Understand the lessons learned from near misses by experienced military pilots. Their lessons could save your life.
Get the lessons from the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom with crews featured from the RAF, RCAF, RAAF, UK ARMY, USAF, USCG, USN, US ARMY, and USMC.
Learn from the experiences of military helicopter pilots so you don't become another air incident statistic.
Packed with 61 easy-to-read lessons, this is a new survival guide for all helicopter pilots, civilian and military, commercial, and private.
Many of the stories are from seasoned aviators but even with all their experience, they were unaware of the potential air disaster ahead of them, falling victim to the situation, but surviving to tell the tale.
These 61 lessons offer a unique window to help identify the signs pilots and ground crew may miss until it’s too late.
This is the sixth book in the best-selling Lessons From The Sky series and contains thought provoking lessons from all branches of the military, offering a rare insight into the risks pilots and crew face and includes room for you to add your own preventive strategies for flying safely.
This book is an essential read for all current and future pilots. Safety first.
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