This award-winning author of many articles and 14 aviation titles, writes from a background of continuous pilot activity since 1955.

He has well over 11,000 hours in a wide variety of aircraft, including gliders, helicopters, amphibians, STOL airplanes, and jets.

He was an aviation faculty member at Ohio State University for 22 years (now associate professor emeritus), where he directed operations, training, and taught all levels of the flight curriculum.

Taylor is editor and producer of The Pilot's Audio Update (a monthly audio tape cassette service), and is an active aviation consultant.

Fair-Weather Flying

by Richard L. Taylor
The author shows the VFR pilot and student how to "bite off chewable-size chunks of progressively more demanding situations," accepting a little more crosswind, a little more turbulence, a little less runway. Taylor's challenge to you as the reader is to venture outside the narrow channels of training days to get more out of your airplane and the time you spend in the air.

PN:  HTAY-FAIRWX

Positive Flying

by Richard L. Taylor and
William M. Guinther

Fly an airplane at a set attitude, airspeed, and power setting, and it does precisely what you want it toevery time. This book tells why and how "flying by the numbers" works, and gives the flight-tested numbers for precision performance in 27 of America's favorite small aircraft. For aircraft not included in this list, the book provides exact cockpit procedures for nailing down the numbers for any other light airplane.

PN:  HTAY-POSFL

Air Crashes

by Richard L. Collins
What went wrong, why, and what can be done about itthis book examines the entire aviation accident scene, to determine the risk factor. While no form of transportation is totally risk-free, Collins finds that there are more opportunities to manage risks in aviation than in any other area. Air Crashes makes a major contribution to the understanding of why airplanes crash, so that we may learn from past mistakes and avoid repeating them.

PN:  HCOL-CRSH

Instrument Flying Refresher

by Richard L. Collins and
Patrick E. Bradley
The beginning of mastery of instrument flying arrives when we can become the right-seat critic of our own left-seat flying. In this unique and instructive book, veteran IFR pilot Richard Collins takes the right seat beside Patrick Bradley, a relatively new IFR pilot, to demonstrate effective ways to grasp and solve IFR problems and to eliminate any uncertainties that may plague even current IFR airmen.

PN:  HCOL-IFRREF

Mr. Collins has devoted his life to aviation, logging over 17,000 flight hours in almost every type of aircraft, including the Concorde, and writing about it in over 700 articles and 11 books for pilots.

Associated with FLYING magazine for 20 years as editor and editor-in-chief, Collins moved to AOPA Pilot in 1988 as publisher and editor-in-chief.

He has served on many government advisory committees, has won numerous aviation awards, and continues to do extensive research in aviation safety.

He is currently a contributing editor to AOPA Pilot and a consultant for a number of aviation organizations.

Tips to Fly By

by Richard L. Collins
This book imparts the flying savvy most pilots would need to log a thousand more hours to learn. All the techniques, performance tips, and rules-of-thumb offered here are the products of pilot-in-command experience. It will take you to some of the tight spots of flight in advanceallowing you to think through them ahead of time.

PN:  HCOL-TIPS

Flying the Weather Map

by Richard L. Collins
Following an in-depth discussion of the logic of aviation weather and basic theory, Collins takes you along on 46 actual cross-country flights. As the flight situation is analyzed, decisions and diversions are made, an up-to-the-minute weather picture emerges. Since change is almost the only sure thing about weather, these anecdotes provide valuable learning experiences in weather interpretation, as well as fascinating reading.

PN:  HCOL-WXMAP

Flying IFR

by Richard L. Collins
This book provides invaluable discussion on instrument airmanship, weather analysis, flight planning and decision making, handling equipment glitches, partial-panel flying, and much more. The only tests for which this text prepares the reader are the ones encountered on actual IFR flights.

PN:  HCOL-FLYIFR

The Perfect Flight

by Richard L. Collins
There is much more to flying than just manual skillsand therein lies the fun. In a book filled with anecdotal information and sound advice, Collins encourages pilots at all levels to strive for excellence in every phase of flight to ensure a safer and more enjoyable experience.

PN:  HCOL-PERFLT

Barry Schiff
With more than 25,000 hours in 248 types of aircraft, has received worldwide recognition for his aviation accomplishments. He has earned every FAA category and class rating (except airship), every possible instructor's rating, and is a 30-year veteran of TWA. Captain Schiff holds five world speed records and has received numerous honors for his many contributions to aviation safety. An award-winning journalist and author, he is well known to flying audiences for his numerous books and articles published in some 80 aviation periodicals, notably AOPA Pilot, of which he is a contributing editor.

Proficient Pilot, Volume 1

by Barry Schiff
Outstanding for its clarity and readability, this book covers such diverse topics as slip tips, takeoff techniques, crosswind landings, scud running, flying the ILS, emergency tactics, and multi-engine flying. Schiff provides a wealth of valuable information based on his years of experience. Available soon in softcover for $19.95.

PN:  HSCH-PP1

The Proficient Pilot, Volume 2

by Barry Schiff
This book provides material as rich and varied as that in Schiff's prizewinning first volume, including discussions on how to execute and survive a crash landing, how to hot-start an engine without fail, how to use ground effect to advantage, how to make a gear-up landing, how to combat and cope with an engine fire, and much more. The author disposes of popular misconceptions and shares his tricks of the trade for handling a variety of system failures and emergencies.

PN:  HSCH-PP2

Flying Wisdom: The Proficient Pilot, Volume 3

by Barry Schiff
That extra edge toward proficiency in all aspects of flying gets an even further boost in Captain Schiff's third collection of thought-provoking and fascinating articles: Schiff freely shares his own flying wisdom in an effectively personal manner, giving of himself, and his years' and flying-hours' experience to display the human factor in piloting the airplane. Such individual observation is combined seamlessly with every detail of flight instruction, while covering diverse topics as Crew Resource Management, deep stalls, and the "black-hole" approach along with "destinationitis," flap malfunctions, and how to tow a banner. Softcover.

PN:  FLY-WIS

Student Pilot Handbook

Flight operations and manuevers manual, including illustrated maneuvers, checklist procedures, communications, weather, charts, airspace reclassification and practical test guide.

P/N:  SPH-2

Instrument Flight Training Manual

By Peter Dogan. Based on P.I.C. professional instrument courses, this book embodies lessons learned by well-qualified instrument pilots.

P/N:  560ABC

Manual of Flight, Private/Commercial

The student's basic workbook, featuring the Aero Products Research flight visualization system. Contains detailed information on all required flight maneuvers plus aerobatics in a programmed course format.

P/N:  SC-MF

Guide To Airport Airplanes

Designed for amateurs and acclaimed by experts, this book is specially designed to rapidly identify airliners from airport concourses.

Each entry is accompanied by a photo, plus three-view silhouettes, and notable accomplishments.

Very popular - already in it's fifth printing. 7" x 5"
150 pages.

P/N:   AA-BOOK

Airport Airplane Coloring Book

Includes airliners often observed at major airports, such as the Boeing 727, 737 and 747; the MCDonnell-Douglas DC-9 and DC-10; and the Airbus A300.

8+1/2" x 11", 44 pages.

Includes a box of 8 crayons.

P/N:   COLORBOOKA

Second World War Airplane Coloring Book

Includes in-action renderings of such famous planes as the B-17 Flying Fortress, Supermarine Spitfire, Mitsubishi Zero, and Lockheed P-38 Lightning. 8+1/2" x 11", 44 pages.

Inlcudes box of 8 crayons.

P/N:   COLORBOOKS

Vintage Airplane Coloring Book

Brings back to life the days of seat-of-the-pants flying, and teaches children about the early days of flight. Among the planes depicted are the original Wright Flyer, Lillienthal's biplane glider and the Gee Bee. 8+1/2" x 11", 44 pages.

Includes box of 8 crayons.

P/N:   COLORBOOKV

Flight Crew Log

Both log and expense record.

Meets FAA and IRS record keeping requirements.

Palm sized.

P/N:   FCL

Pilot's Airport Guides

Designed to help pilots learn as much as possible about a given airport and it's surrounding airspace so they will know what to expect when flying to or from that field.

Contains detailed maps and much more useful information.