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Pilot's Weather
9781840370270
This book breaks new ground in the presentation of what is and should be presented as a fascinating and vitally important part of a pilot's skill. Gone are the dreary old monotone drawings of isobars and fronts, endless graphs and reams of figures and in bounce full colour photos of what you actually see - clouds and cloudscapes that tell you instantly what's happening to the air around you.
For those who fly aircraft and micros, gliders or kites this book makes the weather make sense.
The content of the book deals comprehensively with all the topics likely to come up in the PPL exams, and more importantly tries, and succeeds, to weld them together into a coherent and useful whole.
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Essential book for the training of pilots in meteorological matters. It is a work with an enormously practical approach that simplifies learning.
Given the importance of the subject, author Brian Cosgrove proposes this book as an approximation to the basic knowledge to be acquired by a student pilot or even pilots who are already active. The knowledge acquired with this book is, in the literal words of the author, "solid as a rock" and necessary to face difficult meteorological situations. It is not just a question of being trained as a student and passing tests, but of being trained in an integral way to successfully overcome complicated situations from the meteorological point of view.
"It is better to be on the ground wishing to be in the air than to be in the air wishing to be on the ground" Brian Cosgrove
Author: Brian Cosgrove
Publisher: Airlife, England
Language: English
Format: Hardcover
Size: 24 cm. x 16 cm.
No. of pages: 192
ISBN: 9781840370270
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. The Atmosphere
2. Density
3. Pressure
4. The Altimeter
5. Wind
6. Effects of wind on flight
7. Temperature
8. Humidity
9. Effects on flight of the basic factors in the atmosphere
10. Lapse rates
11. Origin of Clouds
12. Clouds
13. Precipitation
14. Icing
15. The cumulonimbus
16. The Airmass
17. Depressions
18. Fronts
19. Thunderstorms
20. Haze, Mist and Fog
21. The Anticyclone
22. Visibility
23. Reports/ Forecasts
24. Recap
25. General Data
26. Finale
INDEX
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