Cleared for Takeoff! A Flight Instructor on the Secrets of Training Captains and First Officers

Every day around the world, civil aviation airplanes make hundreds of thousands of takeoffs and landings. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and three hundred and sixty-five days a year, thousands of airliners leave the solid surface of the Earth—and after a while return back again, connecting cities, countries, and destinies.

DENIS OKANY, a civil aviation flight instructor, wrote his second book about the main business of his life. In “TAKEOFF PERMITTED,” Denis Okan shares exciting flights together with listeners. He explains how an airplane is built, recalls curious cases from his experience, and tells about his love for this profession.

How are flights carried out in fog, rain, or thunderstorms? What besides difficult weather conditions can make a flight harder? Why is the captain’s role so important during a flight, and what rules exist in the crew? What is pre-flight preparation, and what does it include? How are future captains trained?

You will take part in complex flights, in different cities and airports. You’ll see how the airplane crew works, how complex landings are performed, how the airplane is controlled in bad weather, and much more.

DENIS OKANY’S STORIES WILL TAKE YOU HIGH INTO THE SKY—and even let you feel like a pilot.