Aviation Books & Software

Helicopter pilots need to thoroughly understand the consequences of their actions, and base them upon sound technical knowledge. This textbook provides a foundation by explaining why the helicopter flies and, more importantly, why it sometimes doesn't...

The Private Pilot Airplane ACS provides the aeronautical knowledge, risk management and flight proficiency standards required to pass the practical test for private pilot certification in the airplane category, single-engine land and sea; and multiengine...

In the Proficient Flying 3 DVD set, Barry Schiff educates pilots on how to visualize techniques and procedures to help them become safer pilots with more than 4 hours of instruction.   This 3-disk series includes: Disk 1 Introduction Takeoff...

Rod Machado's How to Fly an Airplane Handbook, Flight Maneuvers and Stick and Rudder Skills   This valuable one-stop handbook contains the information necessary to: Learn the basic fundamentals of flying any airplane. Make flight...

Written by a veteran ground and flight instructor, this book is presented in a warm, conversational manner and spiced with humor. With over 50 years of teaching experience, Rod Machado's tried-and-true methods of instruction have achieved exceptional...

Plane Talk covers aviation’s most critical human factor issues. Since about 85% of all accidents are due to pilot error, this book is important to anyone who flies an aircraft. These 442 pages contain some of the most important skills you...

This 704-page, one-stop Private/Commercial Pilot Handbook contains:  ✈Simplification of technical subjects; engines, aerodynamics, flight instruments, and the airplane’s electrical system.  ✈Weather charts: Graphical...

These funny, dramatic, and inspiring stories are some of aviation's finest tales told by our aviation speakers. Imagine a book of the best stories from 44 of aviation's celebrity speakers and experts laced with more than 200 pictures providing windows...

ASA reprints the most current FAA Practical Test Standards in this series of handy cockpit-sized guides. This is ASA's Sport Pilot Practical Test Standards for Airplane, Weight-Shift Control, Powered Parachute and Flight Instructor. The FAA Practical...

Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche, An explannation of the art of flying.   This classic book was first published in 1944, but it's content is fresh and basic.   Stick and Rudder remains the leading think book on the art 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...

This fact-filled book features planes from A to Z, including the Aviation Trainer Six, the Electra, and the Zero. An high-flying tour of the alphabet and a history of flying machines the Wright Brothers to hobbyist’s model airplanes. Learn which...

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...

**** eBundle = Print Book + eBook PDF Download Code **** The Flight Instructor’s Manual is an invaluable reference for flight instructor applicants and serves as an indispensable guide for both new and experienced instructors (CFIs)...

The Flight Instructor’s Manual is an invaluable reference for flight instructor applicants and serves as an indispensable guide for both new and experienced instructors (CFIs). Organized so each chapter can be used as a stand-alone reference...

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...

Claire Bear Presents...The Pilot Alphabet Activity Book supplements the full-color, soft cover picture book of the same name. In both versions, Claire Bear (Ursus Aviatrix) journeys from Alfa to Zulu to teach aspiring aviators the phonetic alphabet she...

Essential reading for anyone who aspires to fly for an airline. Provides transition from general aviation procedures to managing the left seat of a typical airline cockpit. Softcover book + PDF Download Author Stephen M...

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...

Which plane can land on water? What's happening at the airport? Find out by lifting all the flaps in this delightful board book. Busy scenes provide lots to see and talk about, helping to expand vocabulary and develop observation skills.

Join Violet the Pilot on her many different adventures! On each of her different adventures, Violet flies a different aircraft. All four books take place in different countries that have drastically different climates, geographies, and weather conditions...

Join Violet the Pilot on her many different adventures! On each of her different adventures, Violet flies a different aircraft. All four books take place in different countries that have drastically different climates, geographies, and weather conditions...

Join Violet the Pilot on her many different adventures! On each of her different adventures, Violet flies a different aircraft. All four books take place in different countries that have drastically different climates, geographies, and weather conditions...

Join Violet the Pilot on her many different adventures! On each of her different adventures, Violet flies a different aircraft. All four books take place in different countries that have drastically different climates, geographies, and weather conditions...

This Robert N. Buck book is one of the best guides for pilots learning to fly in all kinds of weather. It works to make complex concepts easily understandable and has now been updated to cover new advances in technology by his son Robert O. Buck. This...

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...