Arm-Chair Reading

FLY HIGH, FLY LONG, FLY FREE, FLY FOREVER This guide for new pilots proves that the fun has just begun when you pocket that precious certificate that says you're free to fly on your own. Now, veteran pilot LeRoy Cook shows you what lies beyond flight...

A Pilot's Accident Review by John Lowery An in depth review of high profile accidents that resulted in major changes to regulation and procedures.  John takes you through the chain of errors that have led to fatal accidents.  Understanding the...

Earning the Private Pilot license is a great achievement—now, expand your initial schooling to go Beyond Flight Training. The real excitement begins when the flight instructor lets go of your hand and you’re left to set your own goals and...

Join Barry Schiff on an amazing journey across time and space as he flies and brings home reports on some of aviation’s most rare and popular aircraft. Dream Aircraft documents his lifelong voyage flying aircraft that pilots and aviation...

In March 1967, a Cessna 195 flew from Oregon towards San Francisco carrying a family of three: Alvin Oien, Sr. (the pilot), his wife Phyllis and step-daughter Carla Corbus. Due to worse-than-predicted weather, it went down in the Trinity Mountains of...

Author: Katie Goode ISBN: 1-56027-195-7 This book is for anyone who's dreamed of flying. Katie Goode interviews aviators about their art, their careers, their kinds of flying... airshow performers, skywriter, Alaska bush pilot, airline captains,...

This is the captivating inside story of the making of a pilot. Well-known and respected author Greg Brown shares the journey of life’s skies as he matures from fledgling to seasoned aviator, encountering aerial adventure and colorful characters all...

THE LEGENDARY DOUGLAS DC-3 flies on in the hearts of aviators around the globe, but few today know much about the man with the vision that brought her to the skies. From the author of Together We Fly: Voices From The DC-3 comes an exploration...

Each and every pilot and flight attendant who have read Blue Water Ditching by Captain Dave Montgomery walk away with five items they have never thought about before.With more than 2,700 blue water and polar crossing flights a day, there has never been a...

DEFUSE THE EMERGENCY BEFORE IT HAPPENS...   Do you know the best way to get found if you're forced down, radioless, in the wilderness? Can you land in heavy surface winds? What happens if your engine fails? Are you prepared for the unexpected?...

Hard cover. Equal parts The Right Stuff and The Boys in the Boat, Into Unknown Skies tells the unbelievable history of the 1924 race to circumnavigate the globe for the first time by air, a nail-biting contest that pitted underdog US pilots against...

10001810-002,  JS319008    Jeppesen Textbook - Aviation History  (SOFTCOVER) The newly revised 2006 edition of Aviation History is an exciting full-color book that gives aviation enthusiasts a unique perspective on international...

Ron Fowler accurately states, “our skills of flight either improve or slowly erode, but they rarely remain unchanged.” Speaking pilot to pilot, the author picks up where initial pilot training leaves off. Lessons from the Logbook is a collection of...

Taildraggers are not harder to fly than tricycle-gear airplanes; they are different. Once the differences are mastered, the pilot has no more trouble operating the taildragger than the tricycle gear, despite the fact the taildragger has stricter...

"The $100 Hamburger - A Pilots' Guide" has been general aviation's Zagat Guide for twenty-five years. It contains 300 pages of reviews of easily accessible ON AIRPORT restaurants that every private pilot needs to know about. All restaurants located on...

From real-life narratives to timelines and facts, this book is a fully illustrated journey of discovery. Explore the childhood, the achievements, and the qualities of Neil Armstrong – the very things that helped him have such an incredible impact...

ASA-GYF.    The Golden Years of Flying—As We Rememberis the legacy of an earlier day in aviation history, recorded by one of the pilots who shared this experience and wrote down his fellow pilots' stories. Captain Tex Searle...

Now Available! Jane Birch's They Flew Proud, a crisply told account of her father, Gardner Birch, his fellow pilots, and their involvement in the CPTP-WTS course of training at Grove City College, Grove City, a small town in Western Pennsylvania.

ASA-DC-3  Softcover Edition  -  Great Gift Idea! Together We Fly: Voices From the DC-3 is the story of an aircraft like none other—a true legend,  the icon of an industry and one of the most recognized aircraft in history...

TY176382-1  Your Pilot's License, 8th Edition "An outstanding resource for anyone interested in getting a pilot's license." -- Private Pilot Written in an easy-to-understand style by a certified flight instructor, Your Pilot's License, Eighth...