Weather Flying - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0025180207 ISBN 13: 9780025180208

Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S., 1978

Synopsis

This manual, designed for novice pilots as well as experienced aviators, explains how to fly in all types of weather conditions. It describes the latest developments in the study of aviation weather conditions and explains the use of satellite photographs, new instrumentation for flying through wind shear and the 1 test in radar and stormscopes. A retired TWA pilot, Robert N.Buck is a consultant to the American Federal Aviation Authority and various corporations on aviation safety, and the author of "Flying Know-How" and "The Art of Flying".

About this title

From the Back Cover

``One of the most worthwhile pieces of reading matter a pilot could own.''--AOPA Pilot. One of the world's most respected veterans of the cockpit gives you the benefit of his decades of experience flying weather--as a world-record holder, as a commercial pilot with tens of thousands of hours in the air. Weather Flying is regarded throughout the industry as the bible on the topic of weather flying: How to judge it before you take off, how to handle it when you're in the air, and how to decide when it would be saner to take those suitcases back to the hotel. Explaining clearly, with a practical eye to putting the information to use in the air, Buck tells you how to: cope with en route weather changes; fly turbulence and thunderstorms; get the most from your radar; deal with dangerous ice. When the most aviation accidents are due to bad or unforseen weather conditions, what you know can save your life and the lives of your passengers. Having Buck's Weather Flying at hand is the next best thing to having him in the right-hand seat.

About the Author

Leading aviation author Robert N. Buck (Fayston, Vt.) set a New York to Los Angeles speed record at the age of 16. A retired senior TWA jet captain, Buck has flown the Atlantic more than 2,000 times. As a civilian, he headed a four-year bad-weather research project for the Air Force, which won him an Air Medal. Buck has been a consultant to four FAA administrators and airlines on many aspects of aviation safety, and is the author of The Art of Flying and Flying Know-How, among others. An avid general aviation pilot throughout his life, Buck currently owns a Schleicher ASW-20 high performance sailplane with his son.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hungry Minds Inc,U.S.
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0025180207
• ISBN 13: 9780025180208
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296