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NOTAM
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COMMENTARY
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It's About Realism
Most flight simmers are looking for realism in all the wrong places.
Realistic sceneries, aircraft, panels, gauges, sounds, and ATC are all very nice, but the only true way to simulate flight realistically is to do it the way real-world pilots do it. Simming without knowing about your aircraft, or following the proper procedures, or using official aviation charts are not realistic.
That's what my books are about. You'll learn how to know your aircraft, follow procedures, use real aviation charts, and much more.
All my books are written exclusively for flight simmers. They're based on official aviation reference and training materials. They explain all the information in easy-to-understand English. Terms and acronyms are clearly defined.
If realistic flight simming is what you seek, you'll find it through my books. And your satisfaction is guaranteed.
Order my flight-sim books today. You'll be glad you did.
— Bill Stack, Author
Quality Products
I can fully guarantee the quality of my books for several reasons.
First, I strive for excellence. I thoroughly research my books, I have them reviewed by aviation experts for technical accuracy, and I have them edited by professionals to eliminate minor errors. They're produced a by professional printing company.
I also make a point to describe my books exactly as they are. Everything I say about my books on this web site is absolutely true.
This is how I can confidently assure you that you will be satisfied with my books.
Order my flight-sim books today. You'll be glad you did.
— Bill Stack, Author
Trustworthiness
TopSkills is a reputable consulting firm that has been serving clients with excellence since inception in 1987.
We work hard to produce quality products and services, and we rely only on quality companies to produce and ship our products.
For example, FedEx and UPS are reliable shipping companies that serve us well by delivering our customers' products to them in good condition within a reasonable period. In most cases, our customers receive their products within a few days of placing their order
If you have any problem with our products or services, please let us know so we can fix it. That's our commitment to you, our customer.
Order my flight-sim books with full confidence. You'll be glad you did.
— Bill Stack, Author
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Fly Your Simulator Like Real-World IFR Pilots!
- Learn instrument flight rules
- Understand requirements and restrictions
- Use crucial aviation instruments
- Make, file and use IFR flight plans
- Use instrument en route and approach charts
- Follow take-off and landing minimums
- Fly cross-country entirely on instruments
- Perform holding patterns and procedure turns
- Execute prescribed approach procedures
- and much, much more!
- Only
US$17.79 US$15.19for 160 pages of advanced knowledge!
Instructions supplied with flight-simulation programs skim the surface of what a flight-sim pilot needs to know.
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COMPLETE DESCRIPTION AND EXPLANATION IN ONE BOOK!
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots explains how you can find your way around without seeing anything out your windows! Start by recognizing what instrument flying is and isn't. Learn about instrument flight requirements and restrictions. Learn how to use your aviation instruments. See how to use instrument flight charts and plans. Plan your flights as required. Fly en route and in holding patterns totally on your instruments. Approach for landing without seeing anything on the ground.
Learn About Correct Instrument Flying
Make your instrument flights as realistic as possible by using the same methods used by real airline,
military and instrument-certified general-aviation pilots. Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Simulation Pilots explains it all in one compact book.
Knowing What Instrument Flight Is and Is Not
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Simulation
Pilots clarifies the exact nature of instrument
flight and clears up misunderstandings about this
subject. Most people call it "IFR," which stands
for "Instrument Flight Rules." But instrument
flight extends beyond the prescribed rules into
procedures, practices, techniques, charts and
navigation. You will learn exactly what constitutes
instrument flight and what does not. From this,
you will be able to determine whether you need
to fly on instruments or abide by instrument flight
rules. It's clearly laid out for you.
Adhering to Requirements and Restrictions
You will learn the requirements and restrictions
that pilots must follow when flying on instruments
so you will understand them fully. These requirements
apply to visibility, airspaces and aircraft. Additionally,
certain restrictions tell pilots what they cannot
and must not do when they fly IFR. Your Instrument
Flying for Flight-Simulation Pilots also provides
you an easy-to-use checklist for determining when
to fly on instruments.
Using Aviation Instruments
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Simulation
Pilots explains the use of relevant cockpit
instruments so you can build your instrument-flying
proficiency. After all, you will have no other
source of information telling you your position,
heading, altitude and other crucial information
when you are flying in clouds, fog and other visibility-restricting
conditions. Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Simulation
Pilots distinguishes the three main types
of aviation instruments -- navigation and
aircraft -- then thoroughly explains each
one flight. And it shows you the professional
method for scanning your instruments for maximum
effectiveness.
Using Charts and Flight Plans
Learn the major types of instrument flight charts
-- departure, en route and approach --
so you can lay out your instrument flights as
real pilots do. Understand the types and major
features of flight plans that instrument pilots
use so you can plan and control your instrument
flights professionally. Without these crucial
documents for every instrument flight, you'll
fly around aimlessly -- having no way to
know how to get where you need to go. It's all
explained and depicted in your Instrument Flying
for Flight-Sim Pilots.
Planning, Taking Off and Departing
Plan your routes, check your aircraft, use take-off
minimums, climb out on instruments and depart
the airport's airspace -- the way real instrument-rated
pilots do. Learn how to trust your instruments,
because you will have no visual information sources.
It's all clearly explained.
Flying Enroute and Holding
After leaving the airport's airspace, you will
fly en route to your destination without seeing
much of anything out your windows. From your Instrument
Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots, you will learn
how to select and fly at optimum altitudes, use
the best airspeeds for climbing, follow air traffic
routes, perform instrument flight maneuvers and
intercept navaid radials and bearings --
exactly as instrument-rated pilots do. Moreover,
you will learn how to enter and fly in established
holding patterns. It's all clearly explained in
your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots.
Approaching for Landings
When you arrive at your destination
airport, you will align your aircraft for landing
without seeing any ground references at all. Your
Instrument Flying for Flight-Simulation Pilots
explains how to follow the prescribed instrument
approach procedures for any airport that provides
them. You will learn about initial approach fixes,
procedure turns, decision heights, missed approach
points, missed approach procedures and much more.
You will also learn about the many types of instrument
approaches, including NDB, VOR, GPS and Circling.
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Find Needed Information Quickly and Easily
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots
is organized and laid out for your easiest use.
Information is divided into relevant chapters,
and chapters are organized into easy-to-follow
sections. Headings and captions help you find
information quickly. It's fully indexed for quick
reference.

Your
Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots lies
flat for easy use.
Clearly Written and Easy to Use
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots
is written by expert flight simmers and professional
aviators, then published by an experienced training
enterprise to help you learn by reading and doing.
Policies, procedures and practices used by professional
real-world pilots are explained in straight-forward,
easy-to-follow English. Visual aids help you grasp
the principles, and easy-to-follow exercises help
you apply the concepts and methods for experience
and learning.
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Graphical aids are easy to read, understand and use.
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For All Flight Simmers
The flight principles, procedures and practices
explained in Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim
Pilots apply to all aircraft -- general
aviation, commercial or military --
as well as all flight-sim games. It's comparable
to flight training manuals that apply to all aircraft,
including the popular and special ones. We can't
write one book that explains every specific aircraft,
and we can't write a separate book for each airplane,
either. So we explain the most common general-aviation
aircraft in this book, and readers can easily
adapt our explanations to the specific aircraft
they're flying. Frankly, anybody who cannot adapt
fundamental navigation knowledge to specific simulators
lacks the right stuff for flight simming.
For Anywhere
Whether you are in Africa, Asia, the Americas,
Australia, Europe or the Pacific Rim, Instrument
Flying for Flight-Sim Pilotsis for
you. It is based on real aviation rules, principles,
procedures and practices that general-aviation
pilots use around the world. The only exceptions
are those few aviation laws and regulations unique
to your country.
For Home Flight Simulation Exclusively
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots
is written exclusively for flight-simulation
pilots. It's based on real aviation textbooks
and manuals -- with the relevant material
emphasized and the irrelevant material omitted.
You will not need to flip through pages and pages
of technical aviation texts, because that work
has been done for you. You won't have to skip
over irrelevant materials, because they have been
omitted for you.
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Peek at the Book:
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Know What Instrument Flight Is
Chapter 2: Requirements and Restrictions
Chapter 3: Using Flight Instruments
Chapter 4: Reading Instrument Charts
Chapter 5: Planning, Taking Off, Climb Out
Chapter 6: Flying Enroute and Holding
Chapter 7: Approaching and Landing
Appendix: Instrument Flight Exercises
Index
Bibliography
Index
It covers plenty, doesn't it?
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Sample Text
Terminal procedures
publications depict instrument approaches,
communication data, airport diagrams
and all related navigation data. Each
booklet contains information for many
airports in a geographic region and
is small enough to handle easily in
the cockpit. Included in these publications
are Standard Instrument Departure (SID)
charts, Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR)
charts and Instrument Approach Procedure
(IAP) charts. They are often called
"approach plates" and sometimes "flip
charts," because pilots can flip through
them during their flights.
It's easy to follow, isn't it?
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View a sample of Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots.
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Simmers Rave About It
Use the book that flight-simulation pilots have bought, used, learned from and been totally satisfied
with.
- "I haven't seen anything else of this quality."
- "Nice concise compilation of material."
- "This is a perfect book for people who don't want to pay for expensive ground school."
- "This book is really good. Thank you."
- "Great work!"
- "A good value for the cost."
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Frequently Asked Questions
Three questions are frequently asked about our books:
How Many Pages?
Your Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots
has 166 pages. We publish knowledge in compact books. We don't publish bound sheets of paper with words and pictures on them. If this manual quickly and easily provides you the knowledge you seek and if it answers your questions as a flight simmer, then it is of value to you regardless of the number of pages it has. The compactness of our books is a feature that our readers appreciate
deeply.
Are the Graphics in Color?
All the graphics are monochrome, as is true with nearly all aviation and flight-sim manuals. The books we publish provide knowledge, information and skill for a reasonable investment. Our graphics are carefully designed to convey concepts quickly and simply at minimal cost. Flight simmers who buy our books appreciate this feature, so we do not waste time and money trying to dazzle them with expensive and unnecessary colors.
Does the Book Contain Charts?
No. We are trainers who publish how-to and reference books to help flight simmers enjoy their hobby as much as possible. Our books have examples of charts for demonstration and learning, but we are neither a publisher nor a supplier of charts. If you are looking for charts, check out the charts suppliers listed on our links site. NOTE: There is no such thing as a single book that contains all the airways, navaids, approach plates and so forth for the entire world. It would be too heavy to lift!
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Every flight simmer seeking realism needs
Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots
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A Message From Your Author
Realistic flight simming
requires knowledge and adherence to professional requirements and
practices. Simmers who jump into their cockpits without these basics are
needlessly frustrating themselves. Simulate flight realistically by
knowing what you're doing and by doing what real-world pilots do. --
Bill Stack
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What a Bargain!
All this relevant and useful information in a compact book for your
easy use is only US$17.79 US$15.19 plus nominal shipping and handling. Who
would have thought all this knowledge and guidance could be such a bargain?
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Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed!
We believe so strongly in Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots that we guarantee your satisfaction. If you are not satisfied with your book for any reason, we will replace it or refund your purchase price. What could be safer than this?
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Get a Free V-Speed Card!
With the Purchase of Bill Stack's Excellent Flight-Sim Books!
V-speeds are a series of velocities designated by aviation authorities. Some are minimums, some are maximums, and some are optimums. For example, Vne means the designated velocity should never be exceeded (it differs for each aircraft).
Your V-speed card lists the most common general-aviation V-speeds in two easy-to-find ways -- alphabetically on one side and by velocity on the other side.
Each V-speed is identified by name and abbreviation and explained in clear language. The cards are a handy size for using right at your flight simulator.
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RELEVANCY NOTICE:
Like all our flight-sim books, Instrument Flying for Flight-Sim Pilots is only for home flight-simulation computer games. It is based on real aviation laws, regulations, and procedures so home flight-simulation enthusiasts can maximize their enjoyment. Because some aspects of home flight-simulation games are not exactly like real-world aviation, some information in this manual is not exactly like real flight. That is why these books are not intended for and should not be used for real-world flight or lessons. We accept no liability for any misuse of these flight-simulation manuals.
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