Air Sports & Recreation Books


Learning to Fly HelicoptersLearning to Fly Helicopters
Best Price: $6.58
If you're like me, and I know I am, you haven't attended any flight training yet. If this is...
Disc Golf: All You Need to Know About the Game You Want to PlayDisc Golf: All You Need to Know About the Game You Want to Play
Best Price: $5.51
This book is very interesting for anyone into the sport of golf. Very good reading.
Weather FlyingWeather Flying
Best Price: $14.98
I first read this book early in my private pilot training, many years ago. Needless to say, I...
Mental Training for Skydiving and LifeMental Training for Skydiving and Life
Best Price: $14.95
If you are a competitive skydiver, it's worth picking up. However, there are better books for...
Flight DisciplineFlight Discipline
Best Price: $14.99
its a must for the pilots from airlines. it gives you a lot of psichological support to...


Basic AerobaticsBasic Aerobatics
Best Price: $14.94
I've only just started aerobatics and this book seems a good companion to the practical aspects...
Gliding: A Handbook on Soaring Flight (Flying and Gliding)Gliding: A Handbook on Soaring Flight (Flying and Gliding)
Best Price: $12.89
Pigott has authored various texts on the subject or gliding/soaring and I have found them all to...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Sport FlyingThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Sport Flying
Best Price: $5.93
This is a really good basic overview of the new Light Sport category of airplanes. The book...
Kites: Flying Skills and Techniques, from Basic Toys to Sport KitesKites: Flying Skills and Techniques, from Basic Toys to Sport Kites
Best Price: $1.63
The perfect handbook for every kiting enthusiast More than three thousand years ago, the...
Kites for Everyone: How to Make and Fly ThemKites for Everyone: How to Make and Fly Them
Best Price: $5.67
Thorough, expert guide with easy-to-follow illustrated instructions for creating more than 50...


Best Bike Rides in Texas, 2nd (Best Bike Rides Series)Best Bike Rides in Texas, 2nd (Best Bike Rides Series)
Best Price: $2.95
For the avid cyclist, this series offers a diverse array of moderate to serious tours through...
Conventional Gear: Flying a Taildragger (Focus Series)Conventional Gear: Flying a Taildragger (Focus Series)
Best Price: $12.23
Only a small portion of this book pertains to "Flying a Taildragger". Most of the book...
Pilot's Pocket DecoderPilot's Pocket Decoder
Best Price: $6.00
This is a very good reference and refresher for the novice flyer.
Race with the Wind: How Air Racing Advanced AviationRace with the Wind: How Air Racing Advanced Aviation
Best Price: $8.38
Three years ago I was an editor for Motorbooks International searching for new books and authors...
Advanced AerobaticsAdvanced Aerobatics
Best Price: $17.64
The book is sensational! It is very well written, it describes the acrobatic maneuvers...

The Gyroplane Flight ManualThe Gyroplane Flight Manual
Best Price: $24.95
Very basic descriptions. Seems like an advertising promo for gyros, sometimes it takes aside...
Slipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on FlightSlipping the Surly Bonds: Great Quotations on Flight
Best Price: $4.45
Excellent, excellent book! I have been in aviation for 20 years as a flight attendant at three...
Sled Driver : Flying the World's Fastest JetSled Driver : Flying the World's Fastest Jet
I first heard about this book when i was a freshman in high school seeing the add in the pacific...
Fly Low, Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air RacesFly Low, Fly Fast: Inside the Reno Air Races
Best Price: $1.30
The book is OK, but concentrates far too much effort on just a few pilots/teams. The author...
Understanding Gliding: The Principles of Soaring Flight (Flying and Gliding)Understanding Gliding: The Principles of Soaring Flight (Flying and Gliding)
Best Price: $14.21
exellent reading for experienced and unexperienced as well

A Professional Approach to UltralightsA Professional Approach to Ultralights
Best Price: $22.00
Every pilot or want-to-be pilot will save themselves a lot of time, effort, energy, and money by...
AerobaticsAerobatics
Best Price: $17.98
Neil Williams was a British test pilot and aerobatic pilot with a rare gift of skill in both...
Cloud Dancing: Your Introduction to Gliding and Motorless FlightCloud Dancing: Your Introduction to Gliding and Motorless Flight
Best Price: $8.70
I am half way through the book. As a person who has always wanted to fly ( and who never seemed...
Aircraft Maintenance and RepairAircraft Maintenance and Repair
Best Price: $58.63
I work today as a maintenance manager, and this book was imprescindible to me when I was still a...
Paragliding: Revised and Updated; The Complete GuideParagliding: Revised and Updated; The Complete Guide
Best Price: $5.39
This was exactly what I was looking for, a detailed, well-illustrated introduction to the sport...

The Shell Game: Reflections on Rowing and the Pursuit of ExcellenceThe Shell Game: Reflections on Rowing and the Pursuit of Excellence
"The Shell Game" is a nice companion to "Mind Over Water" and "The...
Pararescue Operations, Techniques, And ProceduresPararescue Operations, Techniques, And Procedures
Best Price: $26.55
The book is an index of classes and procedures that will be class taught not a workbook or text.
The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales from the Sky (Greatest)The Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales from the Sky (Greatest)
Best Price: $2.64
A diverse, inspiring, and exciting collection on the thrills of taking flight.
No Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous SportNo Visible Horizon: Surviving the World's Most Dangerous Sport
Best Price: $7.37
Read this book in a weekend. Author is very intellectual and what results is a well-researched...
Paragliding: From Beginner to Cross-CountryParagliding: From Beginner to Cross-Country
Best Price: $18.66
A romanian book on this topic does not exist (yet?), so after I took a paragliding course I...

Glider Basics From First Flight to SoloGlider Basics From First Flight to Solo
I got this book from Tom himself, who took me for my first glider lesson. This book is...
Cross-Country Flying (TAB Practical Flying Series)Cross-Country Flying (TAB Practical Flying Series)
I just started this book last night. In the very first chapter, the author states that in order...
Flying in Adverse Conditions (Practical Flying Series)Flying in Adverse Conditions (Practical Flying Series)
Don't let the title put you off. This book covers all sorts of 'adversity' from night flying...
The Last NavigatorThe Last Navigator
Best Price: $34.99
I read Steve Thomas' book in the evenings while I was staying at Trader's Ridge Resort on Yap....
Defying Gravity: Land Divers, Roller Coasters, Gravity Bums, and the Human Obsession with FallingDefying Gravity: Land Divers, Roller Coasters, Gravity Bums, and the Human Obsession with Falling
Best Price: $3.99
This book is amazingly well written, a complex analisys of what people practising sports...

Schneider Trophy RacersSchneider Trophy RacersReno Air Racing (Enthusiast Color)Reno Air Racing (Enthusiast Color)
As with all aircraft photobooks by Michael O'Leary the quality of the photographs range from...
Introduction to Flight (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering)Introduction to Flight (Mcgraw-Hill Series in Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering)
Best Price: $168.99
"Introduction to Flight" is an excellent book on the fundamentals of aerodynamics, and...
Blue Angels: 50 Years of Precision FlightBlue Angels: 50 Years of Precision Flight
Best Price: $14.99
I think it's better to have some poster of the flighter in the books and more pictures.
Making Perfect Landings in Light AirplanesMaking Perfect Landings in Light Airplanes
This product is same as described in purchase. Delivery was very quickly and good conditions. I...

Understanding the SkydiveUnderstanding the Skydive
Best Price: $8.90
This book has a wealth of information for the new comers to the sport of skydiving. This is a no...
Understanding Flying (General Aviation Reading series)Understanding Flying (General Aviation Reading series)
Best Price: $19.99
this is a very good book for begining flyers
BiplaneBiplane
In an age where 'time is money', the majesty of flying is too often taken for granted. Bach...
The Perfect Flight (Thomasson-Grant Aviation Library)The Perfect Flight (Thomasson-Grant Aviation Library)
Best Price: $18.91
There is much more to flying than just manual skills--and therein lies the fun. In a book filled...
Soaring Cross CountrySoaring Cross Country

Transition to gliders. A flight training handbook for power pilotsTransition to gliders. A flight training handbook for power pilots
Best Price: $40.00
ParamotoringParamotoring
Best Price: $104.31
This comprehensive guide to Powered Paragliding is a must have for anyone with an interest in...
The Dayton Air Show: A Photographic CelebrationThe Dayton Air Show: A Photographic Celebration
Best Price: $16.21
As soon as I heard about this book I picked up my copy here on Amazon. I am familiar with Ty...
The Basic Aerobatic ManualThe Basic Aerobatic Manual
Based on my 3000 hours instructing aerobatics in a Cessna Aerobat. The book was written as a...
Complete Idiot's Guide to Flying and GlidingComplete Idiot's Guide to Flying and Gliding
Best Price: $4.20
This book is truly for idiots. It assumes that you were in a coma or a recently...

Bungee Jumping: For Fun and ProfitBungee Jumping: For Fun and Profit
Best Price: $61.57
This was a very good book. It talks not only about the equipment and the thrill of bungee...
Beginning Gliding (Flying and Gliding)Beginning Gliding (Flying and Gliding)
Best Price: $19.46
This book is a well written and easy to understand introduction to the sport of gliding. It...
Joy of Soaring: A Training ManualJoy of Soaring: A Training Manual
Best Price: $29.30
THE JOY OF SOARING: A Training Manual First published in 1969,by the Soaring Society of...
Optimizing Jet Transport Efficiency: Performance, Operations, and EconomicsOptimizing Jet Transport Efficiency: Performance, Operations, and Economics
Best Price: $37.51
According to Mr. Padilla, this book "is a compilation of some of the concepts and tools...
Griffon-Powered Mustangs - RaceplaneTech Volume 1 (RaceplaneTech)Griffon-Powered Mustangs - RaceplaneTech Volume 1 (RaceplaneTech)
Best Price: $10.28
The debut volume in the new Speciality Press "Raceplane Tech" series, Griffon-Powered...
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