New weather book: Canadian Aviation Weather
 

Canadian Aviation Weather consists of 32 chapters on the A to Z of aviation weather in Canada. For decades there has been no up-to-date weather book for Canadian pilots. Consisting of 350 pages, and written by an airline captain and certified meteorologist, this book has filled that meteorological void. It not only deals with theory and the reading of forecasts but it delves on such topics as: volcanic ash, space weather, deicing, hurricanes, airborne weather radar, high level meteorology, jet streams, and much more. Many experts in their fields were consulted giving it strong credibility. It not only caters to the upstart pilot but seasoned pilots will benefit too.

www.canadianaviationweather.ca

I recieved my first civilian pilot licence in 1954, new books on weather seem to come out every year or two, all claiming that they are better than the previous ones, simply "same old same old" in most cases, including this one! Stick to writing blurbs for pasengers old chap!

Clunckdriver. This "old chap" must be losing it. The only weather books truly dedicated to Canadian pilots are: ACWM (Air Command Weather Manual), AWARE and Weather Ways all of which were first published decades ago. And they are all great books!

I am not aware of the new weather books you mentioned appearing "every year or two." As an airline pilot/meteorologist/writer/author and weather instructor for 30 years I tend to keep on top of this, but obviously not well enough. Thanks for the heads up.

True a brand new aviation weather book has been published the same time mine has. But, I am certain both books will do well.

All the best!

As weather doesnt seem to respect national borders I was not restricting my remarks to just Canadian books, in fact the one I just plucked from my grossly overloaded bookshelf was first published in France, it seems that the ones most in demand are geared to passing the various exams one has to pass to obtain a pilots lic. rather than gaining a good grasp of what can kill you when it comes to weather. There are a series of books which one can pass most countries ATPL exams without really having a clue about the subject, this is obviuos when one reads some of the weather related fatal crash reports, dont really know how one can stop this type of "testing".

Clunckdriver. Thanks for the clarification. Much appreciated, and I concur, aviation weather is not a well understood topic.