The Complete Guide To Single Engine Cessnas

Now updated with the latest prices, valuable buying tips, and a list of Cessna clubs and organizations, 'The Complete Guide to Single-Engine Cessnas--4th Edition' includes details on the design, construction, and performance of all Cessna models, ranging from the 120 to the Caravan.

Following a brief history of the market for private aircraft, this illustrated guide helps potential buyers assess their needs based on factors like budget, applications, planned travel distances, passenger capacity and speed. A range of models from names like Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft and more, are all arranged by price range.

This training guide diminishes the dangers and doubles the thrill--and safety--of flying single-engine aircraft at high altitudes in mountainous regions. Logically organized by phases of flight--from preflight preparation to landings--the author combines statistics, techniques, and examples of actions (correct and incorrect) that real pilots have taken in actual flight scenarios. * Details training that offsets mountain flying mistakes * Describes the effects of altitude on pilots and aircraft * Outlines cold weather operations and precautions * Includes search and rescue operation procedures * Reviews take-off conditions from airport mountains

The complete guide to finding, inspecting, and buying a Cessna aircraft. If you're even thinking about buying your own Cessna, this book's advice on ADs, inspection and logbooks, and the pitfalls of certain models, could easily save you hundreds of times the cover price. It is packed with authoritative buying advice for all Cessnas from the Model AA of the 1920s to the Caravans and Citations of today.

Photographs and information about all aircraft.