Download or read book Beyond The Checkride: What Your Flight Instructor Never Taught You written by Howard Fried and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asserting that a flight certificate is a pilot's ``license to learn,'' this unique book offers valuable lessons learned by veteran pilots. Using the anecdotal style that has made his Flying magazine column so popular, Fried bridges the gap between pilot training and in-flight experience with his advice on vital but often under-emphasized areas of: maneuvering speed; weight and balance; aircraft control; prop safety; night flying; altitude.