'The Practical Pilot' delivers you an easy-to-read, common sense guide for pilots that goes beyond the classroom. This second volume of the successful series reviews topics ranging from passing check rides and in-flight emergencies to flying the go-around and lessons learned from a real forced landing. This award-winning author has been a qualified flight instructor for more than 30 years and accumulated over 20,000 hours in over 80 aircraft types ranging from two-seat trainers to international airliners. Whether you are yearning to fly, learning to fly or revisiting lessons from long ago, 'The Practical Pilot' offers something for every pilot.
Owen Zupp is a published author with 19,000 hours of varied flight experience. His background ranges from charter work and flight instruction to ferry flights, flight testing and the airlines. He has also served as both a Chief Pilot and Chief Flying Instructor. With 20 years in airline operations, Owen has flown both domestically and across the globe from his Australian base. He holds a Masters Degree in Aviation Management and writings on aviation have been published around the world and received various accolades and awards. In 2007 his first book, Down to Earth, was published and traces the combat experiences of a WWII RAF fighter pilot. Today, he remains a current airline pilot and passionate aviation writer with an array of best-selling books titled, "50 Tales of Flight", "Solo Flight" and "50 More Tales of Flight". Most recently he has launched the "Practical Pilot" series and now 'Without Precedent'.