For a limited time to combine with the upcoming promotion of our 2011 updated series, we are giving away copies of the Cessna Training Manual Series. To qualify for a free copy, all you need to do is post a review of one of Red Sky Ventures books that you have read on Amazon, and Lulu, and we will send you another book of your choice for free.
Cessna Engine Manuals
New engine manuals from Lycoming and Continental have just been uploaded, and more coming soon, also in the General Aviation Resources list there is a very nice book by Continental on engine handling tips, a good read especially for pilots transitioning to a type with a bigger engine.
Free Cessna Book Giveaway – www.gonumbers.com
Free Cessna Manual Competition
There’s a competition running at the moment at www.gonumbers.com, you would think it was the simplest thing in the world of aviation to answer, since it’s about departure procedure terrain clearance – something an IFR pilot has to do every day. All you need to do is answer the question and you’ll receive a free Cessna Training Manual of your choice. Competition will keep running til a correct answer is received. C’mon, surely pilots out there want to get great aviation stuff for free?
More POHs Available
As a site update, along the lines of great free stuff, there are now POHs available for all the latest Cessna models in our ‘Free Stuff’ Tab.
C172 Updated
Also the Cessna 172 Training Manual has been re-released in a much improved version with a full model history and more information on the latest C172SP with G1000 included.
Cessna 206 Pre-Release
The following is our first press release for the Cessna 206 – which is in the “Pre-release” state, what the IT people like to call BETA – although not a true description. The book is complete, but we need to give media sources, suppliers etc, lead time for stocks. The launch is planned for early next year. The article below explains a little more. Talking about stores, please note, it is not available as a direct link at our own site yet – standby for that, in the mean time the links below can be used, or click on”Author Spotlight” from any of the present training manual buy page, and you will reach our storefront, or click on the thumbnail link on the top right of any of the other pages on this site.
Press Release Cessna 206
Red Sky Ventures announces the pre-release of the Cessna 206 Training Manual. It’s now available in Red Sky Ventures online store, easily accessible via search at <a href=”http://www.lulu.com”>www.lulu.com</a>. And can be found via the direct link <a href=”http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/cessna-206-training-manual/13521221″>here</a>.
The Cessna 206 Training Manual is an information guide book, primarily aimed at pilots, containing in-depth technical information, pilot’s operating notes, performance planning, and a variety of tips and tricks which can help improve operating standards of all pilot’s flying the aircraft. The book has a large number of photographs, diagrams, and schematics to compliment and aid understanding of the text. The book is intended to be used in conjunction with the manufacturer’s Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) for ground study purposes, and in such it expands on the information in the POH, and adds clarity and meaning to the manufacturer’s requirements, which are necessarily vague.
Both authors, Danielle Bruckert and Oleg Roud are professional pilots and instructors on the Cessna series of aircraft they write about. They now both fly for airlines, however both remain active as instructors and examiners on light aircraft. Their motivation to write the books was to improve training and operating standards in the general aviation sector – the term used to define the non-airline civil aviation sector, typically involving light aircraft in private and charter operations.
The Cessna Training Manual is the fifth book in the series, and the authors believe it is the best so far. “Experience always shows us ways to improve, from research and compilation, to display and how we get the message across,” Says Danielle Bruckert. Danielle further states that with each book, they find more and more useful information to include on each model. The Cessna 206, at 177 pages is nearly double the length of the Cessna 182 Training Manual, it’s closest counterpart. And although initially Danielle thought it would be a simple process to revise the format they already had in the Cessna 210 Training Manual, the most recent release, three years of extensive research and development later, she admits “It was an underestimate – this book is much more than that!”.
The book is available at present as a special pre-release version. The full book release launch will take place early next year, allowing for media lead times and will include a full colour and hard cover version. .
More information about this and other Cessna books in the series can be found at www.redskyventures.org.
Namibian Airfield Directory – 4th Edition Just Released
We have just uploaded the new version of the Namibian Airfield Directory at our lulu store,
Red Sky Ventures has just released the 4th edition of the Namibian Runway Directory online. Available in hard copy only at http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/namibian-runway-directory-2010/12568632. Produced by Oleg and Irina Roud of B-Jet (Namibian business jet solutions) and Memel CATS, it is a major improvement to the previous copies.
If you’re flying or intend to fly in Namibia – this book is a must!
Customer Feedback on Red Sky Ventures Services
I often correspond with clients for a long time without any hope of any financial gain, often they started out wanting a book or a flight which we could perform, but ended up as a referral, however I just figure it’s all part of the service. And besides I like seeing people enjoy aviation, and do so safely, however I can help in this goal is an important part of our business.
Here’s what some people say about it:
” I am e-mailing with her (Danielle Bruckert) for 8 months now and she has been very! helpful. (and seems to be charming and funny too*, but that’s another story J).”
*This gentleman doesn’t know me very well, I come across very differently in person, I am sure all my colleagues can testify to! J
“I was impressed with the service, no one else offers this.”
Well sure, not in Namibia, but in first world countries, I believe some do!
Believe it or not, there’s quite a few more like that, so I figured why not get some press out of it, and will begin to post them here. Hopefully readers will trust and appreciate what we are trying to do.
If you want to write to me for feedback about our products or questions about Cessna aircraft, I am happy to help, and from now on I’ll start posting some of the positive comments here, (de-identified of course).
Press Release: Cessna Training Manuals Receive Favourable Response from US Audiences
Cessna Training Manuals Receive Favourable Response from US Audiences
In November 2009, Red Sky Ventures popular Cessna Training Manual series, released a special US edition of their Cessna 210 Training Manual. Promotion of the books, in line with the US release, has received an extremely favourable response from US readers.
Reviews and feedback from US readers and specific target groups showed a high level of support, and illustrated the seriousness with which the American flying public now take aviation training and safety matters.
Reviewing accident statistics from the NTSB database, the General Aviation sector consistently maintains the highest rates per flight hour by a large margin. AOPA’s Air Safety Foundation sadly reports the predominant cause of accidents, remain largely unchanged, with 80% of the primary cause being pilot related. A review of NTSB statistics shows that a large portion are contributed to either flight control or systems handling errors. Headings such as ‘power loss-non-mechanical ‘, ‘loss of control’, and ‘hard landings’ dominate the statistics, surely leaving the public wondering about levels of training in General Aviation.
In publishing the Cessna Training Manual series, authors Oleg Roud and Danielle Bruckert aimed to address some of the areas of deficiency identified in light aircraft training, and promote the importance of thorough type transition training. They base their series on a concept found in larger or more complex aircraft, where a training manual is issued to pilots, providing more in depth information on technical systems and procedures. “We hope the books will help improve pilots’ knowledge of the aircraft they fly and help to improve operating practices in the private sector.”, says Danielle.
The training manuals are designed for transition training, but are also useful as a reference for pilots flying the aircraft, or to study when preparing for a check ride, and are a valuable addition to any pilot’s library. They contain a large amount of essential information for pilots, which is often difficult to find in the POH and not provided in a basic training course. The books expand the information contained within the POH, adding helpful hints and providing practical operating philosophies to help pilots avoid trouble and to enhance airmanship and safety.
The layout of the books follows a typical training progression. The first section provides in depth technical information about the aircraft, including diagrams, photographs and schematics. The second part of the book contains operational information, recommended mnemonics for single pilot operation, and expanded procedures for normal and abnormal situations. The last section includes a helpful guide to pre-flight performance and weight and balance calculations.
The information is compiled from a range of reference resources, many of which are available for free on Red Sky Ventures website, input from experienced operators and engineers, and the authors’ in depth operational experience as professional charter pilots and flight instructors on the Cessna range. Both authors hold ATPL licenses, and presently fly professionally in the airline sector. Additionally they both hold engineering qualifications, and combined they have several thousand hours on the aircraft they write about.
The Cessna Training Manuals are available presently for the Cessna 152, 172, 182, and 210, and a release of the Cessna 206 is planned for early 2010. The manuals are available in the US and internationally through Red Sky Ventures website at www.redskyventures.org.
Considering Buying a Cessna Training Manual?
Some great reasons to buy our Cessna Training Manual
- If will probably save you from a costly mistake that’s worth at least 10 times it’s value
(I speak from experience here! This is why I started writing aviation books, and it led me into a lucrative freelance charter position prior to joining the airlines, since all my client’s new it, and customers respected it I was always called back.)
- It may save you from a mistake that is worth 100 times it’s value,
- It may save you from a mistake that’s priceless….
And,
- You’ve probably wasted 20USD on many things inconceivably more useless during your aviation experience to date (a fluffy plane to hang on the rear view mirror, or a Cessna paperweight perhaps?)
(I know I have! Although more so now than when I was trying to gain my wings, one thing I do know whenever I tried to save money on training it always ended up costing me a fortune.)
Finally:
- We never stop learning, and every resource we find will move us closer towards the overall aviation safety goals or zero accident rate.
Join the growing number of readers who have benefited from Red Sky Ventures’ Cessna Training Manuals.
Lulu Promotions
A Post t Lulu -
Part of being a self published author is continual posts to forums, sometimes searching for feedback, sometimes looking for publicity.
I am led to believe it is part of being a published author aswell, that is until your books really begin to ‘sell themselves’, publishers also expect you to help out with promotions until the book is paying decent returns.
Here’s my latest post on the “Shameless Self Promotion” Forum ast Lulu:
Hi all -
it’s not like it’s that much more, I haven’t really done much so far.
I noticed a few very negative posts responses out there – I’m a bit scared! But I also noticed the responses grew more negative the more the authors refused to accept the comments’ value, or am I wrong?
Well at least I have one thing going – my content is largely toooo technical for the average editor to spot gramatical mistakes – I know there are quite a number that a literary professor, or even a professional author would definately comment on – but not many of them have thousands of flying hours on Cessna’s – if they are – We are ALWAYS looking for help in this project!!! They tend to involve things that leave my editor commenting “Is ‘pitot’ a word?”
On with the shameless self promotion…
Myself and my co-author write a series of Pilot Training Manuals, of which, we are presently trying to promote the Aircraft Training Series to the international market.
The series has been recently renamed in the category of ‘pilot transition training’ as it is a name most pilots are familiar with in the present aviation environment. And because the first five books in the series are on Cessnas, we call it the Cessna Training Manual Series, or Cessna Transition Training Series.
The reason we started this series, is that my co-author and I had both completed ‘type ratings’ on bigger aircraft, during which, if you are lucky, you are issued with a Training Manual for the type, so we knew the value and rewards offered by having a good training manual to compliment type or tranisition training.
A Training Manual (TM) both compliments and expands on the Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH), which is traditionally the only source of reference for light aircraft training. Many pilot’s ask “if I have a POH do I really need your book?” Which has promted me to upload a bunch of free POH copies (for private use only) to my website ([url]www.redskyventures/free_stuff.php[/url]), to answer practically that “Yes you do!” Or else we wouldn’t be giving them away – duh.
Transition training is a term used for small aircraft as there is some phobia of terming it a ‘type rating’ since the deregulation of type ratings in non-complex types. All this means is, regardless of the regulations, by common sense, if you are flying a new type of plane, you need to get some training (I can’t imagine any of you out there would feel comfortable knowing that your pilot’s first flight in the aircraft type concerned was the one with you on board!), and these books help with the training – well and truely over and above that information in the POH.
To give a couple of examples of differences between a POH and a TM, first a POH applies to one model in the type type, whereas a training manual covers all of them (a Cessna 172 has at least 30 variants, with differing speeds, engines, systens, flap and gear).
Second, and really importantly, a POH versus a TM is a little like a car manufacturers manual versus a full drivers education course. One only tells you what you can and can’t do (normally in a very ‘tech-speak’ manner), the latter is a full education into safe operations.
I’m sure in the begining I lost most of you who don’t fly, but I hope you caught up in this last point.
Because light aircraft training is largely up to the control of the individual instructor or flight school, the syllabus and standards can vary widely. A flight instructor can begin teaching on type with only a few hours – trust me I have unfortunately been in this situation.
You may be a pilot or know pilots out there who have never heard of a transition training book, and wish they had, or who are doing training and need help. Ask them to think about it – if they’s managed to get through their first few hundred hours on the aircraft without problems, well great, but as a passenger do you feel happy thinking it was a chance? If they don’t agree, PLEASE ask them to write to me.
I am still ever fearfull of those negative comments and feedback, but so far – we haven’t really recieved any. If I do I promise to take them to heart as chances to improve our product – after all our aim was always, primarily, to improve pilot standards.
Well I hope this explanation reads OK, and that I’ve achieved something here,
If not – be tuned for more shameless promotion….from the Cessna Training Manual Authors