The Pilot's Manual: Multi-Engine Flying

Multi-engine flying opens up new opportunities to utilize an airplane for personal or professional transportation, allowing you to cruise faster, carry more passengers or cargo, and in most cases, fly higher and in greater comfort. With this enhanced capability comes an increased complexity in the aircraft systems, their operations and performance, and pilot decision-making.

The Pilot's Manual: Multi-Engine Flying covers the differences between these aircraft and their single-engine counterparts, providing detailed instruction on systems, aerodynamics, and performance. With reference to the most widely flown light twin training aircraft, the authors cover everything needed for pilots to earn a multi-engine rating using real-world scenarios and examples.

Each chapter details the objectives and key terms involved, with descriptions of the systems supported with full color illustrations, an overview of how the pilot interacts with the systems during aircraft operations, and possible emergencies specific to those systems. Review questions conclude the chapters to deepen understanding and apply the material. Tying together systems knowledge, checklist protocol, and aeronautical decision making as taught in this book, a multi-engine pilot can be confident of achieving mastery of the aircraft.

Author Mark Dusenbury is an Associate Professor for the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Before coming to the University of North Dakota, Mark was an airline pilot for American Eagle Airlines, and a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserves. He also holds a Commercial Pilot certificate with instrument, single, and multi-engine ratings, and is a Certified Flight Instructor for single, multi-engine, and instrument airplane.

Author Shayne Daku is an Assistant Professor for the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Before coming to the University of North Dakota, Shayne was an airline pilot for Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation. He also holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with instrument, single, and multi-engine ratings, and is a Certified Flight Instructor for single, multi-engine, and instrument airplane.

Author Robert Laux is a Lecturer for the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Before coming to the University of North Dakota, Robert was an airline pilot for Piedmont Airlines and a corporate pilot for SC Aviation Incorporated. He also holds an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with instrument, single, and multi-engine ratings, and is a Certified Flight Instructor for single, multi-engine, and instrument airplane.

Kent Lovelace wrote the book's Foreword, and holds the rank of Full Professor and was Chairman of the Aviation Department at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks, overseeing the academic program of 1,500 students enrolled as aviation majors in various undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Professor Lovelace holds an Airline Transport Pilot certificate with a Cessna Citation Type Rating and a CFI certificate with all of the fixed wing ratings. He has accumulated over 4,000 hours of flying experience, with 3,400+ hours of dual given. Professor Lovelace has developed or co-developed and taught many of UND's aviation flight courses and has co-authored publications for pilot certification courses as well as other aviation-related flight courses. He has given numerous presentations at local, regional and national aviation conferences. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in Education from University of North Dakota. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Professor Lovelace is in his tenth year as a Director on the National Business Aviation Association's Certified Aviation Managers Governing Board and recently stepped down as a Director of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Board of Directors after serving for 27 years. He is active with the University Aviation Association and Aviation Accreditation Board International though various committees.