Explains weather in a nontechnical way, offering pilots useful understanding of weather and practical knowledge of how to judge it and fly it. This title covers weather flying psychology, en route weather changes, radar and how to use it and taking off in bad weather.

Describes the Gulf air war and its planning - a process filled with controversy and stormy personalities.

From the author of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, winner of the prestigious Rhone-Poulenc science award: the history of aviation told through the extraordinary story of Alberto Santos-Dumont, the forgotten man who battled to be the first to free himself from the confines of the earth.

Presents stories which are inspired by the author's lifelong passion for flight, filled with memories of friends from the past and friends not yet met. With signs and signals, coincidences and tangents turning up at every juncture, this title shows how truly complex and beautiful life can be, and how its troubles knock us onto better paths.

The internationally recognised Air Pilot's Manual series is the clearest and most comprehensive guide to the JAR PPL(A), and has been revised and updated to meet JAR requirements.

An account which traces the development of area bombing, using documents, letters, diaries and interviews with key surviving witnesses. Bomber Command's offensive against the cities of Germany was one of the epic campaigns of World War II.

Answering the commonly asked questions and clarifying the requirements of the written and oral portions, this guide presents study material for the FAA Oral Exam. Including aeronautical decision-making and crew resource management, it covers: certification and documents; weather; air plane systems; and cross-country flight planning.

World War One aviators were more than just soldiers they were the knights of the sky, and the press and public idolised the gallant young heroes. But for Stanley Woolley, commanding officer of Goshawk Squadron, the romance of chivalry in the clouds is just a myth.

Rejacketed to appeal to a new generation of readers.

Rejacketed to appeal to a new generation of readers.

On Christmas Eve 1957, alone in the cockpit of his Vampire, an RAF pilot is returning from Germany to Lakenheath on leave - 66 minutes of trouble-free, routine flying. Then, out over the North Sea, the fog begins to close in, radio contact ceases, and the compass goes haywire.

A remarkable, intimate portrait of the young men of Fighter Command, whose skill, temperament and morale determined the fate of Britain and arguably the free world.

In 1972, a Fairchild plane crashed in the Andes mountains. The survivors were hopelessly lost in one of the most remote places on earth. After eight days of heavy snowfall, the rescue attempt was abandoned. Even if the plane could be found, the likelihood of the forty-five passengers and crew being discovered alive was remote.

Features a satirical indicement of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. This work tells a tale of the dangerously sane Captain Yossarian, who spends his time in Italy plotting to survive.

This collection of Sir Arthur Harris's memoirs reveals the man behind the Allied bombing offensive that culminated in the destruction of the Nazi war machine but also many beautiful cities, including Dresden.

In Goodbye Mickey Mouse Len Deighton has written his best novel yet: a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war! and what it was to be in love in the England of 1944.