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Ground Studies for Pilots _ Volume 2: Flight Planning

	Ground Studies For Pilots _ Volume 2: Flight Planning by P. J. Swatton
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Part of a series of training manuals for students taking commercial pilot and air transport pilot licence examinations, this covers all aspects relating to plotting and flight planning form of the earth, navigational planning techniques and the principles and practice of flight planning. It has been completely revised to take account of the recent Joint Aviation Authorities of Europe syllabus for flight crew licensing.The wellregarded Ground Studies for Pilots instruction manuals are perfect for students taking the commercial and airline transport pilot license examinations. Substantially revised to encompass the new European Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs) for flight crew licensing, each volume of the series deals with the material required by one of the new JAR papers. The simplified organization of this volume, Flight Planning, matches the learning objectives and syllabus of the corresponding Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) topic area. Examples use the Student Pilot Route Manual and the CAP 697. Two routes are described in detail, one using the VFR + GPS chart and the other using an Enroute chart. Many model test questions and answers are also included, based on the JAR syllabus. Students studying for the European commercial and airline transport pilot license examinations will find Ground Studies for Pilots: Flight Planning, Sixth Edition to be an invaluable study aid. ContentsNavigation revision; Meteorology revision; VFR flight planning; IFR flight planning; General fuel requirements; SEP aeroplane fuel planning; MEP aeroplane fuel planning; MRJT aeroplane fuel planning; The inflight fuel requirements; The computer & ICAO ATC flight plans; Extended range twin operations; Answers to sample questions About the Author:Pete Swatton was a navigator in the Royal Air Force for 37 years, of which 28 years were spent as an OCU instructor and Wing examiner. Upon his retirement he became an instructor with the Professional Pilot Study Centre at Bournemouth and remained there for 12 years. Currently he is the Chief Ground Instructor for Ground Training Services Ltd at Bournemouth/Hurn airport which specializes in training pilots for the JAA examinations. Swatton is also the author of Aircraft Performance Theory.