Mastering PPL: Flight Performance and Planning

Load it, plan it, fly it with margin.

Mastering PPL: Flight Performance and Planning teaches the whole subject from first principles, in plain language, for the aeroplane PPL(A): mass and balance, take-off and landing performance, climb, cruise and range, fuel planning and the planning of a complete flight.

The book covers the full published PPL(A) theoretical knowledge syllabus for Flight Performance and Planning, with short boxes wherever UK and European practice differ. Every example uses one invented light aeroplane and is worked step by step; each chapter ends with key points and original practice questions with explained answers, and a full mock paper closes the book.

All practice questions were written for this book. The book is not a question bank, does not predict any examination and is not a course of training: follow your flying school's instruction and your aircraft's flight manual.

Capt. Matthew Dowell is an airline training captain, examiner and Chief Flight Instructor. This is a personal work, not issued by or on behalf of any employer, regulator or other body. Part of the Mastering PPL series.