Other editions of book Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

The Rotorcraft Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for their private, commercial, or flight instructor pilot certificates with a helicopter or gyroplane class rating. Certificated flight instructors may find this handbook a valuable training aid, since detailed coverage of aerodynamics, flight controls, systems, performance, flight maneuvers, emergencies, and aeronautical decision making is included. Topics, such as weather, navigation, radio navigation and communications, use of flight information publications, and regulations are available in other Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publications.

The Rotorcraft Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for their private,commercial, or flight instructor pilot certificates with a helicopter or gyroplane class rating. Certificated flightinstructors may find this handbook a valuable training aid, since detailed coverage of aerodynamics, flight controls,systems, performance, flight maneuvers, emergencies, and aeronautical decision making is included. Topics, suchas weather, navigation, radio navigation and communications, use of flight information publications, and regulationsare available in other Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publications.