The Thinking Pilot's Flight Manual: Or, How to Survive Flying Little Airplanes and Have a Ball DoingIt

In a provocative and sometimes controversial style, this guide starts where standard-issue flight training manuals leave off. The Thinking Pilot guides you deeply into topics that weren't taught in flight training-everything from how to really do a preflight, through keeping your passengers happy, scud running, precautionary landings, and how to survive a crash.

It includes a detailed introduction to flying floats, skis, aerobatics, and classic airplanes; probes some of aviation's dirty lit...