Weather Flying is regarded inside the industry for the reason that the bible of atmospheric condition flying. Robert Buck, a common aviation plus marketing usher and tens of thousands of hours of flight time, explains weather conditions inside a nontechnical way, granting pilots encouraging intellectual capacity of climatic conditions also sensible understanding of how to scrutinize it also take to the air it. Covers atmospheric condition flying psychology, joy track climate changes, radar as well as how to reason it, capturing off terrible weather, as well as a large amount of more. Winner of the Flight Safety Foundation’s Publication Award; worthwhile by the FAA.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #46929 inside Books
- Published on: 1997-09-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00″ h x 6.30″ w x 9.25″ l, 1.23 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
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- Bob Buck’s Weather Flying is only of the more or less widely study books on weather!
Reviews
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
A pilot’s perspective of flying the weather.
By Paladin
Bob Buck is a retired airline captain who spent over 30 years flying for Trans World Airlines. He is also regarded as first person to make reading about weather interesting. This is the book he wrote to convey the pilot’s perspective of flying through fronts, circumnavigating thunderstorms, and surviving icing conditions. If you are a pilot desirous of learning about how to predict weather, learning the tricks of the pros, and how to get there through the ‘muck’, this is the book to read. It is not an easy read, and Buck assumes you already know some weather basics, but it puts together all that you learned reading those boring FAA manuals, and Buck makes it interesting. (This is a review of the first edition, Weather Flying is now in its fourth edtion.)
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful.The real-world truth about IMC
By A
Buck entertains and teaches. Alone, that is a talent, but add to that Buck’s experience and his ability to observe and anticipate our weaknesses as pilots, and this book becomes a valuable down and dirty reality check. If you are a high-time pilot or just getting under the hood for real, read this book.
There is a particular joy to flying with the clouds. The style of Buck’s writing captures this uniqueness. It also warns the pilot of the consequences of not preparing for the same event.
Weather Flying is a fast read, yet might just save you from being tangled up in a ball of scrap aluminum.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.My favorite instrument flying primer.
By Tom Jensen
I got my instrument rating 25 years ago, and Buck’s Weather Flying recommendations are still fresh and pertinent. A friend just shared that she is going to tackle an instrument rating, and Weather Flying came to mind as the perfect gift to make a safe pilot. I still use his practical recommendations in my infrequent IFR flights, and feel that it has contributed to making me a safer pilot. Sorry if this sounds a bit corny, but few books have stuck with me like this. PS: If you’re interested, try T.R. Fehrenbach’s “The Reckoning” or “This Kind of War” if you want something that will also stick with you through life.
Tom
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