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Notes on Compatibility:
- This ASA eBook requires Adobe® Digital Editions, which is available as a FREE Download, to be installed on your desktop or laptop computer.
- Adobe Digital Editions is NOT yet fully supported on Mac OSX Lion, however, Adobe has a Beta version available that may work for you. Click HERE for more information.
- ASA eBooks can be installed on up to 5 devices simultaneously, and read on a range of digital devices including the Apple iPhone®, iPad®, iPod Touch®, and Android® smartphones/tablets as well as PC and Mac computers.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my Android ?
To view eBooks on an Android based tablet or phone, you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your eBook on your device:
- Download the free Bluefire Reader app from the Android Market.
To be able to read eBooks on your mobile device you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. On first use, the Bluefire Reader app will display a message asking you to authorize your device for Adobe Digital Editions.
- Start the Bluefire app on your device. Touch the Info button, enter your Adobe ID Username and Password, and touch the Authorize button. A message will display stating Authorization Successful, Device has be Authorized.
- Close the Bluefire app, connect your mobile device to your computer and select the 'Disc Drive' connection option.
- On your computer, open an explorer window and navigate to the 'imports' folder on your mobile device's SD card.
Bluefire tech support states that the versions of Android supported by this app are v2.2, 2.3 and 3.1. They further state that the default the path to the imports folder is \mnt\sdcard\bluefire\imports. On our test systems the path is Removable Disk (I:)\Bluefire\imports.
- Next, locate the eBook file you wish to copy to your mobile device. ASA eBooks you have viewed on your computer will be stored in the 'Digital Editions' sub-folder within your 'Documents' folder.
Select the eBook file, and copy and paste it into the 'imports' folder on your SD card.
- Disconnect your mobile device from the computer and start the Bluefire app. Touch the hardware Menu button and select Upload files on SD card. This will add your new ebook to your Bluefire Library.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch ?
To view eBooks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your eBook on your device:
- Download the Bluefire Reader app using iTunes or the Applications feature on your device
- Next, start the Bluefire app on your device. To be able to read eBooks on your device you must authorize it. On first use of the Bluefire app a message will ask you to authorize your device for Adobe Digital Editions. Enter your Adobe ID Username and Password. Clicking 'info' will also display the Authorize option.
- Connect your device to your computer and 'sync' them.
- When the sync is complete, with your device still plugged into your computer, select your device from the Devices list on the left side of the iTunes window, then click on the Apps tab.
- Scroll down the page to File Sharing, find the Bluefire app.
- Highlight the Bluefire app by clicking on it.
- To the right is a box titled Bluefire Documents. Click the 'Add' button.
- When the window opens, go to your Documents folder and find the Digital Editions folder containing your eBooks. Select the eBook you want to add to Bluefire, the book will automatically sync to your device.
- Unplug your device from the computer and open the Bluefire application to read your newly uploaded eBooks.
✈ How do I get my eBooks onto my Kindle Fire ?
To be able to read eBooks on a Kindle Fire you must first install Adobe Digital Editions onto your computer and open the ebook on the computer. You can then follow the steps outlined below to use your ebook on your device.
- Download the free Bluefire reader directly from Bluefire. The following link to the Bluefire website page for Kindle Fire users will provide a link to their installer package and will have guided steps on how to install the Bluefire reader onto your Kindle Fire.
http://www.bluefirereader.com/blog/?p=158
- After installation of the reader is completed, start the Bluefire app on your Kindle. Touch the Info button, enter your Adobe ID Username and Password, and touch the Authorize button. A message will display stating Authorization Successful, Device has been Authorized.
- Close the Bluefire app, connect your Kindle Fire to your computer.
- When you see the "You can now transfer files from your computer to kindle" message on your Kindle Fire, open an explorer window on your computer and navigate to the "imports" folder on your Kindle Fire.
On our test systems the path is Removable Disk (H:)\Bluefire\imports.
- Next, locate the eBook file you wish to copy to your Kindle Fire. ASA eBooks you have viewed on your computer will be stored in the "Digital Editions" sub-folder within your "Documents" folder.
Select the eBook file, and copy and paste it into the "imports" folder on your Kindle Fire.
- Disconnect your Kindle Fire from the computer and start the Bluefire app. Touch the Info button and then touch the Import button in Import from SD card. This will add your new ebook to your Bluefire Library.
Leighton Collins’ Takeoffs and Landings—the Crucial Maneuvers and Everything in Between provides expert, flight-tested techniques pilots need in these critical phases of flight, in every contingency of arrival and departure, VFR and IFR, single and twin, tricycle gear and taildragger. This revived aviation classic is about the realities of flying into and out of an airport, the practical matters of taking off and landing safely and skillfully, every time.
Collins’s classic text is full of analysis and insight into each and every takeoff and landing—not only why things happen, but how to manipulate the factors toward the desired results. Trim, control feel, flaring, correcting imperfections, airplane design characteristics, atmospheric conditions, pilot skill or lack thereof, airport design, flight trends — it's all in here, with emphasis throughout on stall/spin avoidance and the inherent risks of flying low and slow. Readers will find five different ways of touching down, three ways of landing crosswind, an excellent description of a light twin on takeoff with one engine out, and an account of a perfect flight and a good landing from takeoff roll to full stop.
Along with his more than half a century of personal experience, Collins shares tips and secrets from his observations of airline pilots during their routine check flights, reading military manuals, attending manufacturer’s flight training programs, and interviewing aviation’s think-tanks: Bob Buck, Fred Weick, Howard Piper, William Lear, etc. The book’s Foreword is by Wolfgang Langewiesche, author of Stick and Rudder. Collins’s son, aviation author Richard L. Collins, writes an opening note, and the new photography throughout is by Tom Lippert.
Leighton Collins is reflected in this book: practical, personable, realistic, and authoritative. Leighton first soloed in 1929 in an open-cockpit biplane. He founded Air Facts magazine, which he edited and produced almost single-handedly for 35 years, a magazine widely recognized as the pioneering force for improvement of the aviation safety record. While he contributed a chapter to Stick and Rudder, Langewiesche’s classic flight manual, Takeoffs and Landings was the first book in Mr. Collins’s long writing career.
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