It is imperative that aviation businesses play an active role in ensuring a positive business climate for their home fields and for other airports as well. Essentials of Aviation Management: A Guide for Aviation Service Businesses provides the analytical tools that will assist the manager of the aviation service business who wishes to be competitive in today's aviation environment capitalize on challenges and opportunities. It is a practical reference for the individual in industry and also serves well in undergraduate and graduate courses. Essentials of Aviation Management: A Guide for Aviation Service Businesses: includes ideas synthesized from the academic and practical experiences of the authors. features chapter objectives, discussion topics, and more! has been in publication for more than 35 years!

An educational outline for aircraft aerodynamics and general aircraft operation. Great for student pilots, flight instructors, and professional pilots Caters to ANY level of pilot A great instructional tool Turns abstract concepts into concrete ideas Clear user friendly format and customized illustrations for useful and faster understanding Review questions after each topic A simple introductory outline for student pilots, as well as a great review for seasoned pilots

"The Artistry of the Great Flyer" teaches stick and rudder skills all too often missed in pilot training. For those pilots who have grown fearful, bored, or uninspired by flying, Jim Alsip offers profound insight that will have you flying safer, better, and with more joy.

Most pilots know of a good pilot who lost his life in a maneuvering accident. Alsip's book provides tools for avoiding tragedy-surprising skills that help pilots avoid the deadly "booby trap" turn.

Good stick and rudder skills can save a plane and a life in a pinch, but they require training and practice. In an emergency, pilots fly like they train; sight picture is critical to that performance. Here, Alsip aptly quotes his mother: "Look where you are going, and watch what you are doing." While the lighthearted approach is appreciated, the sentiment is deadly serious.

Alsip is a highly skilled master of flying. In "The Artistry of the Great Flyer," readers will develop life-saving aerial dexterity to recover from upsets and spins, and gain the skills needed to increase flyer confidence and fun.

Experimental amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft represent nearly 10 percent of the U.S. general aviation fleet, but these aircraft accounted for approximately 15 percent of the total-and 21 percent of the fatal-U.S. general aviation accidents in 2011. Experimental amateur-built aircraft represent a growing segment of the United States' general aviation fleet-a segment that now numbers nearly 33,000 aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board undertook this study because of the popularity of E-AB aircraft, concerns over their safety record, and the absence of a contemporary and definitive analysis of E-AB aircraft safety. The study employed several different methods and data collection procedures to carefully examine this segment of U.S. civil aviation. This comprehensive approach resulted in a detailed characterization of the current E-AB aircraft fleet, pilot population, and associated accidents. Areas identified for safety improvement include expanding the documentation requirements for initial aircraft airworthiness certification, verifying the completion of Phase I flight testing, improving pilots' access to transition training and supporting efforts to facilitate that training, encouraging the use of recorded data during flight testing, ensuring that buyers of used E-AB aircraft receive necessary performance documentation, and improving aircraft identification in registry records.