B737 Performance Reference Handbook
Originally seeing light as a hardcopy book in 2008, the B737 Performance Reference Handbook has turned into an iPad/iPhone app, which is also available on an iMac/MacBook. It is an electronic reference guide for professional airline pilots flying the Boeing 737, but it is also very useful for pilots of other large civil twin-jets, airline dispatchers and trainees / student pilots. It explains regulations (EASA / FAA / ICAO) in the field of aircraft performance for class A airplanes in a clear and understandable way with lots of clarifying pictures and graphs. Although having to deal with it in the day-to-day operation, pilots find the subject quite complex, and this app will help them in understanding the full meaning of the calculations they make including its margins and therefore in making better performance decisions. Considering the numerous positive reactions from all over the world, this app is highly appreciated!
Maurits Hulshof
After getting his degree as an aeronautical engineer (B.Eng) and a military service at the Military Flying School of the Royal Netherlands Airforce, Maurits Hulshof, author of the Performance Reference Handbook 737, started his civil flying career as a first officer on a British Aerospace Jetstream 31 (BA31) in both The Netherlands (Base Airlines) and Sweden (Flying Enterprise) and became a captain on the same type. In 1999 he joined his current employer transavia airlines, The Netherlands, as a First Officer on the B737Classic (B733) and later B737NG (B737/B738) and promoted to captain on the B737NG 4 years after. Already after less than 2 years after his employment, Maurits got the opportunity to combine his aeronautical education with his flying ability and became transavia's first assistent technical pilot in which he developed the company's performance course. Nowadays Maurits is an active captain and Type Rating Instructor (TRI), Examiner (TRE), Multi-Pilot Licence instructor (MPLI) and Technical Knowledge Instructor (TKI) with over 13,500 total flying hours of which more than 11,500 on the Boeing 737. Besides being also one of the maintenance test pilots, he is the company's specialized performance course developer / instructor and responsible for the various performance courses regarding Type Qualification, Operators Conversion Course (OCC) and Command training for both the Boeing and Airbus fleet and he also trains the Flight Dispatchers and supports / advices the Flight Technical Affairs department on the same subject on a regular basis.
In 2019 Maurits started his company Airplane Performance Training in which he further developed the PRH 737 (Performance Reference Handbook 737) as an app and rents himself as a (performance) instructor to other companies, including flight schools.
Alongside the 737 Management Reference Guides
Pat Boone's 737 Management Reference Guides are an operational reference which many 737 crews already carry. The B737 PRH is complementary to it: the MRG covers the operational procedures, this app explains the performance behind them.
Both are useful to have available on your iPad.