Falling: How Our Greatest Fear Became Our Greatest ...
Let's Get Down: It is a dream almost everyone has had: you are falling, falling... and then you wake up with a shock. There is even folklore that if you dream that you hit the ground, you die before you wake up (how could anyone tell this?). The [... more]
$25.95
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Learning to Fly Helicopters
Great Beginner Book: This book immediately draws you in and teaches you the basics. The first few chapters are really easy to read and understand. It does get harder at the end but by then you're hooked. I read this one before moving on the FAA manual. [... more]
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No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous ...
Brilliant read - but for a limited audience!: This is sure gonna be a contraverisal book. This is a book which is likely to irritate competition pilots who like to present aerobatics as a lower risk than it's generally perceived - in order to .. increase [... more]
$24.00
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JUMP! : Skydiving Made Fun & Easy
Great book for first time jumpers: This is a first rate for book for getting a general overview on skydiving. It is primarily geared toward first time and less experienced jumpers. Mr. Buchanan writes in a very easy readable style. He covers the major [... more]
$14.95
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Mental Training for Skydiving and Life
Mental training for skydiving and life: I have been a Parachute Instructor for 38 years and I recomend the book to all my students. ESPECIALLY For Skydivers-and other athletes too: If you are serious about your skydiving, you must get a hold of this [... more]
$14.95
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Weather Flying
Essential reading for the GA Instrument pilot: As a CFI I have numerous books in my aviation library. This book details flying in weather and the mindset required to be a safe and competent instrument pilot. Recommeded to me by my instructor after I [... more]
$29.95
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Understanding Gliding: The Principles of Soaring Flight ...
a must read for anyone interested in gliding: exellent reading for experienced and unexperienced as well Author: Derek Piggott Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 790 EAN: 9780713661477 Edition: 4 ISBN: 071366147X Number Of Pages: 256 Publication [... more]
$18.95
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Paragliding: Revised and Updated; The Complete Guide
No real detail: Try to cover too much, without much substance. I might help you get an overall idea of the sport, but not much more than common sense. I am a beginner, but not a starter and was looking for a book of which I can learn and apply from. a [... more]
$26.95
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Flight Discipline
Required reading!: This is certainly a must read book for pilots, from students like myself, to those on the top of the aviation food chain. Mr. Kern provides the WHY pilots MUST follow procedures like using checklists to making good decisions on when [... more]
$29.95
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Basic Aerobatics
Good primer for the beginner: This is a good all-round primer for the novice aerobatic pilot. It covers many areas, including which aircraft to train in and which to use as an advanced aerobatic pilot. Unfortunately almost nothing on glider aerobatics. [... more]
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The Last Navigator
Maritime anthropology as adventure travel, with drama.: This book is one of the few good 1980's attempts to document the voyaging culture of the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. It follows Kenneth Brower's 'Song For Satawal', which is now out of print! [... more]
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Gliding: A Handbook on Soaring Flight (Flying and Gliding)
If only Icarus had read this first: Since originally published in 1958, Piggott's "Gliding" has been acclaimed a "bible" of the sport of soaring. It would hardly be overstated to suggest that one's years of interest in the sport could [... more]
$18.95
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