Book Excerpts

Excerpts From
Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Handbook

The following book excerpts will help give you an idea of the teaching style used to present information in Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Handbook. Actual book pictures & letters are much more clear and crisp.

Table of Contents
Pages 24-33 Chapter 3 - Instrument Scan
Pages 23-24 Chapter 5 - Electronic Navigation
Pages 1-12, Chapter 11- Understanding Approach Charts
Pages 9-13 Chapter 17 - IFR Pilot Potpourri
Pages 21-26, Chapter 17 - IFR Pilot Potpourri

Excerpts From
Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook
"Second Edition"

The following book excerpts will help give you an idea of the teaching style used to present information in Rod Machado's Private Pilot Handbook. Actual book pictures are much more clear and crisp with vivid colors (especially greens) on over 50 of the 572 pages.

The Following are all PDF Files

Table of Contents
Chapter 2 - Aerodynamics: The Wing Is the Thing
Chapter 3 - Knowledge of Engines Is Power
Chapter 4 - Electrical Systems: Knowing What's Watt
Chapter 5 - Flight Instruments: Clocks, Tops & Toys
Chapter 12 - Understanding Weather
Chapter 14 - Flight Planning:Getting There From Here

Excerpts From
Rod Machado's Private Pilot Workbook

Read the foreword to this book.
View excerpts from this book.

Excerpts From
Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual

The following book excerpts will help give you an idea of the teaching style used to present information in Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Survival Manual. Actual book pictures & letters are much more clear and crisp.

Table of Contents (664 KB)
Pages 5-11 Chapter 16 - At a Minimum: DA and MDAs (745 KB)
Pages 5-7, 14-19 Chapter 19 - GPS Approach Construction (446 KB)
Pages 11-15, 22-23 Chapter 20 - The GPS Machine (1.3 MB)
Pages 7-9, Chapter 21 - Advanced Thunderstorm Avoidance (562 KB)
Pages 19-23 Chapter 21 - Advanced Thunderstorm Avoidance (280 KB)

Excerpts From
Rod Machado's Plane Talk

View table of contents and read the foreword by Barry Schiff (PDF File)
View a few pages of Plane Talk (PDF File)

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