Weather Patterns and Phenomena: A Pilots Guide - Softcover

Thomas P. Turner

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070656029 ISBN 13: 9780070656024

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1994

Synopsis

This essential guide teaches pilots what they need to know about weather in order to fly safely. It provides a thorough discussion of weather theory. Pilots learn how to anticipate weather hazards such as thunderstorms, turbulence, reduced visibility, and ice. They learn how to make the safest possible choices about routes, altitudes, and whether or not to take off.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

THE COMPLETE WEATHER GUIDE FOR PILOTS.
Weather training is not standard in pilot instruction, yet over 40% of general aviation accidents involve weather factors. As important as stick and rudder skills, the ability to understand weather, make intelligent weather-related decisions, and apply weather savvy to flying is critical to good piloting. This new edition of the bestselling pilots' weather guide covers everything pilots need to know.

WEATHER FROM A PILOT'S PERSPECTIVE.
Understand the factors that cause weather: air masses, fronts, wind, and more; Learn how to determine if an official forecast is wrong; Make weather information to flight dicisions and flying; Evaluate the risk factors that impact flight - based on historical accident trends; Utilize standard operating procedures and checklists to dramatically improve flight safety; Get a glimpse of how technology will change weather reporting in the near future. No resource supplies more how-to knowledge of this critical topic than this expanded bestseller. Reading it is one of the best decisions a pilot will ever make.

About the Author:

Thomas P. Turner (Cleveland, TN) is a former instructor of Flight Safety International and a test pilot for a small airplane modification company. Turner is the bestselling author of Cockpit Resource Management, Second Edition (also of the McGraw-Hill Practical Flying Series), and his aviation safety articles appear monthly in over 30 aviation publications.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0070656029
• ISBN 13: 9780070656024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223