A book I can recommend for all pilots
 

I have posted on the flight test book review thread, two books I have recently read. The first, as I describe in the thread, I think has a value much wider than just flight test pilots. I think any pilot can enjoy it, and learn why aircraft are designed and built as they are. I won't repeat the whole post here, but link to it (hopefully, if I can work it out)

This is the post which describes this book, should anyone have an interest...

http://www.pprune.org/flight-testing...ml#post6512023

If this does not bring up post #16, I have muffed somehow...

Many of the flight questions I see here, are answered well and simply in this book....

I always felt the addition of the Flightwise series by Carpenter to my bookshelf was a good move on my part.

Also not mentioned on that thread but on my bookshelf is Flying Qualities and Flight Testing of the Airplane by Darrol Stinton.

However given the choice between keeping Carpenter or Stinton, I'd keep Carpenter any day !

I would add 'Design of the Airplane' by Stinton and 'Make better landings' by Bramson.

If we're moving into the general realm away from flight testing, then there are of course these two gems :

Navigation for Pilots by Jim Hitchcock
Meteorology for Pilots by Mike Wickson

Airmanship can often be an area over looked.

Kerns Flight Discipline is always recommend.


Cheers

'Stick & Rudder'. Dated presentation, but non the worse for that. Should be required reading for every pilot.

Ernest Gann Fate is the Hunter. :ok:

http://flybetter.co.uk

An online book by former RAAF pilot and aerobatic instructor Noel Kruse. Other than it being freely downloadable, there is some good stuff in there for pilots of all levels of experience.

Mixture;

Mike Wickson taught me ATPL met a very long time ago, I still have his cloud chart on my study wall and often refer to his book. It is (to my mind) the best met text book out there.

FF