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Blackstone Oil Analysis: If you own or
operated piston engines you should be using this service
Charts, TERPS and
other cockpit resources:
High
and Low Altitude Enroute Charts. Jeppesen charts are
lighter; they fold easier and are easier to read. They cost the same as NACO
charts. Get a subscription so they are always current (source
http://www.jeppesen.com)
FAA
National Aeronautical Charting Office (NACO)
IAPs (Instrument Approach Procedures). Get the glue bound ones. They are more portable, they require no
updating and they are less expensive than Jeppesen
NACO Customer Service:
800-638-8972
Flight Guide
Airport and Frequency Manual Vol I West; Vol II Central; Vol III Eastern States. I often see pilots with no
visible way to taxi without progressive instruction. These airport diagrams are the best. The book also has every conceivable bit of
information you may need for planning and flying trips to unfamiliar areas,
including FBOs, locations on the field frequencies, phone numbers, hotels,
restaurants, etc. In my view, these
books are a must have item. They are now
available as a digital database for your EFB from Chartcase
Pro.
Engine Management:
Fly The Engine by Kas
Thomas This book is an excellent primer which will answer the questions how? and why?
Sky Ranch Engineering Manual by John Schwaner This book is for the enthusiast who
wants the whole story
Trend Monitoring for turbine
engines:
If you are not keeping trend data and cycles, you
are not getting the best value from your aircraft. Go to this site to get the
big picture: The Trend Group
then complete the Enrollment Package
and send it to them: info@thetrendgroup.com
If you want to begin an electronic trend monitoring
program you may obtain the Piper download software
here and all you will need is a laptop and a standard 9 pin RS232 cable or
Radio Shack Part # 26-183 for USB equipped laptops. Here are the instructions. You should also keep a cycle log.
Ask me about this; Ill even give you a log book.
If you believe you do not need trend monitoring,
please call me as soon as possible Dick Rochfort, Pilot Trainer 410-435-3333
Weather
Books These
are the best weather reference books I can find anywhere. If you fly in weather
you should read and understand the information in these books:
The Best of Professional
Pilot's WxBrief: The First Ten Years
Karsten Shein An excellent collection of well written articles
Weather for the Mariner
by William J. Kotsch This is a great macro weather
theory book
Aviation Weather by
Peter F. Lester - An excellent weather reference book
The Weather Book by
Jack Williams: An Easy-to-Understand Guide to the USA's Weather
Websites
http://aviationweather.gov/adds/ This free website is one of the best for
aviation weather data. The CIP/FIP (Current
Icing Potential/Forecast Icing Potential) is detailed and quite accurate.
Avweb: A
good general aviation information site
Flight
Plan (www.fltplan.com) is a great place to
go for planning. It even has preferred routes!
www.intellicast.com a great national
weather radar site. http://www.intellicast.com/National/Radar/Current.aspx
www.weather.unisys.com is a free
website which has a great deal of weather information. Worthy of note is the satellite
surface map which is unique in that it supplies nexrad,
satellite and surface report data in one easy-to-read chart.
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