At the recomendation of my instructor I purchased the IFR text I will use for my training; The Pilot’s Manual 3 – Instrument Flying published by ASA, although I bought it from Amazon.com. It was delivered to my office today and I’ve thumbed through it a bit, and so far it looks good. It’s a hefty 600+ page hardcover text book with lots of digrams, examples, charts, visual aids and plenty of text. The one thing it has impressed upon me is just how much there is to learn for your instrument ticket. I don’t mind, and I’m looking forward to diving right in.
In addition to ”Instrument Flying”, over the past week or two I’ve also purchased a current FAR/AIM 2008, a Guide to the Flight Review (BFR), and two books geared towards using MS Flight Simulator as a training/practice tool; Teaching Confidence in the Clouds by Tom Gilmore, and Microsoft Flight Simulator as a Training Aid: A Guide for Pilots, Instructors and Virtual Aviators by Bruce Williams.
Since I’ve had it the longest of all my recent purchases, I’m almost finished reading Bruce Williams’ MS Flight Sim as a Training Aid, and I have to say this book is very cool. It contains a wealth of information regarding the ins and outs of using MS Flight Sim (2004 or FSX) to augment your flight training by using it as a procedural trainer, or as a tool to help you stay fresh. It takes a very pragmatic approach to MSFS, identifying specific areas where it can be valuable to us as pilots and others where it is weak. One of the biggest pluses this book offers is an accopanying CD-ROM that contains a wealth of information such as FAA reprints and VFR/IFR practice flights which can be loaded into MSFS. Bruce also has a great web site which augments much of the information in the book. IMHO, this book was a good buy.
As I get through Tom’s Book, Teaching Confidence in the Clouds, I’ll post similar feedback here on the blog.
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