
The Killing Zone, 2nd Edition
How and Why Pilots Die
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Narrated by:
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David Marantz
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By:
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Paul A. Craig
About this listen
This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting inside the killing zone, the period from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time. Although they're privately certified, many of these unseasoned aviators are unaware of the potential accidents that lie ahead while trying to build decision-making skills on their own - many times falling victim to inexperience.
Based on the first in-depth scientific study of pilot behavior and general aviation flying accidents in over 20 years, The Killing Zone, 2nd Edition offers practical advice to help identify the time frame in which you are most likely to die. Aviation specialist Paul Craig offers rare insights into the special risks new pilots face and includes updated preventive strategies for flying through the killing zone...alive:
- New to the 2nd Edition: Dealing with Glass Cockpits; GPS Moving Maps; Collision Avoidance Systems
- Alerts you to the 12 mistakes likely to kill you
- Provides guidelines for avoiding, evading, diverting, correcting, and managing dangers
- Includes a "Pilot Personality Self-Assessment Exercise" for an individualized survival strategy
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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The Airplane Flying Handbook provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots. This handbook introduces basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes. It provides information on transition to other airplanes and the operation of various airplane systems. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry. This handbook is developed to assist student pilots learning to fly airplanes.
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Good information
- By MIKE on 09-09-21
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FAR/AIM Study Guide
- Complete Review for the ASA Federal Aviation Regulations and Aeronautical Information for Pilots
- By: Mike L Turner
- Narrated by: Tom Brooks
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Excel in your FAA written exams, oral exams, and checkrides with expert tips strategies. Dive into an expertly crafted resource that offers a meticulous breakdown of essential regulations, procedures, and best practices. With clear explanations and practical insights, this book equips you with the knowledge needed to navigate the intricate landscape of aviation requirements with confidence.
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Incorrect information
- By mitimo on 01-28-25
By: Mike L Turner
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Aviation Instructor's Handbook: FAA-H-8083-9B
- Federal Aviation Administration
- By: Federal Aviation Administration
- Narrated by: Airman Audio
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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Designed for ground instructors, flight instructors, and aviation maintenance instructors, the Aviation Instructor’s Handbook was developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with aviation educators and industry to help beginning instructors understand and apply the fundamentals of instruction. This handbook provides aviation instructors with up-to-date information on learning and teaching, and how to relate this information to the task of teaching aeronautical knowledge and skills to learners.
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- By 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 on 04-16-25
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CFI! The Book
- A Satirical Aviation Comedy
- By: Alex Stone
- Narrated by: Ray Lesniewski
- Length: 3 hrs and 22 mins
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An underpaid, overworked certified flight instructor cheats death while attempting to teach a cast of incompetent student pilots to fly at a skeezy South Florida flight school; all in the quest to build flight time so he can get a “real job” at an airline. The planes break, the regs break, metal gets bent, students are lost at sea, and a Top Gun wannabe student, who has 400 hours of flight instruction, still hasn’t made his first solo flight.
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Entertaining and Funny
- By Jeff Meyers on 03-11-19
By: Alex Stone
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Coming Back Alive
- The True Story of the Most Harrowing Search and Rescue Mission Ever Attempted on Alaska's High Seas
- By: Spike Walker
- Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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When the fishing vessel La Conte sinks suddenly at night in 100-mile-per-hour winds and record 90-foot seas during a savage storm in January 1998, her five crewmen are left to drift without a life raft in the freezing Alaskan waters and survive as best they can. One hundred fifty miles away, in Sitka, Alaska, an H-60 Jayhawk helicopter lifts off from America's most remote Coast Guard base in the hopes of tracking down an anonymous Mayday signal. A fisherman's worst nightmare has become a Coast Guard crew's desperate mission.
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Outstanding Story and Performance
- By Stephen Bowlby on 05-22-18
By: Spike Walker
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Private Pilot License Checkride Oral Exam Guide: The Most Common Questions
- Over 260 Commonly Asked PPL Oral Exam Questions with Detailed Answers & Tips
- By: Noel Benford
- Narrated by: Lara Terco
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Authored by Noel Benford, a seasoned Certified Flight Instructor from New York, this guide gives you the most common questions students have been asked during recent exams. Benford shares his extensive experience and insights giving you a significant advantage, ensuring your thoroughly prepared for the exam.
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Perfect pass time study technique
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By: Noel Benford
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Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership, Volume 1
- What Every Aircraft Owner Needs to Know About Selecting, Purchasing, Insuring, Maintaining, Troubleshooting, Modifying, and Flying Light Airplanes (Airplane Maintenance and Ownership, Book 3)
- By: Mike Busch
- Narrated by: Justin Smallbridge, Mike Busch
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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Mike Busch on Airplane Ownership is the much-awaited sequel to his previous books Manifesto and Engines. In this two-volume set, Busch distills his wisdom from his more than 50 years as an aircraft owner. He brings his refreshingly commonsense and often outside-the-box approach to every aspect of owning and operating a general aviation aircraft.
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Great read/listen!!
- By Amazon Customer on 10-19-24
By: Mike Busch
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Pass Your Commercial Pilot Checkride
- By: Jason Schappert
- Narrated by: Tony Smyles
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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In "Pass Your Commercial Pilot Checkride," the MzeroA team leverages their extensive flight experience and knowledge to guide pilots through one of the most crucial steps in their aviation journey the checkride. This book aims to demystify the process, offering strategies and insights that will save you time and reduce stress, ensuring you're fully prepared for the big day.
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Pretty dry and lacking in much meaningful insight
- By Chris on 06-01-23
By: Jason Schappert
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Disaster!
- A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes
- By: John Withington
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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A comprehensive catalog of the most devastating and deadly events-natural or man-made-in human history. If you follow the news it can seem like injury, sickness, and death are now constant, inescapable occurrences that threaten us every second of every day. But such catastrophic events - as terrible and frightening as they are - have been happening for as long as mankind has walked the Earth.... and even before. From ancient volcanoes and floods to epidemics of cholera and smallpox to Hitler's mass killings in the 20th century, humanity's continued existence has always seemed perilous.
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Fantastic account of disasters!
- By Gardenstate Reader on 12-30-19
By: John Withington
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The Killing Zone
- My Life in the Vietnam War
- By: Frederick Downs
- Narrated by: Barry Press
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.
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It dont mean nuthin.
- By Jack OBrien on 06-21-17
By: Frederick Downs
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Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride
- By: Jason M. Schappert
- Narrated by: Tony Smyles
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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Are you preparing for your instrument pilot checkride and feeling overwhelmed? "Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride" is your essential companion, designed to answer all your questions and clarify every aspect of the checkride process. In "Pass Your Instrument Pilot Checkride," the MzeroA team leverages their extensive flight experience and knowledge to guide pilots through one of the most crucial steps in their aviation journey—the checkride. This book aims to demystify the process, offering strategies and insights that will save you time and reduce stress, ensuring you're fully prepared.
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Not actually a 2.0
- By Matt on 02-02-25
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Manifesto: A Revolutionary Approach to General Aviation Maintenance
- By: Mike Busch A&P/IA
- Narrated by: Michael D. Busch
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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There’s a dirty little secret about aviation maintenance: It often breaks aircraft instead of fixing them. Manifesto is the much-anticipated first audiobook from renowned aviation columnist and speaker Mike Busch. Written in typical no-nonsense style, it lays out the basis of Mike's “minimalist” maintenance philosophy for owner-flown general aviation aircraft. An owner who follows the audiobook's guidance can save a small fortune on maintenance costs and end up with a safer, more reliable aircraft.
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Maintenance should be performed like surgery. when needed.
- By Coffeebee on 11-05-24
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Private Pilot Blueprint
- By: Jason Schappert
- Narrated by: Jason Schappert
- Length: 2 hrs and 9 mins
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In the third edition of the Private Pilot Blueprint, Jason Schappert takes his 10,000+ hours of flight experience to guide you on the path to saving time and money on your aviation journey. Jason’s goal for this book is to share with others everything he wishes someone would have told him when he started his private pilot flight training so others can avoid making the same mistakes he made that cost him time and money. You’ll be able to apply the practical tools in this book to complete your Private Pilot Certificate in less time while becoming a safe, proficient pilot.
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This is a very brief but valuable intro to what is takes to get one’s Private Pilot’s License.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-20-23
By: Jason Schappert
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- Ryan D.
- 09-27-23
Good book. Bad narrator.
The content of the book is top notch. Gives good insight into what kills most inexperienced pilots. I had a hard time with the narrator. He had a very bland and robotic delivery.
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- Elijah
- 06-09-22
Mandatory for ALL Pilots
I don’t care if you’re a student pilot or a seasoned veteran with tens of thousands of hours…if you haven’t read this book you’re doing yourself a disservice.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-23
WELL DONE
A very informative work that all pilots who seek to improve their flying safety should consider.
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- C. Hartmann
- 10-25-20
Should probably be required reading
It is a bit dry, but if every new pilot read this it would save a lot of carnage. I have had my ticket for more than 40 years and I found it VERY useful--and fascinating in an odd way.
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- Paula
- 11-29-22
Should be periodic mandatory reading for pilots
A couple of reviewers have complained about the statistics - and they might be right - but, as a pilot, everything this warns against and all the ways in which pilots can, by preflight or inflight attention, absolutely eliminate, or by education practice alleviate are 100% of dead right.
When I listened to this, I could hear my instructor(s) pounding each message into my ears as I had worked towards my licence and endorsements.
Once you’ve qualified, unless and until you have an accident, no one ever does this to you again - even in the biennial flight reviews the emphasis is on practical flying and legislative changes.
I suspect that most private pilots who don’t plan to go commercial, fly relatively rarely. I am not amongst these pilots - I own a plane which is hangared directly behind my house (I fly from a strip in the NE paddock) and consequently, if I wake up to a nice morning, I can and do go flying - whether I plan a long trip to meet friends or take someone for a spin is really a function of how good the longer term weather forecasts were - if the good weather is less expected I just take myself up for fun.
I’m always well current in VFR, legally speaking. It is a rare week I don’t fly at least one day, a little less in winter.
The truth is, though, if I’ve just been up for a range of short flights recently, I specifically lack practice in standard landings - my home strip is grass, short and very steep (10 degrees) - in winter, especially, I often don’t land on a horizontal runway for a couple of months at a time - my home strip requires short/soft field technique and my habit is (strong crosswinds apart) to use modified short-field techniques everywhere I go. I’m rethinking that as a consequence of listening and plan a visit to my old instructor to discuss.
I’m very pleased to have had the refresher. There was some stuff I had never heard (not all that much, in fact) but a whole raft of stuff that had slipped into the back of my mind. I plan to make listening to the book a part of my personal “biennial” and link it t9 my flight review and medical.
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- Paddleforward
- 06-28-23
Great listen for any stage pilot!
This book is filled with valuable information on decision making and situational awareness. From the beginning student to your commercial pilot this book is a must listen for anyone involved in aviation!
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- Greg Cook
- 09-01-21
toms of useful info
It sounds to be narrated by a computer bot. Not ideal. Because of this it lacks personality
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- Harrison VanLeeuwen
- 07-01-22
Very useful info. for Pilots.
A great book on how to not kill yourself in an airplane. There is really nothing in here you haven't heard in flight school, but the real world examples that go with the lessons taught in the book easily make it worth a listen. If you are a pilot who doesn't want to die in an airplane, read this book.
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- Sam J.
- 12-14-22
Very effective message
I got this book to learn some lessons from other people’s expensive Miata and I feel like I surely did. It is very morbid and I had to take it in parts because the focus is unfortunately on fatal mistakes.
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- C. Bornfleth
- 01-10-23
Must read for every pilot
I heard many expressions in this book that had been echoed by my CFI’s. I learned a tremendous amount
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