本书分五讲,共计18课,主要内容涉及飞行历史,空气动力学,飞行原理,飞行仪表,初、高教机及民用运输机机型知识,飞机结构,飞行员面试及飞行训练,飞机主要系统及飞行中人的因素等。
本书可作为高等院校飞行技术、空中交通管制、飞行签派专业的教学用书,也可供航空企业、民航局及其下属管理局的相关工作人员阅读,并可供飞行爱好者参考。
本书配有音频材料,读者可扫描书中二维码收听。
Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction to Flying
Lesson 1 How Did We Learn to Fly Like the Birds?
Listening 1 Early Days of Flight
Listening 2 The Wright Brothers
Listening 3 Father of Chinese Aviation
Lesson 2 Aircraft Types
Listening 1 Boeing Family
Listening 2 Airbus Family
Listening 3 COMAC C919
Lesson 3 Aviation Administration and Air Law
Listening 1 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Listening 2 Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs)
Listening 3 1st CAAC EASA Aviation Safety Conference
Chapter 2 Aircraft General Knowledge
Lesson 4 Basic Aerodynamics
Listening 1 Basic Aerodynamics
Listening 2 How Do Aircraft Fly?
Listening 3 Balance
Listening 4 Stalls,Stall Recovery and Spins
Lesson 5 Aircraft Structure
Listening 1 Cessna 172
Listening 2 Empennage Components
Listening 3 The Powerplant
Listening 4 Subcomponents
Lesson 6 Flight Instruments Displays
Listening 1 Analog Display: the Six Primary Flight Instruments
Listening 2 Digital Display:the Primary Flight Display(PFD)
Listening 3 Magnetic Compass
Chapter 3 Pilot Interview and Flight Training
Lesson 7 Pilot Interview
Listening 1 Flight School Interview
Listening 2 Airline Company Interview
Listening 3 Job Interview Tips
Lesson 8 Flight Training
Listening 1 Pilot Study Tips
Listening 2 Private Pilot
Listening 3 Pilot Training Providers
Lesson 9 Pilot Certificates
Listening 1 Certificates Types
Listening 2 Commercial Pilot Certificate
Chapter 4 Aircraft System
Lesson 10 Warning and Fire Protection Systems
Listening 1 Visual,Aural and Tactile Warnings
Listening 2 Fire Protection System
Listening 3 South African Airways Flight 295
Lesson 11 Oxygen System
Listening 1 Passenger Oxygen
Listening 2 Flight Crew Oxygen
Listening 3 Portable Oxygen Cylinders
Lesson 12 APU System
Listening 1 Definition
Listening 2 APU System Description
Listening 3 APU Operation
Listening 4 Korean Airlines Flight 926
Lesson 13 Fuel System
Listening 1 Avoiding a Common Preflight Mistake
Listening 2 Fuel System in Small Aircraft
Listening 3 Fuel System Description
Listening 4 Defueling
Listening 5 Avianca Flight 52
Lesson 14 Anti-lcing System
Listening 1 Anti-ice System Description
Listening 2 Ice Detection System
Listening 3 Air Florida Flight 90
Lesson 15 Hydraulic System
Listening 1 Hydraulic System Description
Listening 2 Landing Gear System Description
Listening 3 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
Lesson 16 Communication System
Listening 1 Radio Communication System
Listening 2 Communicating
Listening 3 Interphone Communication System
Listening 4 Cockpit Voice Recorder
Listening 5 Tenerife Disaster
Lesson 17 Flight Control System
Listening 1 Flight Controls
Listening 2 Primary Flight Controls
Listening 3 Secondary Flight Controls
Listening 4 Autopilot
Chapter 5 Human Factors
Lesson 18 Introduction to Human Factors
Listening 1 What is Human Factors in Aviation?
Listening 2 Visual Illusions
Listening 3 Alcohol and Flight
Listening 4 Decision Making
Appendixes
Appendix 1 Keys
Appendix 2 Listening Scripts
References