These examinations of aviation accident scenes teach pilots to understand why airplanes crash and to learn from past mistakes and avoid repeating them.

Air crashes

Engineering & Transportation

Collins, Richard L.

Engineering

Collier/Macmillan

This book helps sharpen every phase the IFR pilot encounters--clearance copying, inflight planning, and missed approach.

Instrument flying refresher

Transportation

The author looks back on several perfect flights, describes their special qualities, and discusses the IFR system, weather, airports, and the future of aviation

The Perfect Flight

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Actual experiences inform a practical guide to flying general aviation airplanes on instruments and to IFR operations

Flying Ifr

Written for pilots who want to improve their flight weather forecasting skills, this manual provides an in-theory and logic of aviation weathercasting and an analysis of 46 instrument flight rules (IFR) cross-country airplane in all seasons. Each flight episode is illustrated with pre-takeoff upper-level and surface weather chart, which clearly traces the progress of the flight and the actual in-flight weather conditions.

Flying the weather map

Presents practical advice for both novice and experienced pilots, covering performance calculations, engine-out and emergency saves, mountain and altitude flying, landings, weight and balance precautions, and preventive maintenance

Dick Collins' Tips to Fly by

Science & Math

Technology

Delacorte Pr

Completely up-to-date information covers new FAA regulations, recent advances in weather equipment, aircraft, and flying procedures, and new data on mid-air collisions and weather-related accidents

Flying Safely

Clears up misconceptions about the true risks of flying and examines each aspect of flight safety

Pilot Upgrade: How to Stay Current in Safety

Bradley, Patrick E.

Collier Books

Presents practical advice for both novice and experienced pilots, covering performance calculations, engine-out and emergency saves, mountain and altitude flying, landings, weight and balance precautions, and preventive maintenance

Dick Collins' Tips to fly by

Delacorte Press/E. Friede

For over 50 years, pilots have turned to Richard L. Collins for his unique perspective on the challenges and rewards of flying light aircraft. With over 20,000 hours of real world experience, much of it in Cessna 172s and P210s, Collins writes about safety, weather and air traffic control from first-hand experience. He is the author of numerous books, including Flying Safely, which includes information on FAA regulations, advances in weather equipment, aircraft, and flying procedures, and data on mid-air collisions and weather-related accidents.

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Air crashes

Instrument flying refresher

The Perfect Flight

Flying Ifr

Flying the weather map

Dick Collins' Tips to Fly by

Flying Safely

Pilot Upgrade: How to Stay Current in Safety

Dick Collins' Tips to fly by

Flying Safely