The best weather book for pilots is still Robert N. Buck's
WEATHER FLYING, but you will also need the FAA Aviation
Weather and other texts. Buck tells you how to think about
and fly weather, not how to decode the current charts and
METARS.


Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators is very nice IF you are a
math major, it is unnecessary since the principles of
aerodynamics are covered at the level required the books you
mentioned.

These comments are in addition to Peter's and intended for
Ramapriya.



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"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| wrote in message
|
oups.com...
| Do the various downloadable handbooks from the FAA
website, viz.
| Aeronautical Information Manual, Airplane Flying
Handbook, Instrument
| Flying Handbook, Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and
Aircraft Weight
| & Balance Handbook suffice as reading material for
obtaining a CPL or
| are there other specific books?
|
| No, those don't cover everything you'd want to know (or
even for the Private
| Pilot certificate).
|
| Add to those the FARs, the applicable Practical Test
Standards, the Aviation
| Weather Handbook, and the Aeronautical Chart Users Guide,
along with perhaps
| some more that I've forgotten at the moment. Aerodynamics
for Naval
| Aviators is another good reference.
|
| Assuming all those references are available (most are
downloadable...the
| only one I believe isn't is the Aerodynamics for Naval
Aviators), they are
| sufficient for some people. Other people learn better
when the material is
| presented in a different way, and for those people there
are a number of
| books written for that purpose. In a recent thread, Bill
Kershner's books
| were mentioned; they remain among my favorite of all
aviation training
| manuals, ever since I read his primary training student
manual (the first
| aviation training book I ever read, loaned to me by a
coworker when I was
| first learning to fly). Rod Machado has similar books,
and both Kershner
| and Machado have a reputation for having an easy-going,
conversational
| style. For something more text-book like, there are books
from King Schools
| (John and Martha), Jeppesen, and ASA, among others.
|
| This is far from an exhaustive list, but it ought to give
you a good start,
| whatever direction your "start" is taking you.
|
| Pete
|
|