Aviation books - Any recommendations?

[BoDEAN]

Re: Aviation books and manuals

The Turbine Pilot's Flight Manual by Brown and Holt, ISBN 0-8138-0023-4, is about much more than turbines. It pulls together turbines, systems, weather, union issues and even how to deal with class. The book has great diagrams and is written in plain English.

Redefining Airmanship by Tony Kern, ISBN 0-07-3484-9, is a great book. It is sort of an holistic approach to airmanship, how a good pilot is built from the ground up, and how great pilots always strive to hone their skills to the highest standards. One of our board members recommended this book to me, and I recommend it to you.

I second Bonnie Tiburzi. I first read her book seventeen years ago. It may be about the first woman pilot to be hired by the airlines, but it is more about how a young pilot built her career and dealt with the vagaries of the career.

I also second Pete Fusco and Fate is the Hunter, which I am currently rereading.

Don't forget both volumes of Flying the Line, and Hard Landing.

Is there really a book called Unemployment Compensation for Dummies? In that vein, you might obtain the latest edition of Every Employee's Guide to the Law by Lewin G. Joel, III.

Hope this helps. Happy reading!

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[LearLove]

"Fate is the Hunter"

ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!! With a follow up study by reading his autobiography, "Hostage to Fortune". Bonus points for reading "Flying Circus".


The first time you read it you'll say, "good book"

The second time you read after you get a flying job you'll say, "I can relate"

After your "seasoned" you'll read it again and say, "this is my life, I know these people"

At some point in your career you may come to a point where you can no longer turn back, there is noting else for you but aviation. Around this time the book will resurface. You wont say anything, you'll just know and it will scare you.

"Fate is the Hunter", its not just a book, it's the BIBLE.

 

[bobbysamd]

Aviation books and manuals

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You asked.

Enjoy!

 

[BoDEAN]

This book will truely be an asset to your library. Well written and excellent! "Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot".

www.aviation-press.com

I've heard of this book, but you are the first person to ever review it on here. I haven't heard many othres talk about it.
So you recommend it? Anyone else care to chime in on this one?

 

[BoDEAN]

What about a good interview prep book. In the next year or two, I plan on having interviews with the commuters, and wondering if there is a good book to read before hand.

 

[CrewDawg]

"Everything Explained for The Professional Pilot," is a great book. It's a well written, thorough and quite humorous book about anything and everything you would ever want to know about flying. My roommate bought it and I plan on buying it myself. Hope this help's you out.

 

[bobbysamd]

Interview books

What about a good interview prep book. In the next year or two, I plan on having interviews with the commuters, and wondering if there is a good book to read before hand.

You absolutely, positively, should read Airline Pilot Interviews: How You Can Succeed In Getting Hired by Irv Jasinski. You can find it at most any internet book seller, e.g. amazon.com. Irv was formerly the pilot recruiter at Flying Tiger Airlines, and really demystifies the process. He has operated an interview prep service. I used him to prepare for an interview, and I was hired.

Another good book on airline career preparation is The Airline Career & Interview Manual by Captain Bob Norris and Danny Mortensen. Capt. Norris also does interview and sim prep. I used him to prepare for an interview and got the job. He has an excellent handle on the business, even the regionals.

Sweaty Palms by H. Anthony Medley is a fine general book on interviews.

I would get them all.

 

[TX_DFW]

If your looking for a really neat book. Look at some of Paul Bowen's. He is an aviaiton photographer who has some amazing shots. I have one of his Air to Air books and it is awsome to look at some of his work.

 

[jetbluedog]

a good book

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[bobbysamd]

Peter Buffington

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Petey's book can't be all that great if he needed a vanity press to publish it.

For those who don't know, a vanity press is when you pay a publisher to print your book, unlike a reputable book publisher, such as Doubleday or McGraw-Hill, which accepts your manuscript, prints it, edits it and markets it.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Petey's book can't be all that great if he needed a vanity press to publish it.

For those who don't know, a vanity press is when you pay a publisher to print your book, unlike a reputable book publisher such as Doubleday or McGraw-Hill which accepts your manuscript, prints it, edits it, and markets it.

Hey, wait a minute, that sounds like...yup, it is....

PFP (Pay For Publishing) AHHHHHHHHHHH


Sorry Vlad, I know I probably stole your joke.

 

[JediNein]

Everything Explained for the Pro Pilot

While it seems like a good book:
Chapter 1 has one glaring inaccuracy where court precedent has held that the VFR pilot must hear the words "cleared into the class B [or Bravo]" before entering, even if assigned a heading and altitude that will penetrate the airspace.

Think we can come up with an errata list for the author to correct his next printing?

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[LJDRVR]

As you are starting your professional career, I STRONGLY recommend al three of Tony Kern's books:

Redefining Airmanship
Flight Discipline
Darker Shades of Blue

If you have to chose one, get Redefining Airmanship. Tony is the first and only person I've encountered who thoroughtly addresses the question of professional airmanship. In other word, once you've learned all the basics and the checkrides every six months are no longer a challenge, what about the rest of the "stuff"? Dr. Kern is an experienced aviator, teacher, historian and researcher who has looked at historical examples of great piots and not so great pilots. His exhaustive research culminated with a model of airmanship that you can use for the rest of your career. If I could have only one aviation book on my shelf, it would be Redefining Airmanship.

On the fun side, you've got lots of good suggestions. Anything by Ernie Gann is fantastic. Bonnie! is good, I first read it when I was 16. North Star over My Shoulder by Bob Buck is an excellent read. A Gift of Wings and Stranger to the Ground are my favorite Dick Bach books. Also Thud Ridge and Going Downtown by Jack Broughton, a truly great leader.

Have Fun!

 

[Traumahawk]

Thanks.

I recall that someone posted a book on here in the past, and the response that I got from the posts was "This is a MUST READ for anyone in or going into the aviation career." Still can't locate nor find the name of the book they were making that comment about

"Fusco's story is the story of all pilots who ever chanced the long odds against making a living flying airplanes and lived to laugh about it"

---Moondog's Academy of the Air and Other Disasters


I would certainly agree with the quote you are asking about and believe it fits perfectly to this book. Best book I have ever read period.

T-hawk

 

[sky37d]

fiction non fiction

I have been reading some books by Richard Hough, recently. He's not the same as those above.

However, his tales are based on the pre-war, early war years of WWII. His major character flies Hurricanes. The jacket cover, back, has a picture of him, and the following:
"Richard Hough after lone combat with Messerschmitt 109s on his twenty-first birthday. He shot down one and probably a second"

What a way to turn 21.

 

[350DRIVER]

If you are looking for some good books then I would highly suggest the books written by Barry Schiff. The books are Flying Wisdom " The Proficient Pilot". They are published by ASA. Barry spent many many years at TWA and flew just about everything TWA had over the years, he touches on his personal experiences from the flight deck as well as others in his books which are quite interesting to read. Topics range from Deep stalls, CRM, Ham-fisted pilots, using checklists, hazardous airports, the sterile cockpit, skill versus experience, and everything in between. If you enjoy the airlines then you surely will enjoy the writings by Barry.

I think I own every book that he has written thus far.

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> I found it interesting to read that his last flight (retirement flight) on the 757 (STL to LAX) was with his son as his first officer and to put the icing on the cake it was Fathers Day.. I could not imagine being able to give your father a better Fathers Day.

 

[T-Gates]

I just finished reading Flying the Line Vol. I and II.....

A must read for all airline pilots......

 

[bobbysamd]

Tony Kern

If you have to chose one, get Redefining Airmanship. Tony [Kern] is the first and only person I've encountered who thoroughtly addresses the question of professional airmanship. In other word, once you've learned all the basics and the checkrides every six months are no longer a challenge, what about the rest of the "stuff"? Dr. Kern is an experienced aviator, teacher, historian and researcher who has looked at historical examples of great piots and not so great pilots. His exhaustive research culminated with a model of airmanship that you can use for the rest of your career. If I could have only one aviation book on my shelf, it would be Redefining Airmanship.

Seconded. Excellent book. It talks about establishing airmanship from the beginning as an attitude and a mindset and not strictly in terms of being a good stick-and-rudder man/woman.