Flight-Sim Pilot's
Information Manual

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.

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Learn about:

• Aircraft types and parts
• Pilot certifications and ratings
• Airport and runway components
• Airport markings, signs, and lights
• Airspaces and airways
• Air traffic control
• Weather reporting services
• Weather conditions and sources
• General flight rules
• Visual flight rules
• Instrument flight rules
• Navigation aids
• Official aviation terminology and abbreviations
• Flight-sim conversion formulas
• . . . and so much more!

LEARN ABOUT TRULY REALISTIC FLIGHT SIMMING

Make your simulated flights as realistic as possible by following the same methods real airline, military and general-aviation pilots follow. Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual explains it all in one compact book.

Understanding Pilot Certifications and Ratings

Every real-world pilot must have a certification and a rating to fly an airplane. Do you know which rating a real-world pilot would need for the type of flight simming you like to do? Do you know what knowledge a real-world pilot must demonstrate to get that rating? Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual explains it concisely.

Knowing About Airports

Airports are much simpler and easier when you know how they are laid out, what their parts are called and what you do in certain areas. Can you imagine a pilot knowing how to fly around the skies but not knowing how to use an airport? It's a silly thought, isn't it? But flight-simulation program manuals overlook this fundamental aspect of aviation. That's why your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual devotes an entire chapter to airports. You will learn every major part of typical airports and their runways, including correct names, so you can use them as real pilots use real airports.

Knowing About Airport Markings, Signs, and Lights

This all-new chapter tells about numerous markings, signs, and lights that guide pilots around their airports. Which taxiway are you on? Which taxiway do you need to follow to get to your runway. Which runway is that ahead of you? It's all explained clearly with easy-to-follow diagrams and explanatory text right next to them. Nothing can be easier than this!

Distinguishing Airspaces From One Another

You will learn how airspaces are sectioned according to traffic type and volume. You will also learn where pilots are allowed to fly, are restricted and are prohibited. And you will learn the rules and procedures used in these airspaces. These airspaces and airways are fully described and depicted for you so you can fly as realistically as possible.

Understanding the World of Air Traffic Control

Most air traffic is conducted in controlled airspaces, so for the most realistic flight simulation, you need to know something about air traffic control. From your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual, you will learn about flight service stations, airport control towers, ground control, departure and approach control, air route traffic centers, automated aviation information services and other ATC services. This chapter is reorganized and improved in this 2003 release.

Knowing About Pilot Weather Services

Today's flight-sim programs are getting better and better about simulating weather realistically. Do you know where real-world pilots get their weather information? Do you know what weather information real-world pilots are required to have? And do you know the flight-sim equivalent of real-world aviation weather services? Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual explains it all. This is another new chapter for 2003.

Flying According to Official Flight Rules

Flight rules enable pilots to fly as simply as possible when weather is clear and when it obscured. From Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual, you will learn the same rules that real world pilots use when flying visually and/or on instruments.

Knowing What Aviation Lights Are Telling You

Learn what airports, runway approaches, obstructions and aircraft are communicating from this all new chapter of your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual.

Understanding Official Aviation Abbreviations

Aviation is overwhelmed with abbreviations and acronyms. Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual explains the major aviation abbreviations and acronyms relevant to flight simulation so you will know what real-world pilots are talking about.

Converting With Flight-Sim Formulas

Aviation and flight simulation use many formulas for converting various measurements from one method to another. Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual explains the formulas for converting British Imperial to Metric and vice versa. You will learn the accurate formulas for converting altitude, distance, speed, temperature, pressure and other important aviation measurements.

Features of the Book

Finding Information Through an Index

A complete index helps you find information quickly so you can use your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual as a handy reference manual right at your computer. Many official aviation manuals lack this important tool.

Find Needed Information Quickly and Easily

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual 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.

Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual lies flat for easy use.

Clearly Written and Easy to Use

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual 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.

Grasp and Remember Concepts Quickly and Easily

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual has plenty of orderly graphical aids so you can grasp aviation concepts right away and remember them indefinitely.

Graphical aids are easy to read, understand, and use.

For All Flight Simmers

The flight principles, procedures and practices explained in Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual 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, Flight Sim Pilot's Information Manual is 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 PC Flight Simulation Exclusively

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual 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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• "Concise, full of information, well written, easy to understand and contains no verbose filler."
• "Very well done!"
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• "The target audience will learn a lot about real flying."
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Frequently Asked Questions

Three questions are frequently asked about our books:

How Many Pages?

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual has 218 pages. You won't find more information in so few pages as in our books. The clear writing style and compactness of our books are features that our readers appreciate.

Are the Graphics in Color?

All the graphics are monochrome, as is true with nearly all aviation and flight-sim manuals. 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!

A Message From Your Author

Realistic flight simming requires knowledge and adherence to professional requirements and practices. Simmers who jump into the cockpit 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

What a Bargain!

All this relevant and useful information in a compact book for your easy use is only US$14.95 US$12.95 plus nominal shipping and handling. Who would have thought all this knowledge and guidance could be such a bargain?

Your Satisfaction Is Guaranteed!

We believe so strongly in Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual that we guarantee you will be pleased with it. If your book is physically defective, we will replace it. If it is not as described on this web page, we will refund your money. Nothing could be safer than this!

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.

Nothing Beats Knowledge!

Your Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual shows how you can simulate flight as realistically as possible. Knowing what real-world pilots are required to know helps you simulate what they do. Sceneries, aircraft, panels, yokes, pedals and other add-ons are nice, but nothing beats knowledge for truly realistic flight simulation!

Aviation facts are explained in a manual written just for flight-simulation pilots like you from real aviation texts. Clear explanations, concise definitions, easy-to-follow graphics and self-learning exercises make your learning task easy and fun. The whole book applies to all flight-simulation programs, including yours. With all this information for only US$14.95 US$12.95, Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual is among the better values on the Internet.

Relevance

Like all our flight-sim books, Flight-Sim Pilot's Information Manual is for noncombat flight-simulation computer games, only. Although many of the principles, procedures and practices could be applied to combat flight simming, this book focuses on private and commercial aviation. More importantly, it is not for real-world flying at all. We accept no liability for any misuse of our flight-simulation manuals.

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