The temperature is minus forty degrees. A helicopter has landed on the frozen surface of Lake Michigan. "What have I done?" Alistair Craig asks himself, as his dream of a new life is shattered when he discovers the identity of his passenger, and becomes embroiled in a terrorist kidnap plot headed by a ruthless Al Qaeda gang. An...

The rate of change in the field of avionics is so fast that even the legislators are struggling to keep up with it. With new digital cockpits, it is getting to the stage that, if your VCR still flashes 12:00, you will have no business flying a modern helicopter! The majority of twin-engined (and many single-engined) aircraft n...

This book has something in it for everybody associated with helicopters, be they pupils, military and civil pilots, instructors, aspiring test pilots or enthusiasts. The author is a test pilot whose experience ranges over more than 43 types, from the Robinson R-22 to the Mi-26. He has an ability to put over complex subjects wit...

This book tackles the understanding of Rotary-Wing aerodynamics with contributing text on the subject of Physics for Safer Flying in a helicopter. While the differences between flying fixed wing and helis may seem obvious at first, there are numerous helicopter-flight scenarios where taking the seemingly logical course of corre...

This new volume is designed to replace the slightly dated Helicopter Pilots Manuals Volumes 1 & 2 and is to be used by anyone embarking on their initial PPL(H) course. The text is a cut down version of the Professional Helicopter Pilot Studies which is for those pilots intending to go onto commercial helicopter flying. It ...

Based on the author's soon-to-be-approved JAA ATPL(H)(V) course, this book provides all the material required for the JAA exams, including the PPL(H), CPL(H) and ATPL(H), plus a few extras, like the Instrument Rating. The book has been specially designed for the needs of professional or military pilots seeking to gain an alter...

This book reflects the author's extensive experience, both on type and training others to fly it. It contains many operating tips and facts that you don't normally find out until you have flown the machine for several hundred hours. "On a happy note, I finally got my PPC done on the 206. The new 206 book was great for gettin...

One problem with helicoptering is that there are virtually no flying clubs, at least of the sort that exist for fixed wing, so pilots get very little chance to swap stories, unless they meet in a muddy field somewhere, waiting for their passengers. As a result, the same mistakes are being made and the same lessons learnt separ...