You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget by O'Connor, Timothy S.

You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781456408152)

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You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget by O'Connor, Timothy S.

You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget

$10.95
You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget by O'Connor, Timothy S.

You Can Afford To Be A Pilot: How To Become A Pilot And Fly For Fun On A Middle Income Budget

$10.95
Format: Paperback
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The purpose of this book is not to teach ground school or flight training, but is intended to teach the reader how to shop for these services and, once purchased, how to keep them affordable, efficient and useful. Certified FAA Instructor Timothy O'Connor uses his twenty years of experience with technical subjects and adult training to bring flying to people on a middle-income budget. Learn about the new Sport Pilot Certificate license, Ultralights, Light Sport Aircraft, Experimental Aircraft, How to pass the FAA Exams, the steps involved in learning to fly, getting the best flying lessons, how to choose instructors ( a CFI ) and more on a budget. Special sections on: Gyroplanes, Gyrocopters, Trikes, Fixed Wings, Powered Parachutes ( PPC ), Powered Paragliders ( PPG ), Ultralights, Light Sport Aircraft ( LSA ), Sport Pilot Lessons, Sport Pilot Checkride, Sport Pilot Oral Exam, Sport Pilot Knowledge Test ( Written Exam ), Purchasing and Choosing an aircraft and what to look for when buying a Light Sport used Aircraft such as an Airplane, Gyro, Trike, Fixedwing or PPC. From initial interest through to Check Ride this book will be invaluable to the aspiring pilot including, reducing the cost of flying lessons, maintaining your aircraft, working with the pilot community, avoiding many costly pitfalls, how to cost effectively store and transport your aircraft, optimizing your flight lessons, evaluating your student pilot learning style, evaluating your flight instructor and how to deal with common flight training errors and problems. Even current owners and pilots of E-LSA, S-LSA, Vintage Light Sport Aircraft, Ultralights, Trikes, Airplanes, Gyrocopters, Gyroplanes, Autogyros, and Experimental Rotorcraft and Fixed-Wings will find cost and time saving tips and tricks that will pay for this book many times over.

Author: Timothy S. O'Connor
ISBN-10: 1456408151
ISBN-13: 9781456408152
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 11/25/2010
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d
By Timothy S. O'Connor
By Timothy S. O'Connor
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Timothy O'Connor, husband to Connie O'Connor has made a living for the past twenty years in computer networking, security and technical training. Tim holds some of the highest certifications in the computer training industry and is a certified flight instructor. Tim is currently Vice President of the Popular Rotorcraft Association Board of Directors and holds numerous pilot ratings including Advanced Ground Instructor and Commercial Rotorcraft pilot. In addition to technical training and consulting, Tim co-hosted a top-rated radio show for three years on WNOP and has written cover and feature articles for such publications as ROTORCRAFT, EAA Sport Pilot, Sport Aviation, The Experimenter, Light Plane World, Homebuilt Rotorcraft, Powered Sport Flying, The Utopian and has published content in AVWeb, Technology First, jp4 and other publications.

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