This popular and highly-acclaimed series includes an abundance of photos, accurate line drawings, fascinating evaluations of aircraft design, and complete histories of aircraft manufacturers.

The fourth edition of the perennial best-seller. Fully updated, with everything the private pilot needs to know about flying IFR, such as handling emergencies, filing flight plans, understanding IFR communications, navigating, and flying more efficiently. Polish and improve your instrument-flight skills with the proficiency exercises. Glossary o...

This is the definitive manual for aviation mechanics and technicians who build, overhaul, and maintain all-metal aircraft, from Cessna 150s to Boeing 747s. Covers procedures, methnods, and techniques used by Lockheed and Rockwell Boeing.

An accessible guide to the legal issues that affect general aviation pilots, this highly readable second edition adds case studies, covers important new ground (including FAA enforcement procedures), and clarifies a pilot's rights and responsibilities.

Officially called the cockpit voice recorder , the black box records the final moments of any in-flight accident. First published in 1984, this book has been completely updated to include 28 new incidents occurring between 1978 and 1996, including the 1996 Valujet crash in the Everglades and the ill-fated launch of the space shuttle CHALLENGER.

Understanding how avionics systems work and what to do if a system fails inflight is essential for all pilots. For aircraft owners, this knowledge can translate into hundreds of dollars in savings on repair bills. Here, Edward Maher provides helpful details on every major avionics system, explaining how to troubleshoot: Radios; Intercoms, speake...

This literal survival guide for new pilots identifies the killing zone, the 40-250 flight hours during which unseasoned aviators are likely to commit lethal mistakes. Presents the statistics of how many pilots will die in the zone within a year; calls attention to the eight top pilot killers (such as VFR into IFR, Takeoff and Climb ); and maps s...

-- Includes the latest how-to guidance on using Global Positioning System and the latest FAA rules governing its use-- Showcases the full line of current GPS products for private pilots-hand-held models, cockpit mounts, and much more-- Features new firsthand general aviation pilot reports on using GPS

This skill-building manual teaches the fundamentals of lightplane navigation using a natural, confidence-building progression that immediately allows readers to use newly learned techniques in the cockpit.

Aircraft Partnerships is the only complete guide to the most affordable means of owning your own planeNco-ownership. Packed with detailed information on everything from figuring the costs, to picking the right partner(s) and the right plane, to sorting out legal and practical issues, this book is an inspiration to those who would balk at the exp...

Exciting stories of 28 veteran bush pilots who flew in Alaska's golden age of aviation, from the 1930s through the 1950s.

Offers a fully illustrated and complete systems presentation of single-engine and light-twin engine aircraft; includes in-flight troubleshooting techniques-system by system; how to approach covers aircraft maintenance, fuel systems, electrical systems to deicing, and anti-deicing systems and more; translated into Spanish.