Focusing on detection and avoidance of severe weather, this book teaches pilots how to lessen their chances of being caught in extreme weather conditions. Written so that anyone can understand complex meteorological terms, it attempts to bring across the most crucial principles that pilots can use to fly more wisely. Different weather conditions, including lightning, icing, and wind shear, and their effect on flying are discussed in detail.
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Dennis Newton is a Federal Aviation Administration–designated engineering representative and flight-test pilot for small and transport airplanes. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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Written the way all technical books for pilots should be.,
By dakeman@mindspring.com (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Severe Weather Flying (AOPA/McGraw-Hill series in general aviation) (Hardcover)
Dennis Newton had a goal of writing a book that pilots could understand and use. With over 10 years of line flying under my belt since reading (and re-reading) his book I believe it is the definitive book on the subject of thunderstorm and windshear avoidance for professional pilots. Every professional pilot needs this one in his library.
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Unreserved praise!,
By randy e. reynolds (Wichita, KS United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Severe Weather Flying (Paperback)
For all pilots! I purchased this book over ten years ago and I try to reread it each spring. This book condenses need to know information into useable "bites," and makes weather interesting and understandable. You will learn things about temperature dew point relationships and many other aspects of weather and weather flying that you may never hear any other place. If you are looking for a book that will better prepare you for the dynamics of weather flying, this is one of the very best.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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severe weather flying,
By A Customer
This review is from: Severe Weather Flying (Paperback)
This is a must read book for any pilot who does serious weather flying. Dennis takes the mumbo jumbo and puts it in terms that are very easy to understand. With thirty two years of flying under my belt, this is the only book that makes practical sense of very technical issues.
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Four basic ingredients go into the recipe for severe weather, and essentially all other weather for that matter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
icing plan, icing certification, ice protection equipment, thunderstorm detection equipment, pneumatic deicing boots, ice bridging, dew point front, wind shear encounter, ice protection system, icing encounter, flight into known icing, pneumatic boots, icing conditions, radar summary chart, icing clouds, transport category airplanes, shear line, lifted index, standard lapse rate, lightning detector, freezing drizzle, tornado vortex, gust front, flanking line, stability chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Training Aid, National Weather Service, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Great Lakes, Issues Group, New Mexico, Polar Front, United States, Case One, Four Fundamentals, San Francisco, Canadian National Research Council, Case Three, Case Two, Gulf of Mexico, Aviation Weather Center New!
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Four basic ingredients go into the recipe for severe weather, and essentially all other weather for that matter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
icing plan, icing certification, ice protection equipment, thunderstorm detection equipment, pneumatic deicing boots, ice bridging, dew point front, wind shear encounter, ice protection system, icing encounter, flight into known icing, pneumatic boots, icing conditions, radar summary chart, icing clouds, transport category airplanes, shear line, lifted index, standard lapse rate, lightning detector, freezing drizzle, tornado vortex, gust front, flanking line, stability chart Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Training Aid, National Weather Service, Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Great Lakes, Issues Group, New Mexico, Polar Front, United States, Case One, Four Fundamentals, San Francisco, Canadian National Research Council, Case Three, Case Two, Gulf of Mexico, Aviation Weather Center New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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