POOLEYS IS A WORLD-RENOWNED reference for both the student pilot and instructor. The publications aim to standardise the quality of flying training, teaching and learning equipment for flight schools and their instructors.
Users have the comfort of knowing that all the aviation training publications Pooleys produce have been closely checked by the UKCAA as well as the leading flight schools and instructors. Their textbooks are constantly updated edited and revised by a team of aviation subject matter experts.
Over the 35 years since the Air Pilots Manuals were launched, more than 250,000 copies of Pooleys manuals have been sold. The Air Pilot’s Manuals for Southern Africa consist of five volumes covering all the key aspects of the Private Pilots syllabus.
The key volumes published for Southern Africa so far are:
Volume 1: Flying Training
Volume 2: Human Performance and Meteorology
Volume 3: Navigation
Volume 4: The Aeroplane: Principles of Flight and Aircraft General
Volume 5: Air Law and Flight Planning.
Pooleys not only produces books, they also have a range of over 2800 products for pilots and flight training organisations. This includes Pooleys own brand products as well as those from many of the world's most recognisable aviation brands.
Many of the products that Pooleys sells are available through their distributors in South Africa.
Users’ comments strongly endorse Pooleys:
This story is from the August 2023 edition of SA Flyer Magazine.
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