Stoenworks Aviation CD information page
Updated 17 July, 2008
Purpose of the CD:
The "Stoenworks Aviation CD" is devoted to training and assisting the user to better understand how to fly computer flight simulators. Written in an easy to read, non-technical style, it starts off with "How to fly computer flight simulators", and progresses through the flight instruction phase to instrument flying procedures and all of the territory in between. Additional content ranges from radio procedures to flight planning. Heavily illustrated and written so that the information applies to actual aircraft as well as flight simulator aircraft. There is almost twice as much aviation-related content on the CD as on the Stoenworks Aviation page on the internet.
The CD is relatively cheap ($12.50, including shipping to any location in the world), and is in Adobe PDF format (compatible with all computer platforms- Windows, Macintosh, Linux etc.)
Satisfaction guarantee: If you're not satisfied, you keep the CD and get your money back- it's that simple.
Your purchase of this CD directly contributes to the continued availability of the Stoenworks Aviation flight tutorials on the internet. I sincerely appreciate your support!
If you have any doubts about the CD, or its contents, there is a review by "PC Pilot" magazine that you may read at the bottom of this page.
The CD is made up in a professional manner, is fully indexed with active links, comes with a jewel case card, and is shipped in a special anti-static CD mailer. All orders are shipped via First Class Air Mail within 24 hours. (I used to ship in a jewel case, but most of them got cracked in shipment. With the case card included you can just slip the card in your own jewel case.)
There are over 900 pages on the CD that are devoted to aviation.
Complete order information is at the bottom of this page.
Contents of the CD:
Flight Instruction
How to fly computer flight simulators: An in-depth tutorial on flight simulators. Aircraft instruments- what they are, how they work, what they do. How to takeoff, do stalls, fly traffic patterns and land airplanes.
Flight planning and how to navigate: How to get from here to there. How to fly VFR. How to layout a flight plan. How to figure out fuel burn. A sample flight dispatch form, and how to use it.
Crosswind landing techniques: How to land your airplane when the wind is not directly down the runway.
Getting off...an on: How to do landings and takeoffs at airports with obstructions in the approach/departure path. How to handle operations when the field is rough, icy, etc.
Getting there, a basic primer on flying from "A" to "B": Putting together a complete airline flight from dispatch to landing- with a few thunderstorms and a approach to minimums thrown in for flavor.
Landing airplanes in simulators and peripheral vision: The importance of side vision when landing airplanes.
Step on it!: Why do you need to use rudder in a turn? What's a "slip"? This provides some answers.
Hold it!: What "holding" is. Why it is necessary. How to enter a holding pattern. How to fly a holding pattern. How to compensate for wind in the hold.
How to land airplanes: Forces at work on an airplane when landing. How to configure your airplane for landing. How to figure out correct airspeeds and approach angles for landing.
Navigation and Communication
Aircraft communications: How to use the aircraft communications radio, phraseology and techniques.
Understanding VOR's and VORTAC's, and how to use them: How VOR's & VORTAC's operate. How the "TO/FROM" flag works. How to navigate using the VOR or VORTAC.
VFR flight: What is "flying VFR"? How do you do it, and what are the implications? What's a "flight plan"?
Airspace: How the airspace in the U.S. is structured. Restricted Airspace, classes of airspace, Restricted Areas, etc. What they mean, why they're important.
Weather: Some observations about aviation weather. Potential shortcomings in the weather observation system, alternate airports, ice.
Runways and taxiways: All about what those markings mean.
Flight Instruments and Systems
Weather radar: How airborne weather radar works. How to use it. How to interpret what it shows.
The HSI: The complete guide to this invaluable instrument. How they work, what the displays mean, how to use them, how to set them up.
Flight Directors- what they are, what they do: How to use the Flight Director. What it looks like, how it operates, how to use it.
Throttles, mixtures and props.: How these guys operate. How to use them.
Cowl flaps and engine cooling: All about piston engine cooling. How to keep them cool, how cowl flaps operate.
Understanding airspeed: What's the difference between "ground speed", "airspeed", "true airspeed" and all of those other terms?
Density: What "Density Altitude" is. How it can severely affect aircraft operations. The dangers of being "High, Hot and Humid".
Nose gear steering: How an airplane steers on the the ground.
High-Wing, Low-Wing: Why do some aircraft have their wing on the "top", and some have it on the "bottom"? Is there a good reason for this? And why do these two distinct designs keep running into one another? Some answers.
Instrument Flying
Introduction, Understanding IFR, SID's and STAR's: What is IFR? Dictionary of terms. How to get into the IFR system. Basic instruments for IFR operations.
VOR Approaches: How to fly the VOR approach. How to fly VOR approaches with and without radar.
VOR/DME Approaches, Flying DME Arcs: How to fly VOR/DME approaches. How to fly the approach with and without radar vectors. How to fly DME arcs.
Flying The Coupled Approach: How to use the autopilot when flying an instrument approach.
NDB (ADF) Approaches: How to fly NDB (ADF) approaches. How to correct for wind drift on the approach. How to do procedure turns.
ILS Approaches: How to fly the ILS approach. What the various segments of the ILS are. How to handle communications failures. Situational awareness.
LocalizerApproaches: How they differ from the ILS. How to fly them.
Localizer Back-Course Approaches: What they are. How they differ from the conventional Localizer and ILS approaches. All about this "left is right and right is left" business. A simple way to fly them without confusion.
Aircraft Accidents
The Last Flight Of A Cessna 421B: First-hand account of an off-airport incident involving dual engine failure and off-airport "landing".
General Information
Flying Pay: So, just how much money can you make flying airplanes for a living? This tells you what Corporate, Charter, Airline, Package (UPS, etc.) and Military Pilots get paid to fly airplanes. Pay is broken down into "High", "Average" and "Low" for each category. For the military, it is broken down into years of service and Officer Grade. If you want to fly airplanes for a living, or are just plain curious as to how much pilots get paid, this is invaluable information to have.
So, You Want To Be An Airplane Pilot: Just how do you go about becoming a pilot? What's required? How do I get a job flying airplanes for a living? This contains some answers.
Corporate Flight Ops.: How a corporate flight operation works, utilizing the Cessna 421B aircraft. An in-depth discussion of corporate flight operations and airplane systems and procedures.
Is There A Pilot Onboard?: Speculation abou being on an airline flight and the crew becomes incapacitated. Could you save the day?
I'm Thinking About Buying A Flight Simulator: Things to consider before jumping into the "Flight simulator pool'. A basic primer for the flight simulator neophyte.
The Little Black Bag: That unknown factor that comes into play when flying airplanes.
The Cessna 421B file:
- The complete Owner's Manual, (This is a scan of the original manual)
- Aircraft Flight Manual,
- Annotated photogrraphs of the instrument panel, power quadrant and the pilot's control wheel.
- Sales brochures, etc. Everything you wanted to know about the 421B.
The Original Cessna Citation sales brochure: Beautiful extensive color photographs of the exterior, interior and instrument panel
A list of relevant aviation url's that are not available to the average public: This one alone may make the CD of value to you.
Twenty pages of aviation "discreet addresses" on the internet. Headings include: "Aircraft Manufacturers", "Aircraft Sales", "Airshows, Trade Shows & Conventions", "Associations", "Aviation Employment", "Flight Planning", "Aviation Information Resources", "On-line Aviation Publications", "Pilots Only", "Training", "Aviation Weather Resources", and more!
The Piper Apache PA-23 and PA-23-160 Owner's Handbook for Operation and Maintenance: (This is a scan of the original manual)
- Design features
- Operating instructions
- Performance charts
- General maintenance
- Warranty
The Lear Fan. Original Sales Brochure: Bill Lear's final gift to aviation, the twin-engined, PT-6 turbine-powered (with a driveshaft no less), "plastic" airplane. This was an amazing aircraft that only the genius mind of Bill Lear could come up with. If you are into computer aircraft design, this information will be invaluable.
- Color photographs and drawings of the exterior and interior.
- Complete performance specifications
- Three-view drawings and dimensions
- Performance comparisons with comparable existing aircraft
1956 Chicago O'Hare instrument approach plate: Who says that you can't go back to the 50's again?
1974 Cessna Annual Aircraft Catalog:
- All of the Cessna aircraft
- Photographs
- Performance specifications
- Prices, 1974 dollars. Would you believe a brand new Cessna 150, equipped, for $9,425.00? A 172 for $14,050? How about a Citation Jet for $725,000? They're all here. A history of the Cessna Aircraft Company
Alon A2 Aircoupe Owner's Manual.: (This is a scan of the original manual)
In the mid-60's the Alon Aircraft purchased the manufacturing rights to the original Ercoupe. The Ercoupe was the only airplane to ever have been displayed in Macy's Department Store windows. The Alon version used an up-dated engine, and introduced rudders, albeit of limited deflection range. This is a complete copy of the manual. Whether you are a researcher, simulator pilot, or an aircraft designer, everything you need is here
- Three-view, dimensioned drawing
- Complete check lists for pre-flight, starting engine, take-off, climb, etc.
- Operating details and descriptions
- Specifications and operating data
- Weight and balance
- Maintenance information
Beechcraft "Twin Beech, Super 18" Pilot's Manual: (This is a scan of the original manual)
Powered by Pratt & Whitney R985 radial engines, this is the aircraft that brought Beechcraft into the twin-engine, transport world. The Grandfather of the Queen Air and the King Air. Used today extensively in Alaska for bush flying duties, and all over the world to carry mail and freight. This is a complete copy of the manual. Whether you are a researcher, simulator pilot, or an aircraft designer, everything you need is here
Cessna 425 / Conquest 1 / Corsair The 421 on steroids. Powered by Pratt & Whitney PT6's, this is the 421 with turbines. Arguably the prettiest turbo-prop in the skies. Included is the sales brochure, complete specifications & drawings, and the price list showing all options so that you can "spec. out" your own airplane- add avionics or seating options and see what it does to the weight, and the price. Beautiful color pictures.
Aviation humor
Mitsubishi MU-2L sales brochure: Before it became the Mooney, the MU-2 was designed and built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan. Using engineering from the F-4 Phantom fighter, which they were building under contract, this is the ultimate hot rod of corporate turboprops. Maximum cruise speed? A blistering 340 mph. Beautiful brochure with color photographs. Often referred to as the "Rice Rocket", the MU-2 was a pilot's aircraft that demanded full knowledge of its systems and procedures.
- Beautiful color photos of the aircraft in-flight, and of the interior.
- List of standard equipment
- Full performance specifications
Mitsubishi MU-2M sales brochure: The little brother to the "L Series" above, and 15 mph faster- a 355 mph turboprop.
Long-range Corporate Heavy Iron: Twelve of the current corporate long haulers. Each page has color photographs of the aircraft exterior, interior and the instrument panel. Included are interior dimensions, performance and prices.
Aircraft Advertisements: Beautiful full-color ads of current corporate aircraft and helicopters. Designed by the advertisers to appeal to pilots and aircraft owners - the stuff that you won't find in Good Housekeeping magazine.
Military Shots:
- A Navy F-14 Tomcat makes a low pass over the deck of the carrier Stennis. The pilot is suspended, but the shot is spectacular!
- A Navy F/A-18C breaks the sound barrior. You have probably seen the picture, but this includes the notes of the photographer- the circumstances behind the picture, and the equipment that he used.
Flying Stories
A Collection of Flying Stories: All true, some humorous. Fourteen flying stories ranging from accidentally entering a spin with a student pilot to losing the keys to the airplane with the boss aboard.
CD reviewed by Magazine. Click here to read the review.
Order Information: Price is $12.50, U.S. dollars, including First-Class shipping via U.S. Mail to any location in the World. (Shipments outside of the U.S. are listed as "zero value" for Customs.)
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Additional CD Information:
The CD is in Adobe PDF format, which is readable on all computers- Windows, Macintosh, Linux etc. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader, available on-line from Adobe.
Why pay $12.50 for the CD when some of the information is already on the internet? That''s a fair question. In a word, Content. Quite frankly, there's just a whole lot more available on the CD than is shown on the web site- more than 500 additional pages, more than 900 pages total. Everything that is on the internet site is on the CD, plus what is shown on the Contents List above.
In addition, by purchasing the CD you will be able to take the contents with you without the need for an internet connection.
And lastly, purchasing the CD is a show of support for the Stoenworks Aviation Page, and helps to keep it "on the air". CD purchases directly fund the Stoenworks Aviation Page by helping pay for the web site server.
If you have any questions about the CD's format or contents, please feel free to contact me via email Hal@stoenworks.com
For the Customer support page click here.