Piloting category: 262 books
by Ivan Luciani
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Aviators are passionate about aviation. Once you get the bug you are addicted for life and there is no need, or desire, to search for a cure. It is that passion and addiction that gives you the determination, perseverance, and motivation to pursue a career in aviation. This is the story of one such...
Sharks in the Runway
A Seaplane Pilot's Fifty-Year Journey Through Bahamian Times!
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Captain Paul Harding moved with his family to the Bahamas when he was just twelve. He fell in love with his exotic new home immediately and this epic memoir pays tribute to his passion for island life, his ecclectic friends and family, and the extraordinary career he has forged from the sea and the...
Follow Me Through
The Ups and Downs of a RAF Flying Instructor
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Following his success as a Cold War Canberra pilot, Mike Brooke was dispatched to become a flying instructor at the Central Flying School in the 1970s. "Follow him through," he would instruct his trainees, as he experienced the quite literal ups and downs of teaching the Glasgow and Strathclyde...
by James V. Byrom
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
This is a fascinating recreation of the triumphs, tragedies, mysteries and dramas of civil aviation in southern Africa, from actual transcripts and recorded evidence. These are stories as much about the people as their machines -- and the perversities of the weather, human and mechanical error, and...
Distant Thunder
Helicopter Pilot's Letters from War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Distant Thunder details the engrossing experiences of a helicopter pilots tales of war told through letters that come straight from the heart. Often the author labored well into the night after a mission still wearing the dusty flight suit which bore witness to the events he penned.Don Harward was...
by Pook MBE DFC., Sqn Ldr Jerry
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
During the Falklands war Jerry Pook, a pilot in No. 1(F) Squadron RAF, flew air interdiction, armed reccon, close-air-support and airfield attack as well as pure photo-reccon missions. Most weapons were delivered from extreme low-level attacks because of the lack of navigation aids and in the absence...
Lancaster Down!
The Extraordinary Tale of Seven Young Bomber Aircrew at War
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2012
During WWII, on one raid alone, Nuremburg March 1944, more Bomber Command airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. These were ordinary men who became part of extraordinary events. One such was Arthur Darlow, the authors grandfather. A pilot of a Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF,...
by Stanley Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Flying the Big Jets presents the facts that people want to know about the world of the big jets. How does a large aircraft fly? How long is the take-off run at maximum weight? How much fuel is carried on a transatlantic flight? How do the radios work? What aircraft maintenance is required? How often...
Instrument Flying
10 Indispensable Principles to Know and Remember
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Written by an instrument instructor for instrument pilots Instrument Flying offers fresh insight into—and distinct ways to remember—10 specific principles designed to calibrate your thinking and lead to safer, better-managed, and less stressful flights. Validated by a cadre of distinguished instructors...
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
As far back as the twelfth century, people have loved to parachute. From China’s umbrella and Leonardo da Vinci’s pyramid-shaped flying device to the first air-plane jump in 1912, the urge to leap and soar with the wind has long been a part of history. Parachuting has come a long way since its...
The Four Geniuses of the Battle of Britain
Watson-Watt, Henry Royce, Sydney Camm and RJ Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Had it not been for the vital contributions of the four men and their inventions described in this book the Battle of Britain could not have been won by the Royal Air Force. Each of these brilliant men contributed enormously to the aircraft and equipment upon which the gallant RAF fighter pilots depended...
by Anneli Christian-Phillips
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Many of those embarking, or considering embarking, on commercial pilot's training have little idea of what they will have to do, as far as flying training is concerned, to get the licence. The Commercial Pilot's Licence aim to dispel some common misconceptions and to tell you in an easy and user-friendly...
by Helen Krasner
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2013
This is the fourth and final collection of flying instructor Helen Krasner's flight test articles, which were originally published in 'Today's Pilot' and some other aviation magazines. This book looks at six relatively unusual helicopters, rarely flown by the average private pilot because they are...
by Helen Krasner
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
This is the third collection of flying instructor Helen Krasner's flight test articles, which were originally published in 'Today's Pilot' and some other aviation magazines. This book looks at six helicopters of historic interest which are rarely seen and flown even less often by the average helicopter...