FirstFlight Book Store provides
a selection of books of interest to student pilots that we have made available
for purchase via Amazon.com, the leader in online book sales. Amazon.com will
provide FirstFlight visitors with efficient online book ordering at reasonable
prices.
Student
Pilot Manual A great general purpose text book with advice on everything
from choosing a flight school to performing crosswind landings. Kershner is
the elder statesman of flight training literature. When your skills are developing
his insights are particulary valuable.
AIM/FAR Every student pilot will need a copy of the Federal Aviation Regulations and the Aeronautical Information Manual. This compliation of these publications provides the source information which is the foundation of most operational procedures.
Your Pilot's License. One of the best nuts-and-bolts guides for learning to fly, now in its 6th edition. This handbook for aspiring students and new pilots answers the questions most often asked about obtaining a pilot's certificate.
Stick and Rudder is an all time classic about how an airplane flies. Written over 50 years ago, it explains in an easy-to-understand way the basic forces of flight and how to perform the fundamental maneuvers. The information is as valid today as the day it was written.
The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge A best-selling source of pilot information! Terminology, navigation, airport and airspace operations, radio communications, emergency procedures, flight planning, weather, FAA rules and regulations, and much more-- the essential information a pilot needs, in a concise format.
Beyond the Checkride. Benefit from the experience of hundreds of pilots. Howard Fried, legendary flight instructor, shares what every pilot--the experienced as well as the newly minted aviator--most needs to know about flying: the invaluable lessons learned by trial and error, recounted through real-life experiences of hundreds of pilots.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 If you take the controls of just one flight simulation this year, make it this one. For more than seventeen years, Microsoft Flight Simulator has defined quality and realism. Now the bar for flying simulations has been raised once again. For the first time, Microsoft has designed an edition of Flight Simulator specifically for pilots and people serious about learning to fly.
