Light Airplane Navigation Essentials (Practical Flying Series)

Lesson by lesson, this skill-building manual for new general aviation pilots and those entering flight training teaches the fundamentals of lightplane navigation using a natural, confidence-building progression that allows readers to immediately use newly learned techniques in the cockpit. Based on author Paul A. Craig's successful Basic Navigation course at Middle Tennessee State University, the book skillfully combines plain-English explanations of fundamental theory and hands-on navigational techniques with eye-catching, illustrative graphics. In addition, it covers new and evolving forms of navigation, and thoroughly reviews the new airspace designations.