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#1Page11 My Month as a Student
#2Page 12 The Beginning Student
#3Page 21 Living with Mistakes
#4Page 2 Instructors Learn, too
#5Page 3 Instructors Learn more, too
#6Page 4 Instructors Learn much more, too
#6aPage41 Instructional Opinions
#7Page 51 The People
#8Page 52 PTS Health Factors
#8aPage53 Learning from History
#9Page 5 Learning from History 954
#10Page 61 Initial Requirements for Solo 345
#11Page 62 Pre-solo Written test and Endorsements 640
#12Page 6 Sources of Information 982
#13Page 71 More Sources of Information
#14Page 7 Statistics 650
#15Page 81 Lessons for a Good Start
#16Page 8 Performance Test Standards
#17Page 91 PTS Engine and Airframe Paperwork
#18Page 9 PTS Aircraft papers and Airspace
#19Page a12 PTS Preflight, Starting, Departing
#20Page a1 PTS Airport and Ground Patterns
#21Page a20 PTS Navigation
#22Page a21 PTS Slow flight and Stalls
#23Page a22 PTS Spin Awareness
#24Page a23 PTS Hood Flying
#25Page a3 PTS Emergencies and Night
#26Page a41 Questions and Answers
#27Page a42 Questions and Answers
#28Page a4 Checkrides
#29Page a51 Preflight and Checklists
#30Page a5 Trim and Holding the Yoke
#31Page a61 Airport Ground Procedures
#32Page a6 Ground Reference
#33Page a71 Turns are Complex
#34Page a7 Hood Flying and Illusions
#35Page a8 Stall origins and performance
#36Page a9 Carburetor Ice and Heat
#37Page b11 About Aircraft Speeds
#38Page b12 Planning Arrivals
#39Page b1 Takeoffs and Departures
#40Page b2 Maintenance and Paperwork
#41Page b31 Engines and Systems
#42Page b3 The Electrical System
#43Page b41 Flying Surfaces and Controls
#44Page b42 Pilot's Operating Handbook
#45Page b4 Charts, Airports and Procedures
#46Page b51 Uncontrolled Airports
#47Page b5 Radar and Procedures
#48Page b6 SVFR and scud running
#49Page b71 Flying at Night
#50Page b7 Preparing a Cross-Country
#50aPageb81 Student Cross -Countries
#51Page b8 Flying the Cross-Country
#52Page b91 Cold Weather Flying
#53Page b9 Mountain flying and Turbulence
#54Page c11 Cessna 150
#54.5Page c12 Beech Skipper
#55Page c1 C-152
#55aPagec21C-172 Procedures
#56Page c2 C-172 Techniques
#57Page c3 C-182RG
#58Page c4 Piper
#59Page c51 Staying Proficient and Current
#60Page c5 Checkout and Flight Review
#61Page c61 Rules of Thumb
#62Page c62 Flying Airport Patterns
#63Page c6 Flying Winds in the Pattern
#64Page c71 Types of Landings
#65Page c72 Landing in Winds
#66Page c73 Thoughts on Landings
#67Page c74 Elements of a Landing
#68Page c7 More thoughts on landings
#69Page c81 Use of Flaps
#70Page c82 Understanding the Flare
#71Page c8 All about Go-arounds
#72Page d1 Skids and Slips
#73Page d21 Kinds of Aircraft Radios
#74Page d2 Basic Airplane Radio Procedure
#75Page d31 Bay area ATC System
#76Page d3 Talking Airplane to ATC
#77Page d41 Ground Radio Talk is Important
#78Page d42 Special Radio Situations
#79Page d4 Radio makes SVFR possible
#80Page d51 Radio procedures for CCR
#81Page d52 Radio Procedures CCR to local airports
#82Page d5 Electronic Navigation
#83Page d6 RADAR
#84Page d71 Weather and Wind
#85Page d7 Turbulence and Moisture 482
#86Page d81 METAR Weather
#87Page d8 Reading Terminal Area Forecasts
#88Page d91 Reading Weather Charts and Notices
#89Page d9 Avoiding Icing and Thunderstorms
#90Page e11 Weather Flying Decisions
#91Page el Weather Detection and Reporting
#92Page e21 You, the FARs, FAA and the NTSB
#93Page e31 Safety's more than being lucky
#94Page e3 The Risks of Flying
#95Page e41 Age, Your Senses and Fatigue
#96Page e4 Health, Smoking and Stress
#97Page e51 Medical from Hell Opinions
#97a Page e51.5 Medicals from Hell - Cases 0 to 19
#97b Page e52 Medicals from Hell - Cases 20 to 64
#97c Page e53 Medicals from Hell - Cases 65 to 69
#98Page e5 Spins, Spins, Spins
#99Page e61 Making Decisions
#100Page e6 Avoiding other Aircraft
#101Page e71 Emergencies and Simulations
#102Page e7 Handling Engine Failures
#103Page e81 Kinds of Accidents 189
#104Page e82 Emergency Strategies 193
#105Page e8 Risk Management for Pilots 520
#106Page e91 One Hundred Quickie Lessons 517
#107Page e9 Second 100 Quickie Lessons 530
#108Page f2 Fourteen 'Concerns' Articles 1034
#109Page f4 Ten Articles about Training 852
#110Page f5 Five More Articles on Training 462
#111Page f6 The End

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