Weather
Flying is regarded in the industry as the bible of weather flying.
Robert Buck, a general aviation and commercial pilot with tens of
thousands of hours of flight time, explains weather in a nontechnical
way, giving pilots useful understanding of weather and practical
knowledge of how to judge it and fly it. Covers weather flying
psychology, en route weather changes, radar and how to use it, taking
off in bad weather, and much more. Winner of the Flight Safety
Foundations Publication Award; recommended by the FAA.
Description Back Cover :
The
best book available for pilots on how to fly in all kinds of weather.
Newly revised and updated...WEATHER FLYING fourth edition.
"One of the most worthwhile pieces of reading matter a pilot
could own."--AOPA Pilot.
One of the worlds 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 youre 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
Bucks Weather Flying at hand is the next best thing to having him in the
right-hand seat.
Table of
Contents:
About Some People.
Introduction.
- Weather Flying.
- A Little Theory
for Weather Flying.
- Some Thoughts
on Checking Weather.
- How to Check
Weather.
- Weather
Information.
- Checking
Weather Details.
- Checking
Weather for the Route.
- Equipment Needs
for Weather Flying.
- Temperature, an
Important Part of Weather Flying.
- Some Psychology
of Weather Flying.
- Turbulence and
Flying It.
- VFR Flying
Weather Visually.
- About Keeping
Proficient Flying Instruments.
- Thunderstorms
and Flying Them.
- Ice and Flying
It.
- Taking Off in
Bad Weather.
- Weather Flying
En Route.
- Landing in Bad
Weather.
- Teaching
Yourself to Fly Weather.
- Something on
Judgment.
Author Biography Back to top
Author
Biography
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. |
