Product Description
Weather Flying is regarded in the industry as the bible of weather
flying. Robert Buck, a general aviation and commercial pilot with tens
of thousands of hours of flight time, explains weather in a
nontechnical way, giving pilots useful understanding of weather and
practical knowledge of how to judge it and fly it. Covers weather
flying psychology, en route weather changes, radar and how to use it,
taking off in bad weather, and much more. Winner of the Flight Safety
Foundation's Publication Award; recommended by the FAA.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #53873 in Books
- Published on: 1997-09-01
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 304 pages
Features
- Bob Buck's Weather Flying is one of the most widely read books on weather!
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
``One of the most worthwhile pieces of reading matter a pilot could
own.''--AOPA Pilot. One of the world's most respected veterans of the
cockpit gives you the benefit of his decades of experience flying
weather--as a world-record holder, as a commercial pilot with tens of
thousands of hours in the air. Weather Flying is regarded throughout
the industry as the bible on the topic of weather flying: How to judge
it before you take off, how to handle it when you're in the air, and
how to decide when it would be saner to take those suitcases back to
the hotel. Explaining clearly, with a practical eye to putting the
information to use in the air, Buck tells you how to: cope with en
route weather changes; fly turbulence and thunderstorms; get the most
from your radar; deal with dangerous ice. When the most aviation
accidents are due to bad or unforseen weather conditions, what you know
can save your life and the lives of your passengers. Having Buck's
Weather Flying at hand is the next best thing to having him in the
right-hand seat.
About the Author
Leading aviation author Robert N. Buck (Fayston, Vt.) set a New
York to Los Angeles speed record at the age of 16. A retired senior TWA
jet captain, Buck has flown the Atlantic more than 2,000 times. As a
civilian, he headed a four-year bad-weather research project for the
Air Force, which won him an Air Medal. Buck has been a consultant to
four FAA administrators and airlines on many aspects of aviation
safety, and is the author of The Art of Flying and Flying Know-How,
among others. An avid general aviation pilot throughout his life, Buck
currently owns a Schleicher ASW-20 high performance sailplane with his
son.
Customer Reviews
The real-world truth about IMC
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.
A pilot's perspective of flying the weather.
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.)
My favorite instrument flying primer.
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
