Mike Becker's Helicopter Handbook

Mike Becker's Helicopter Handbook

A practical, hands-on, black and white, perfect bound book of over 400 pages containing hundreds of photographs, illustrations and diagrams.

OVERVIEW

This book takes you through every manoeuvre and flight sequence required in your helicopter training and in your ongoing career – from effects of controls through to sling loads, mountain flying, navigation, low flying and more. It breaks down the theory behind the flying and takes you step by step through the flying exercise itself.

CONTENTS

Syllabus
Important Definitions
Helicopter Components
The Pre-Flight Inspection
Effects of Controls
Elementary Handling
Hovering and Co-Coordinating Controls
The Circuit
Autorotation’s
Limited Power Operations
Confined Area Operations
Low Level Manoeuvres
Mountain Flying
Navigation
Weight and Balance
Jammed Controls
Emergencies and Forced Landings and
Underslung Loads

THE THEORY BEHIND THE SERIES

Mike Becker theory encompasses four main series: Foundational, Advanced, Type Technical and Practical and Procedural.

Mike Becker theory books have been tried and tested in the classroom by hundreds of civil and military students from all over the world who have benefited from the concise, informative and practical writing style. It has been proven by some of the highest Civil Aviation Helicopter theory exam pass rates in FAA, EASA, CASA exam settings, and in the Asia Pacific region.

RELATED

Mike Becker’s Helicopter Handbook is part of the Practical and Procedural series.

THE AUTHOR

Written by Captain Mike Becker – one of Australia’s most experienced helicopter instructors with eighteen years experience and over 10,000 flight instructor hours. He has over 15,000 total flight hours, and is a recipient of the “Captain John Ashton Award for Flight Standards and Aviation Safety” by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London. Mike Becker has been operating a helicopter flight school since 1995. As Chief Pilot and Chief Flight Instructor, Mike is operating a fleet of over 20 helicopters and employing a team of more than 30 instructors who deliver over 10,000 training hours per year with 2,000 of these hours NVG specific.

SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 1.2 kg
Dimensions: 30 × 21 × 2 cm

(9781876770006)