附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A word of caution -- Introduction -- Mountain flying is different -- Mountain flying can be done safely -- The statistics of mountain flight -- Causes of mountain flight accidents -- Flatland pilots are at greatest risk -- Hence this book -- Chapter 1 Altitude -- Effects of altitude -- Some aircraft performance charts -- Effects of altitude on aircraft engines -- Density altitude -- Fuel mixture management -- Turbocharging -- Engine cooling -- Effects of altitude on aerodynamics -- Effects of altitude on aircraft performance
Speeds to fly change with altitude -- More airplane is better -- One more time -- Effects of altitude on pilots -- Hypoxia -- Susceptibility to hypoxia -- Dangers of hypoxia -- Hyperventilation -- Avoiding hypoxia -- Acclimatize -- Supplemental oxygen -- Pressurized cabin -- Oxygen systems -- Constant-flow oxygen -- Diluter demand oxygen -- Dehydration -- Fatigue -- Hypothermia -- Cumulative effects -- Cold-weather operations -- Above freezing -- From freezing to 20 °F -- Temperatures below 20 °F -- Temperatures below 0 °F -- Temperatures lower than -30 °F -- Reminder about hypothermia
Cold-weather accident precautions -- Chapter 2 Mountain weather -- Global weather -- Weather predictions and current information sources -- The Internet -- The Weather Channel -- Airport weather computers -- Flight service -- En route weather information -- All the above information was incorrect! -- Observe the weather -- Chapter 3 Reading mountain weather -- Observing weather -- Clouds -- Cloud types -- Cumulus-form clouds -- Where cumulus clouds form -- Other concerns with cumulus clouds -- Cumulus cloud types -- Typical cloud heights -- Cumuluslike mountain cloud types -- Stratiform clouds
Temperature inversion layers -- Lenticular clouds -- Cloud caps (or Foehn walls in Europe) -- Pileus clouds -- Mountain wave -- Conditions favoring wave formation -- Wave dimensions -- Flying in wave conditions? -- Nacreous clouds -- Kelvin-Helmholtz wavelets -- Small-scale mountain winds -- Katabatic/anabatic winds -- Temperature inversions -- Thermals -- Ridge lift/rotor -- Venturi -- Anomalous reverse-direction winds -- Reverse-direction convective wind -- Reverse-direction deflected winds -- Reverse-direction pressure drainage winds -- Microbursts and gust fronts over ridges and passes
摘要:Of anomolous reverse-flow winds over passes -- Chapter 4 Mountain flying strategy -- Flying the mountain environment -- Time of day -- Time of year -- Think behind -- Takeoffs -- Takeoff technique -- Density altitude -- Uphill/downhill takeoffs -- Soft field (grass,dirt,snow) -- Go/no go? -- Take off twice -- Departures -- Traffic -- En route -- Route planning -- Navigation -- Lost? -- En route flight techniques -- Narrow valleys -- Climbing a narrow valley -- Climb speed -- Clear the pass at the head of the valley? -- Canyon turns -- Unlikely methods for canyon turns -- Chandelles.
