Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 629.132520289
EAN: 9780071362696
ISBN: 007136269X
Label: McGraw-Hill Professional
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Studio: McGraw-Hill Professional

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Rating: - Essential reading for improving pilots
The "Killing Zone" of the title is the period between 100 hours and 350 hours experience, in which the author argues pilots are particularly vulnerable. The statistics on which this assertion is based are unconvincing because they appear to fail to take into account the drop-out rate following completion of a PPL. However, accepting the premise that comparatively inexperienced pilots are expected to be vulnerable, the book is essential reading for all pilots in "the zone" and beyond, and those who ... Read More

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Rating: - Student pilots ought to read this (UK Student pilot writes...)
I bought this book on the strength of other reviews and I am not disappointed. Understandably all of the accident descriptions are from the USA but this does not detract from the message.

I have only recently started my JAR-PPL training and am keen to learn. My instructor, and the teaching manuals, have given me invaluable information about how to fly the plane. What this book adds, I think, is other information about the mistakes that pilots (both students and certified) continue to ... Read More

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Rating: - Good book on safety
The format of the book is:

Each chapter covers a category of common mistakes (example booking a VFR flight which turns into IFR along the way). At the start of the chapter the author gives you the stastics of accidents in general aviation accidents for that category broken down by number of hours the pilot clocked up. This is to support his central theme that inexperience, and the consequential bad/reckless judgement that follows, kills.

He then goes on to give NTSB accident ... Read More

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Rating: - A must for every pilot
What a book! Jam packed full of real life examples, fatal mistakes and risky practices that pilots can and do make. I learnt something new on every page and will now certainly go through my checklists with increased concentration.

The writer proves through factual events the precise reasons why the procedures pilots use today are in place - and also several areas for personal improvement.

A very eye-opening book, that i highly recommend for anybody with even a passing interest in ... Read More

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Rating: - A Must For All GA Pilots
No matter what flying experience you have, you WILL learn from this book. It covers all the mistakes that every pilot can and could make using real examples and also highlights the dangers that the current commercial aviation recruitment system has created.

Initially the book seems a little on the morbid side (to the point of making aviation off-putting) but you soon realise that the author has used a very clever method to get the relevant points across.

Strangely the book also makes ... Read More

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