Learning to fly for real

[WelshZeCorgi]

Is there a book that I can use to learn the terminology and "pre-study" before my first flying lesson? I plan to use it alongside DCS to sort of get the basics down.

[Pocket Sized]

The "pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge" is pretty good. It's an official FAA document and free to download as a PDF. It can also be purchased in physical form.

 

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/

 

Read through the sections relevant to the flying you're gonna be doing if you want to impress your instructor ;)

Edited March 1, 2017 by Pocket Sized

[SyntaxError]

I managed to get a fixed wing principles of flight handbook from a friend who completed her PPL and found it to be very helpful. This was the handbook provided along with others for the CAA examinations here in South Africa, but they all very much the same world wide. Look around and see if you can find one online.

Edited March 1, 2017 by SyntaxError

[RyboPops]

The "pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge" is pretty good. It's an official FAA document and free to download as a PDF. It can also be purchased in physical form.

 

https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/

 

Read through the sections relevant to the flying you're gonna be doing if you want to impress your instructor ;)

 

^That's the best there is IMO. It also helps to get the POH for whatever airplane you're going to be flying in to brush up on performance and limitation details, normal and emergency procs, etc.

 

Good luck! You might hit some rough patches but stick with it. DaVinci's statement holds true to this day...once you experience flying an airplane you'll almost always wish you were up there instead of down here :)

[Los]

Honestly if you are working on your pilots license you are better off using FSX. (That's what I did) It's more than likely the exact airplane you will be using will be built in detail in FSX, and the exact area you are flying over will be modeled. (Unless you live in Batumi and are training on an L39c?) You should be able to accurately prefly your training flights in FSX.

 

Los

[JG14_Smil]

I remember a book called "So You Want To Be a Pilot". With that and FS, I literally kicked butt in ground school. I pre-flew every one of my flights on FS98 and even made a replica Cessna 172 cockpit.

 

Good luck and enjoy.

[Apache600]

I really liked the Private Pilot text book from Jeppesen

[AlphaOneSix]

"Stick and Rudder" by Wolfgang Langewiesche

 

https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Rudder-Explanation-Art-Flying/dp/0070362408

[David OC]

Is there a book that I can use to learn the terminology and "pre-study" before my first flying lesson? I plan to use it alongside DCS to sort of get the basics down.

 

Here is a good place to start your journey.... code7700.com/normals.htm

Have fun!

 

EDIT: Something not right with the website at the moment? Looks like they are updating things.

 

 

Honestly if you are working on your pilots license you are better off using FSX. (That's what I did) It's more than likely the exact airplane you will be using will be built in detail in FSX, and the exact area you are flying over will be modeled. (Unless you live in Batumi and are training on an L39c?) You should be able to accurately prefly your training flights in FSX.

 

Los

 

I agree,

 

I Have a few A2A aircraft myself, hard to fly that slow after spending most of my time in DCS lol. :)

Edited March 2, 2017 by David OC

[BSS_Sniper]

Is there a book that I can use to learn the terminology and "pre-study" before my first flying lesson? I plan to use it alongside DCS to sort of get the basics down.

 

I wouldn't suggest doing that. Wait and get started. You are going to be given material to study by your CFI. He can also suggest something that isn't necessarily part of the curriculum.

[BSS_Sniper]

Honestly if you are working on your pilots license you are better off using FSX. (That's what I did) It's more than likely the exact airplane you will be using will be built in detail in FSX, and the exact area you are flying over will be modeled. (Unless you live in Batumi and are training on an L39c?) You should be able to accurately prefly your training flights in FSX.

 

Los

 

This. DCS isn't even close to what you'd need if you want to practice things for flight school. Personally, FSX is what I'd go for. I use it to prep at my job. I have a friend that flies 737's for American and he uses P3D to prep for his checks. Honestly, DCS flight models aren't what they should be for actual training, not to mention the navaids are all wrong and goofy, what little navaids they have in here.

[frixon28]

Is there a book that I can use to learn the terminology and "pre-study" before my first flying lesson? I plan to use it alongside DCS to sort of get the basics down.

 

If you are serious about getting into flying I think you'll soon realize that flight sim's like DCS just won't cut it for teaching you anything that will be practical in GA. If anything use a more serious software like Prep or FSX, thought if your going for your PPL just get the Jeppesen flight kit, that will teach you everything about the basics. Good luck!

[Alicatt]

Birch and Bramson's Flight Briefing for Pilots were the text books we used when I was learning to fly with the Highland Aero Club.

ISBN 13: 9780582988149 for volume 1, and it came in 4 volumes but not all were needed for a PPL.

 

Vol 1 and 4 were the two that I started with.