, crab angle, most light aircraft, airspeed loss, intentional slip, reversed command, holding clearance, glide range, circling minimums, runway touchdown zone, reducing airspeed, aileron pressure, approach slot, localizer needle, stall pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Dynamics of Flight, The World of Instrument Flight, Flightworthy Considerations, Emergency Tactics, National Transportation Safety Board, All About Stalls, Los Angeles, That Shifting Center of Gravity, Mother Nature, San Francisco New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Spirit Of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 33, and page 168
- The Spirit of St. Louis (Scribner Classic) by Charles A. Lindbergh on page 33, and page 168
- The Vatican Target by Barry J. Schiff in Front Matter
- The High and the Mighty by Ernest K. Gann in Front Matter
- FATE IS THE HUNTER by Ernest K. Gann in Front Matter
- Proficient Pilot, Volume 3: Flying Wisdom (General Aviation Reading series) by Barry Schiff in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Human Factors in the Training of Pilots by Jefferson M. Koonce on page 244, and Back Matter
- Human Factors in the Training of Pilots by Jefferson M. Koonce on page 244, and Back Matter
- Test Pilot: 1,001 Things You Thought You Knew about Aviation (General Aviation Reading series) by Barry Schiff in Front Matter
- Loss of Control by Pat Veillette Ph.d on page 189
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