Crosshairs Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) Hello all, I recently did some searching for some military based aircraft flight training material and came across a heafty and very well illustrated 14 volume set of books from the Central Flying School (CFS), used to train RAF Qualified Flight Instructors. It covers the most basic principles of flight to more complicated topics such as different radar types and how to use and interperate them, it may be of help to some of you guys or hopfully at least be an interesting read. The publiction (AP3456) was released through a fairly recent FOI request and is free for personal studies and reference, here are the links to each volume. Volume 01 - Principles of Flight Volume 02 - Aircraft Performance Volume 03 - Propulsion Volume 04 - Aircraft Systems Volume 05 - Flight Instruments Volume 06 - Aviation Medicine Volume 07 - Avionics Volume 08 - Aircraft Operations Volume 09 - Navigation Volume 10 - Meteorology Volume 11 - Radar Volume 12 - Helicopters Volume 13 - Maths and Physics Volume 14 - Electronics Edited December 18, 2020 by Crosshairs 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spetz Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Interesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza772 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 AP3456 was/is the QFI bible and was covered in more depth at CFS than in regular pilot training. Relevant parts for your type were incorporated in type specific manuals for routine pilot training at the FTS's. Funny how we had to be dragged screaming and kicking to become QFI's - one exciting objective was to be able to derive the graphs in the Vol1 from students by eliciting the correct responses.... OK Bloggs, today we are going to have a chat about slats.... cue whiteboard and 4 coloured pens - happy days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosshairs Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 Haha interesting, I was hoping this would bring back memories for some students who studied this material, hopefully positive ones but who knows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza772 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) Thanks for the reminder Edited December 11, 2020 by bazza772 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 OMG!! Thanks for this.. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Digby_ Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Wow, amazing! Fantastic find; thank you so much! Regards, Digby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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