Chuckyeagersadvancedflighttrainer

Contents Introduction 1 What AFT is 1 Getting Started 1 Introductory flight 2 Airplane specs 3 Test Flight 7 Airplane control systems & simulator controls 7 Changing planes 9 Navigation 9 Test pilot procedures 10 Reference 15 Menus 15 Glossary 17 Appendix A Flight Instruction 18 Ground school 18 Basic flight instruction 20 Advanced flight instruction 26 Aerobatic instruction 28 To learn more about flying 32 Appendix B-Test Flight Check-list 33 INTRODUCTION Things have changed some since the days when I was learning to fly. As I recall, the instructor just slapped your butt in the front seat and demonstrated the airplane, then moved you back, and then you had to learn all this stuff as it happened: how to take off, level off, turn, and everything else associated with flying the damned thing. That was the way you learned to fly because that was the way they taught you. And that was fine by me, because the way I look at it, flying's flying. General Chuck Yeager March 1987 What AFT is "Crash" is not a word pilots ever use. I don't really know why, but the word is avoided in describing what happens when several tons of metal plows intself and its pilot into the ground. Instead, we might say, "He augered in." Or, "He bought the farm." Advanced Flight Trainer gives you the chance to learn to fly the way General Yeager did, but without the actual danger. AFT and this manual are designed for advanced pilots who already know how to fly a plane and are looking for the thrills and pure enjoyment of flight. But if you're a novice pilot, or just feel that you'd like to do some brush-up flying first, check out "Appendix A - Flight Instruction" at the end of this manual. After you Get Started and watch the Intro Flight as described in the next two sections, look over the Airplane Specs and pick a plane that interests you. General Yeager attributes much of his success as a pilot to being interested in, and knowing eve…