An aviator's field guide to middle-altitude flying
Subtitle: practical skills and tips for flying between 10,000 and 25,000 feet MSL
By: Jason Blair
Publisher: Aviation Supplies and Academics, Inc.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781619545939
Subjects: Private flying; Aeronautics; Flights; Planning; Guidebooks; Airplanes; Piloting
Other titles: Middle-altitude flying; ASA an aviator's field guide to middle-altitude flying
Description: "In "An Aviator's Field Guide to Middle-Altitude Flying" author Jason Blair shares his experience in a variety of piston twin-engine aircraft regularly used to fly in middle-altitudes, typically between 10,000' MSL and 25,000' MSL. This book describes major phases of flight and considerations that pilots who operate aircraft capable of flight at these altitudes may find useful as they develop their skills and seek tips and methods possibly missed in their initial training. This is the author's result of years of instructing and taking notes previously passed on to his own students, as well as giving checkrides, now compiled and shared with the broader aviation community. The pilot owner/operator of aircraft capable of flying above 10,000 MSL, up to altitudes in Flight Level 20s, may have had limited training that addresses this type of operation -- beyond basic aircraft systems and performance training. For these pilots, Jason Blair's notes and suggestions help to expand technique more broadly into "middle-altitude" flight operation. Not available elsewhere, this book helps readers evaluate the risks of middle-altitude flying that are different than lower-level flight operations, and learn flight-planning practices for middle-altitude flying."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why some piston powered aircraft can fly higher; title: Why fly higher?; title: Pilot qualifications requirements; title: Insurance discussions; title: Oxygen considerations; title: Emergencies at higher altitude; title: Performance and fuel planning for higher altitude flying; title: Descent planning; title: Weight and balance and range consideration in mid-sized piston aircraft; title: Navigation at mid-level altitudes; title: Weather planning for mid-level altitude flying; title: Aircraft modifications that affect middle-altitude aircraft; title: Non-pressurized aircraft operations at higher altitudes; title: Closing thoughts.