themagicman Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hi there, Are there any good flying books out there? I am really getting into this hobby.Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hossfly68 Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I can recommend a few first, my dad's book - Odyssey of Terror by Wm R Haas (about the hijacking of Southern Airways flight 49 in 1972.. PS- I make a brief appearance in it) In the Shadow of Eagles by Rudy Bilberg (From barnstormer to Alaskan Bush Pilot, A Flyer's Story) The Man who Flew the Memphis Belle by Col. Robert Morgan Because I fly edited by Helmut H. Reda (a collection of aviation poetry) Angels of Death: Goering's Luftwaffe by Edwin P. Hoyt JG26: Top Guns of the Luftwaffe by Donald L. Caldwell foreward by Adolph Galland Duel of Eagles By Peter Townsend (Battle of Britain, very detailed) The Air Up There: More Great Quotations on Flight by Dave English Biplane by Richard Bach Gray Eagles By Duane Unkefer (pure fictional account of ex-Luftwaffe aces who reform and rebuild a bunch of BF-109's and attack EVERYBODY) Fighter Pilots edited by Jon E. Lewis Eyewitness accounts of air combat from the the Red Baron to today's Top Guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnuss Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 Biplane by Richard Bach There are several by Bach, including Stranger To The Ground and Gift Of Wings. Fate Is The Hunter by Ernest K. Gann, That's My Story by Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan, Eighty Knots To Mach 2 by Richard Linnikan, Skunk Works by Ben Rich, Yeager by Chuck Yeager, Forever Flying by Bob Hoover, To Fly And Fight by Clarence "Bud" Anderson, WE by Charles Lindbergh, The Song Of The Sky and The World Aloft by Guy Murchie, and these just scratch the surface of what's available. If you're interested in how airplanes fly, Stick And Rudder by Wolfgang Langeweiche is an excellent read. Then there's Flying The Old Planes by Frank Tallman (a movie stunt pilot, among other things), The Joy Of Soaring by Carle Conway, Weather Flying by Robert Buck, I Could Never Be So Lucky Again by Jimmy Doolittle, Once Upon A Thermal by Richard "Old Dog" Wolters, and Rickenbacker by Eddie Rickenbacker, to name some more. Go to your local library in the aviation section and you'll find all kinds of good books, too. And most any books by Ernest K. Gann, Richard Bach, and Martin Caidin. And I've hardly started from my personal bookshelves. Larry N. As Skylab would say: Remember: Aviation is NOT an exact Science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRJ_simpilot Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 All of the FS pilot resources you could ever want. https://www.flightsimbooks.com/ OOM errors? Read this. What the squawk? An awesome weather website with oodles of Info. and options. Wile E. Coyote would be impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themagicman Posted June 15, 2018 Author Share Posted June 15, 2018 Hi guys, Thanks for the replies and help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAero Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles Lindbergh is probably my favorite flying book of all-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamk99 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 "The Jet Engine" by Rolls Royce is a great read if you are interested in how the aircraft engine has evolved over time. They update it regularly and I absolutely love my copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptrcam Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 "Skyfaring" by Mark Vanhoenacker re-kindled my interest in FSX when I was becoming jaded. As mentioned above "Fate is The Hunter" E. K. Gann. Read together they make a stark comparison between aviation as was and aviation now. W11 Home. Intel Corei7-14700K 3.4Ghz 28cpu. Nvidia Geforce RTX4040Ti Super. ASUS ROG Strix B650 Mobo. 1 TB Samsung 990m2 SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvarn Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 The training and tutorials built into the sim are great for new pilots. The added advantage is you can DO while you LEARN. -Pv- 2 carrot salad, 10.41 liter bucket, electric doorbell, 17 inch fan, 12X14, 85 Dbm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrystreet Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Many of these have scenarios that can be adapted to FSX/P3D https://www.flightsimbooks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimw Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 If you are interested in how to fly a plane, here is a website I've found helpful. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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