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Table of Contents
Title Page - i Chapter Six
Copyright Information - ii
Table of Contents - iii-iv To Help You Cope With Temptation
Foreword - v Samurai Airmanship 93-96
Acknowledgements/Dedication - vi Human Nature: The Devil on Our Shoulder 97-100
About Our Cover - vii
About the Author - viii Fun Things 101-104
Introduction - ix A Willingness to Prejudge 105-108
A Matter of Honor 109-112
Chapter One
Chapter Seven
Why Fly?
Why We Learn to Fly 3-6 Four Worthwhile Lessons Every
Pilot Should Learn
Chapter Two Just Gettin' By 115-118
Assessing and Managing Risk Where's Socrates When You Need Him? 119-122
A Good Act to Follow 9-12 A Foot In the Mind 123-124
Lies, Big Lies and Statistics 13-16 It's Time to Speak Up 125-126
The Truth About Good Pilots 17-20 Chapter Eight
Flyout at the O.K. Corral 21-24
In My Humble Opinion 25-28 Higher Learning
Is Flying Dangerous? 29-32 Pilots, Poets and Psychologists 129-132
A Chance for "Peek" Performance 133-136
Chapter Three We Don't Need No Education 137-140
To Help You Make Better Decisions Epiphanies 141-144
A Flight Unexamined Is Not Worth Logging 35-38 Aviation Art: More Than Meets the Eye 145-148
Fact, Rumor and Cyberspace 39-42 Rules and Hidden Meanings 149-152
Aviation Judgment Learned at Home 43-46 A Reverence for Aviation's Past 153-156
Brain not Brawn 47-50 Weather: An Artist's Perspective 157-160
He Dances With Lampshades 51-54 Chapter Nine
Your Inner Copilot 55-58
One Good Question, Upside Down 59-62 Just For The Fun of It--Places
Nice Job! 63-66 An Aviation Happening 163-166
Viva Baja! 167-178
Chapter Four Expo Lite 179-182
Just For The Fun of It--Aircraft Coast-to-Coast Log 183-186
Choppers, Copters and Whoppers 69-72 Chapter Ten
Ultralight Delight 73-76
Helping Your Brain Learn About Flying
Chapter Five Tao Over Chow 189-192
To Help You Develop and Sine Qua Non 193-194
Maintain Awareness Surviving the Plateau 195-198
Sage Advice 79-82 The Art of Making Mistakes 199-202
Situational Awareness 83-86 The Acuity of Ambiguity 203-206
Were It That Shakespeare Was My Fool 87-90 The Paradox of Pleasing 207-210
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Table of Contents
Little Lies 211-214 Chapter Sixteen
Make It Easy on Yourself 215-218
Simulators for VFR Training 219-224 Technique And Skill
IFR Training Made Easier 225-228 Ballerinas and Bullies 327-300
Thanks for the Memories 229-234 Use It or Lose It 331-334
No Myth About Pith 235-238 A Pattern for Fun 335-338
X-Wind Files 339-342
Chapter Eleven Ask and Ye May Receive 343-346
Understanding Your Instructor's Brain What Did He Say? 347-350
Due for a Review 351-354
Insight on the Inside of Students 241-246 Columbus Among Us 355-358
Student Teachers 247-250 See and Avoid: More Than Meets the Eye 359-362
Outside the Syllabus 251-254 Three Things and the Wing 363-364
Is It Time to Change Instructors? 255-258 The Duress of Stress 365-370
You Don't Need to Know That 259-260 Think Like a Rat to Get the Cheese 371-374
Bronco Bob and the Autopilot 375-378
Chapter Twelve
Watch for Bones 379-382
Fear
Chapter Seventeen
Making Excuses Not to Fly 263-266
It's OK to Feel That Way 267-272 Just For The Fun of It--Pure Fun
It's a Long Way Down, Isn't It? 273-274 True Tales From the CFI Frontier 385-388
The Don't-Panic Button 275-278 The Last Laugh 389-392
As the FAA Sees It 393-396
Chapter Thirteen Airplane Squawks 397-400
The Doc 401-404
Turbulence, Landings and Powerplants
A Flight Instructor in Everyone 405-408
May the G-Force Not Be With You 281-288 IFOs-Identified Flying Objects 409-412
Power Thoughts for Powerplants 289-292 AC 91-73 Redux 413-416
Landings to Forget 293-296
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Fourteen Friends
Handling First Time and New Flyers Pete Campbell 419-422
First Contact 299-302 Amelia 423-426
Pilots Don't Tip 303-304 End of Book
Trust They Must 305-308
To Be Or Not to Be Trusted 309-312 Editors 429
The Aviation Speakers Bureau 430-431
Chapter Fifteen Product Information 432-436
When Airplanes Stop Flying Index 436-442
Black Belt Stall Prevention 315-318
Stall, Spin and the Conditioned Reflex 319-320
Snakes, Stalls and Nine Irons 321-324
v
Foreword
A month seldom passes without some-
one asking me to recommend a flight
instructor. Although I am acquainted with
many instructors, I am unable to recom-
mend one because I have not flown with
very many and cannot judge their ability
to instruct.
In each case, however, I stress the dif-
ference between an instructor and a
teacher. The former is certified by the
Federal Aviation Administration to pro-
vide flight instruction, but this alone
does not mean that he knows how to
teach. Many instructors convey informa-
tion and procedure in rote fashion.
Teachers, however, go beyond the do-
what-I-do demonstration and tailor their
style and presentation to suit the indi-
vidual student's needs. Fortunate indeed
is the student whose instructor is also a
teacher, for he will learn far beyond that
which comes from merely repeating a maneuver or a fact of flight until a modicum of
proficiency and knowledge has been attained.
That you are reading this foreword implies that you are among the fortunate. This
compendium of flight wisdom and advice was written by a genuine teacher, a Grand
Master. If you have not already met Rod Machado through his other written works, then
it pleases me to introduce you to him.
Machado is one of those rare instructors because of his unique and remarkable flair
for instilling knowledge in others. He goes beyond simply repeating what he has learned
by teaching in a way that makes the advice and information stick. Beyond that, he
makes the learning enjoyable by wrapping deadly serious subjects in his inimitable
brand of humor. (If you have not attended one of his live presentations, then you must
make it a point to do so.) I have been flying for more than 50 years and never before have
I encountered anyone who makes learning the nuances of aviation so enjoyable and so
indelible.
Rod Machado is a good friend, and it is with honor and pride that I now leave you in
his exceptionally capable and knowledgeable hands. Have fun.
Barry Schiff
Captain, TWA (retired)
Los Angeles, California