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OverviewIn the northern latitudes, many pilots fly a tailwheel in the summer and then put the same airplane on skis in the winter… an initial tailwheel checkout is often followed up with a ski checkout. Author Burke Mees keeps to that sequence of events in this book, which covers the basics for both checkouts along with valuable commentary on the finer points. Notes on the Tailwheel Checkout and an Introduction to Ski Flying is meant to be useful not only to beginners first making their transitions, but also to provide relevant observations to the pilot or instructor already flying these kinds of airplanes. The author’s clear explanations have proven effective with students and are distilled from two decades of experience in flying and flight instructing in tailwheel airplanes and skiplanes. In addition to an orderly presentation of all the basic topics required to develop tailwheel/ski competence, Mees also covers advanced topics such as flying multi-engine tailwheel airplanes and ski-flying on glaciers. But rather than simply explain the list of topics, this book anticipates and preemptively addresses questions and difficulties experienced by the average student. Here readers will find insights about the learning process that will help prepare for flight training. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Burke MeesPublisher: Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Imprint: Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc Dimensions: Width: 18.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.270kg ISBN: 9781619541900ISBN 10: 1619541904 Pages: 112 Publication Date: 11 December 2014 Audience: General/trade , General , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: The Tailwheel Airplane Why Tailwheel Airplanes? The Preliminaries Stability Weathervaning Adverse Yaw Angle of Attack Flying the Airplane Hand Propping Taxi The Normal Takeoff The Reference Attitude Three-Point Takeoff Crosswind Takeoff In Flight Slips Landings Three-Point Landing Wheel Landings Pitch Instability During the Wheel Landing Premature Three-Point Landing Airspeed and Pitch Attitude in the Flare Crosswind Landings Three-Point versus Wheel Landings The Go-Around Different Ways of Doing Things Other Topics Brakes Tailwind Landings Pavement versus Gravel Tailwheel Shimmy Flying from the Back Seat Getting in the Airplane Part II: An Introduction to Ski Flying Preflight Engine Preheat The Rest of the Preflight Flying the Skiplane Taxi Takeoff Before Landing Landing Performance The Ski Environment Overflow Getting Stuck Breaking Through the Ice Flat Light Night Parking/Postflight Skis Different Kinds of Skis Tail Ski Nosewheel Skiplanes Take It From Here Appendices Appendix 1--Multi-Engine Tailwheel Airplanes Appendix 2--The Glacier Landing About the AuthorReviewsAuthor Information"Burke Mees was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, but has spent most of his career flying commercially in Alaska. In 1994 he took a summer job over the phone flying seaplanes in Juneau and never managed to leave. He went on to fly in the Aleutian Islands and later moved to the Anchorage area. Burke's first experience flying tailwheel airplanes was as a young flight instructor -- he got a checkout in a 1946 Aeronca Champ for the express purpose of teaching a 69-year-old woman to fly it. All three survived that project and he has been flying tailwheel airplanes ever since. In Anchorage, Burke started flying skis both privately and for hire, which has included flying reporters along the Iditarod trail, providing instruction for ski checkouts and flying on the local mountain glaciers. Burke says that for him, flying has always been a matter of honest work, but it is also something enjoyed. He looks at it as an art that can continually be refined, and flight instructing has always been a way to do that. He says that, ""There's no better way to explore a topic in aviation than to organize your thoughts and teach it to someone else."" Currently his day job is flying as a 737 Captain in Alaska, but he still keeps his CFI current and does some instructing on the side." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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