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Well respected in the field of commercial training, Oxford Air Training have produced a brand new series of books aimed at PPL traing. Clear, concise and richly illustrated all volumes are hard bound.

This book on Air Law and Operational Procedures is suitable for student pilots training for the JAR-FCL/EASA Pilot’s Licence to PPL level and beyond, and also for students working towards the UK NPPL.

Pilots who hold a JAR-FCL/EASA Pilot’s Licence are entitled to fly in the sovereign airspace of many nations, notably in the airspace which falls under regulations laid down by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). So, in order to operate effectively and safely wherever they fly, pilots must be familiar with both national and international Air Law.

For the convenience of the student, this book presents International (ICAO) Air Law and United Kingdom Air Law in separate sections.

One of the principal aims of this book is that it should assist you in preparing for success in the PPL theoretical knowledge examination in ‘Human Performance and Limitations’, whether you are learning to fly aeroplanes or helicopters.

A further main aim of the book is to promote the cause of flight safety by enabling student pilots to learn the essentials about the interaction between the human being, the aircraft and the flying environment. Working through this volume will help you understand the human body’s limitations when operating in an aviation environment, and make it less likely that you will ever become the “human factor” in any aircraft accident.

Being a competent pilot-navigator is the very essence of piloting. The foundation upon which sound pilot-navigation skills are built is meticulous flight planning.

The principal aims of this book are to teach you the theory and practice which underpin successful flight planning, and the art of single-pilot, visual navigation, as well as to prepare you for the theoretical knowledge examinations of the Private Pilot’s Licence (PPL), and beyond. To this end, the book consists of two sections; the first section deals with dead reckoning visual navigation techniques, that every pilot must master, and the second section is an introduction to radio-navigation aids.

Accompanying the book, is an interactive CD-ROM which teaches you how to use the analogue navigation computer which is used in the theoretical knowledge examinations, and which is still a firm favourite of many practising pilots. The CD-ROM contains thousands of self-test questions on the functionality of the navigation computer. These are in addition more than 170 end-of-chapter PPL-style questions.

The study of Meteorology is a fundamental part of any pilot training programme. A thorough understanding of weather theory, and the ability to interpret weather-briefing documents, are absolutely essential to all pilots, not just to prepare them to pass their theoretical knowledge examinations, but also to ensure that, throughout their flying careers, they can make informed and accurate decisions about how prevailing or forecast weather conditions will affect flying operations.

Above all, a full understanding of how the weather influences aircraft operations is crucial to Flight Safety.

This book on Meteorology from Oxford Aviation Training will enable pilots to learn all they need to know about the weather, in order to fly safely and expeditiously, either locally or en-route.

For those who fly, a thorough knowledge of the Principles of Flight is essential if they are fully to appreciate the flight characteristics of their aircraft, and become safe and proficient pilots. Complementary to the study of the Principles of Flight, in terms of acquiring an understanding of the way an aeroplane flies, is the study of Aeroplane Performance.

This book aims to teach the two subjects in a way which is relevant to the practising pilot while, at the same time, giving appropriate emphasis to the pure theory of the two subjects demanded by the PPL theoretical knowledge examinations. The depth and scope of the treatment of both subjects are such that this book should also provide a sound introduction to Principles of Flight and Aeroplane Performance for those students who are preparing for examinations at professional pilot level.

This book on ‘Aeroplanes’ and ‘Mass & Balance’ is intended specifically to meet the needs of the light aeroplane pilot. Its content satisfies the demands of the theoretical knowledge syllabus of both the JAR-FCL/EASA Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes) and the United Kingdom National Private Pilot’s Licence (Aeroplanes).

A further, primary objective of the book is to assist you to become a more skilled pilot.

The ‘Aeroplanes’ section aims to teach you the theoretical and practical knowledge of your aeroplane’s systems that you will need in order to fly the aeroplane efficiently and safely.

The 'Mass & Balance' section covers all the necessary knowledge and principles that pilots need to master in order to check that an aeroplane is correctly loaded and balanced, before flight.

Radiotelephony (RT) enables pilots to communicate with Air Traffic Service Units (ATSUs) in order to obtain information and instructions relating to the safe and expeditious conduct of flights. Yet, many student pilots find learning to speak over the RT more daunting than actually learning to fly the aircraft.

This book has been conceived and produced primarily in order to help students to acquire the RT knowledge, skills and techniques they will need to communicate competently, concisely and effectively with all categories of ATSUs, when flying in accordance with the Visual Flight Rules (VFR), anywhere in the world.

The skills taught by the book cover all ICAO standard RT procedures, and United Kingdom differences to those procedures. The book is suitable for everyone working towards the VFR RT Communications examination for any level of pilot’s licence. It should be particularly useful for the United Kingdom-based student pilot preparing for either a JAR-FCL/EASA PPL RT Communications examination, the UK National PPL Communications examination, or for the written and practical tests for the UK Flight Radiotelephony Operator’s Licence.

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• simple formule for quick results
• easy explanations
• quick tips for may situations
• proven for any type of aircraft
• for all phases of flight
• for every pilot

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The written exams of the PPL course are a challenge for any pilot, and the questions are not getting any easier! The ‘PPL Questions and Answers Simplifier’ allows anybody studying for the PPL course written examinations to practice and evaluate their knowledge of each exam subject using a series of question papers in the same question style and multiple-choice format as the actual exams with the same time limits and marking system.

For each question the ‘model’ correct answer is given along with a detailed explanation of how that answer is achieved.
The ‘PPL Questions and Answers Simplifier’ is unique in going on to give further answer references for each question, crossreferencing to the popular PPL Course series for further study and revision – no comparable book is so comprehensive!

New edition, now complete with "key facts" revision notes for each exam subject.

Many thousands of pilots have passed their PPL written exams with the help of AFE’s Questions and Answers books, and you can too!
• Air Law and Operational Procedures
• Meteorology
• Navigation
• Communications
• Flight Performance and Planning
• Aircraft General & Principles of Flight
• Human Performance & Limitations