Readers will learn practical tips on making the decision, alternatives to buying, choosing the correct plane, cockpit options, price and negotiations, insurance, getting your new airplane home and much more.

"In 'An Aviators Field Guide to Owning an Airplane' author Jason Blair, shares the lessons he's learned as an active pilot, instructor, and FAA Designated Pilot Examiner who has owned multiple general aviation aircraft himself for both business and personal use. He has helped numerous customers buy, sell, manage, and choose the right aircraft for their needs. The author provides practical tips on the joys and challenges of aircraft ownership, real costs, making the most of your aircraft ownership, insurance, storing and ground travel, must haves, maintenance, documentation, inoperative equipment, modifications, avionics, selling your aircraft, and much more. The content of this book is the result of years of industry experience. Blair has passed many of these notes on to customers and students, but now has put it together to share with the broader aviation community. It offers a detailed dive into the considerations of aircraft ownership that allows the reader to learn from his experience, from other people's mistakes, and from best practices."--Provided by publisher.

The original configuration of an airplane's landing gear was tail wheel. Only during World War II did the nose wheel become common as longer runways were required to take off with the heavy loads. After the war, the tricycle landing gear layout became standard, although the traditional arrangement has always been known as "conventional" gear.

A guide to modern navigation for aviators.

Readers will learn practical tips on joys and challenges of aircraft ownership, costs, making the most of aircraft ownership, insurance, storing and ground travel, maintenance, documentation, equipment, modifications, avionics, and selling an aircraft.

This book covers all aspects of aircraft accident investigation including inflight fires, electrical circuitry, and composite structure failure. The authors explain basic investigation techniques and procedures required by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). There are also chapters on accident analysis, investigation management, and report writing. The appendices include the Code of Ethics and Conduct of the International Society of Air Safety Investigators.

QF32 is the award winning bestseller from Richard de Crespigny, author of the forthcoming Fly!: Life Lessons from the Cockpit of QF32 On 4 November 2010, a flight from Singapore to Sydney came within a knife edge of being one of the world's worst air disasters. Shortly after leaving Changi Airport, an explosion shattered Engine 2 of Qantas flight QF32 - an Airbus A380, the largest and most advanced passenger plane ever built. Hundreds of pieces of shrapnel ripped through the wing and fuselage, creating chaos as vital flight systems and back-ups were destroyed or degraded. In other hands, the plane might have been lost with all 469 people on board, but a supremely experienced flight crew, led by Captain Richard de Crespigny, managed to land the crippled aircraft and safely disembark the passengers after hours of nerve-racking effort. Tracing Richard's life and career up until that fateful flight, QF32 shows exactly what goes into the making of a top-level airline pilot, and the extraordinary skills and training needed to keep us safe in the air. Fascinating in its detail and vividly compelling in its narrative, QF32 is the riveting, blow-by-blow story of just what happens when things go badly wrong in the air, told by the captain himself. Winner of ABIA Awards for Best General Non-fiction Book of the Year 2013 and Indie Awards' Best Non-fiction 2012 Shortlisted ABIA Awards' Book of the Year 2013