Air Pilot's Manual - Flying Training: Volume 1

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So many changes have taken place in the last ten years, necessitating legislative updates and the consequential implementation into practice throughout the flight training industry, that it has been necessary to produce several new editions. This edition again updates both the Aviation Law and Meteorology sections and takes account of the widespread availability of briefing materials for pilots via the internet. Additionally changes introduced by EASA have been included. The EASA Aircrew Regulation came into force on 8th April 2012 and these requirements have been included in this edition. As before, unique in PPL training manuals, you will find throughout the text comprehensive references to the source documents and relative section numbers. This will enable you to carry out further research should you wish to delve deeper than the PPL syllabus.

Maximum Rate of Descent (Use the BBAC rate for the exams. This can be different for various types of balloons) Incremental learningis the fastest and the most comprehensive way of learning available to PUTs – so be inquisitive and stay curious!The syllabus for the Ground Examinations is available from the British Balloon & Airship Club (It is in the BBAC Training Manual document). Remember the written exams were issued by the CAA in 2009 and written a couple of years before that – so you are going to need books & maps issued at that time too! Some things have not changed much though e.g. Meteorology… Pooleys eBooks are now available for Apple iPads and iPhone as well as Android devices. (Not Apple Mac or PC) Butane (how does it differ from (LPG) Propane & any operational changes required, inert gas e.g. Nitrogen ‘spiking’)

and please remember to carefully consider each possible answer, then put the MOST CORRECT answer for every question on the answer sheet. The five PPL(B) theory exams are to be considered together as a whole. You will see as you read through this article that subjects “cross-over”– for example, you NEED to know some Air Law before attempting the navigation theory paper etc. and I would also very happily argue that some bits in the Air Law syllabus would be much better placed in the Balloon Systems exam syllabus and so on…” Refuelling Procedures (BBAC propane code, safe refuelling, over-filing of cylinder hazards and prevention, ullage (the volume by which a liquid container falls short of being full, where to refuel)

An aircraft must not fly unless it carries the documents which it is required to carry under the law of the country in which it is registered.Over the years there have been many assistant editors, in particular Peter Godwin, whose help I first asked for in the very early days with Trevor Thom and which continued until quite recently. The rights in the Air Pilot Manuals are now vested with the Pooley family and they continue to be edited by Dorothy Saul-Pooley, with the assistance of Daljeet Gill who is responsible for the design and layout, and are published from our offices at Shoreham Airport. The APM series of manuals are used in many countries around the world. Oxygen (the effect of altitude on the body, symptoms of Hypoxia & Hyperventilation, time of useful consciousness with increased levels of altitude (note not time of total unconsciousness!) I first met Trevor Thom, a professional pilot and natural teacher, in Melbourne during a visit to Australia in January 1985. He already had his series of PPL Manuals for the Australian market and I asked him to produce a series for the New Zealand market where we had a small aviation business. Having completed this task, Trevor immediately began writing the first of the Air Pilot Manuals for the United Kingdom market and this project began in earnest on 5 th December 1985. What to do if your balloon is draped on an electrical wire(Think: fuel off, stay still & only if you have to… bunny hops!)