Aviation Books

If you need a practical - and basic - introduction to navigation, Light Airplane Navigation Essentials is for you. This book is designed for new small aircraft pilots and students just entering flight training who want a guide that will clearly teach the fundamentals they need. Light Airplane Navigation Essentials takes the mysteries out of navigation and clarifies techniques and technologies, such as pilotage and deal reckoning ... course plotting ... radio navigation ... VOR, Loran, and GPS ... airspace rules ... even the glass cockpit. Paul Craig has taught a very successful navigation course for several years, and knows exactly what the new pilot needs to learn. He explains the theory and practice of navigation in a straightforward conversational style, making generous use of illustrations and graphics. Each chapter builds directly on the one before, going from the most basic principles to the latest electronic devices.

This book will take you on a tour of our entire flight training system, from beginner to burnout. You will take a journey, step by step, through each rating and be given the knowledge and tools to avoid all the pitfalls and hassles that every other student will make without this insight. It doesn't matter where you are in your flying, there is something in here for every pilot. There are answers to questions most pilots will never think to ask. There are ideas and solutions to problems most pilots would never even consider. The Complete Guide To Flight Instruction is not a rote, laundry list copy of the procedures listed in the FAA Flight Training Handbook that so many other aviation books have become. Procedures in this book are not the endpoint, they are merely the beginning. Every procedure must have a purpose. Every purpose must fit into the big picture. Every pilot must learn that judgment and decisions are what flying is all about. Here you will learn how to develop judgment and make good decisions. From there you can develop your flying instinct, the most important quality and resource for any pilot. This book is your treasure map through the process. If you want a thorough analysis of everything that is wrong with our flight training system, and how to fix it, if you want a thought-provoking book that challenges everything you have come to believe is possible from your own flying, if you dare to reach beyond the very restrictive boundaries of current teachings, if you want to master flying and teach yourself how to fly the best that you can, then you must read The Complete Guide To Flight Instruction.

Covering operations at both controlled and uncontrolled airfields, this practical manual provides an in-depth treatment of these critical procedures under all conditions, shedding new light and practical insight on these maneuvers.

Being able to easily perform math calulations in your head is a skill that every pilot strives for. If (like many!) you struggle a bit with this process, or, if you are simply looking for a way to improve your math skills in the cockpit, then 'Mental Math for Pilots' is a must read! Whether you are gearing up for that coveted pilot interview, preparing for a checkride or proficiency check, or simply want to improve your inflight caulations performance author Ron McElroy offers numerous invaluable tips and tricks to help you in all areas of cockpit calculations.

In the early 1940's, Wolfgang Langewiesche wrote a series of articles in Air Facts analyzing the various aspects of piloting techniques. Based on these articles, Langewiesche's classic work on the art of flying was published in 1944. This book explains precisely what pilots do when they fly, just how they do it, and why. These basics are largely unchanging. The book applies to large airplanes and small, old airplanes and new, and is of interest not only to the learner but also to the accomplished pilot and instructor. Today, several excellent manuals offer the pilot accurate and valuable technical information. But Stick and Rudder remains the leading think-book on the art of flying.

One of the most talked-about features of Flying, the world's premier aviation magazine, is Howard Fried's "Eye of the Examiner." Using accounts of real-life checkride follies, failures, and triumphs Fried describes in detail how flight tests are conducted and familiarizes readers with the process, helping pilots avoid mistakes and improve their preaparedness for the FAA checkride. Flight test Tips & Tales contains 60 previously published columns that will inform and entertain.