Part V: General Airmanship

Airmanship is proficiency in the handling and operating of airplanes on the ground and in the air. It involves understanding of the necessity and care in the execution of keeping an airplane in airworthy condition. A proficient pilot is fully conversant with the capabilities of his airplane at all times. General Airmanship is designed to introduce pilots to the concepts involved in good airmanship and whet their appetite to seek further information and experience in broadening their proficiency as pilots.

The study of Human Factors has gained increasing relevance in today's aeronautical industry. Part V of From The Ground Up explains some of these factors to help pilots understand and appreciate the capabilities and limitations of their own bodies so that flying might never be a frightening or dangerous undertaking but instead the enjoyable and safe experience that all lovers of airplanes know it to be.

Air Safety is the putting into practice of all the knowledge on aviation and technical matters that a pilot has acquired in the course of their training and flying career. For a lifetime of pleasant and safe flying, not only must pilots have an appreciation of the foundation on which "the rules of flight" were built, but they must also practise these rules at all times. Part V of From The Ground Up explains the "do's and don'ts" for flight safety.