Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical KnowledgeFederal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA)
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation, Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA) · first published 2017
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> Do you have any book or youtube recommendations For a low-math text on aeronautical engineering at its core, the FAA's Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge [1][2] is hard to beat. It won't talk much about jet engines, though. Real Engineering [3] and Mustard [4] tend to do a decent job surveying specific plane designs. And the Wikipedia pages are decently…
on “New jet engine enables efficiency at every speed for cheaper orbital launches” ↗As a flight instructor, I refer to the AIM frequently. It is a good reference. The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge + the Airplane Flying Handbook are what I use to teach brand new students.
on “AIM – Aeronautical Information Manual” ↗The Brothers Karamazov. Awesome, if only for the casually violent Russian realism that I loved in Преступление и Наказание. As far as learning goes, I'm chugging through the FARs and the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. I'm about to solo. As far as computer tech stuff goes, I haven't picked up a book with hype (plus requisite clipart/bad drawings/abuse of color space) on the cover in years. Edit: What's up with all…
on “What are you reading?” ↗See also FAA's pub: Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge "The Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress…
on “Beginner's Guide to the Language of Airport Runways” ↗The other two replies covered your questions well, so I'll just add that wakes don't descend particularly fast. According to the FAA's Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge[1] (page 14-28), "Tests have also shown that the vortices sink at a rate of several hundred feet per minute, slowing their descent and diminishing in strength with time and distance behind the generating…
on “Enroute Airbus A380 wake flips Challenger business jet upside down” ↗FL180 is the floor of Class A airspace, "the flight levels", where airliners etc. operate. Relevant chapter from FAA "Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge": https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/17_phak_ch15.pdf In the "Flight Levels", altitudes are referred to not in feet above sea level but as "FLxxx" where xxx is a nominal altitude in 100s of feet.…
on “FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights” ↗> lede asks "why you need to add back pressure and power" and then only explains back pressure It's a good question. From 5-22 of the FAA's Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: "An aircraft is not steered like a boat or an automobile. In order for an aircraft to turn, it must be banked. If it is not banked, there is no force available to cause it to deviate from a straight…
on “The aerodynamics of a turn: How an airplane turns” ↗