Mel Wilson wrote: > Venkatesh Parthasarathy wrote: >> I have FG installed at home for the last 2 weeks and use it regularly. >> However, I find the manual installed with the package is aimed at users >> with a little background in Aviation. I do not have that background and >> find the manual difficult to use. Simple tasks such as taxiing, taking >> off, cannot be performed by a first timer with the information provided >> in the manual, and I am struggling even to taxi let alone takeoff and >> maintain the altitude. > > Wikipedia has some material, although it's scattered, and sometimes > shallow.. almost name-dropping. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_flight_%28airplanes%29 > looks good, describing how you'd use the controls to make the > aircraft behave. > > There's a full list of articles under > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aviation_topics > > When I first got bitten by the simulator bug (before flightgear) > I hunted bookstores. I came up with > > The Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics, H.C.Smith > > Which is an understandable description, aimed at the > flyer (as opposed to the aeronautical engineer) > > From the Ground Up, (author unlisted, Aviation Publishers Co. Ltd., > Ottawa) > > Which seems to be a ground-school textbook intended for > flying students before they get to the plane. It has > a lot of material on procedures, air-traffic control > and navigation, as well as basic descriptions of > the instruments and controls. > > Both these books are now kind of old, and might not > be available outside Canada, but with luck you might > find something just as good.
http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/ Has lots of useful info. In particular the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge ( http://www.faa.gov/pilots/training/handbook/ ) -- Jon Stockill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list Flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
