From The Ground Up

Whether you are learning about aviation for the first time, or filling gaps in your personal knowledge on the subject, From the Ground Up offers you the most comprehensive package of aeronautical information in one complete, extensive, and award-winning form. Considered required reading for student pilots in many countries throughout the world, this book delves deeply into the full range of aviation topics, including airplane systems, theory of flight, engines, airports and airspace, regulations and procedures, air and radio navigation, weather, communications, airmanship, human factors, and safety.

Over half a century has passed since it first appeared as the publication of choice for fledgling flight school enterprises. With such longevity and strength of reputation, this accurate and extensive repository for aeronautical information is an essential resource to form the cornerstone of any aviation library. You'll find everything you need to know within its covers: a book taking its name from the only sure way to learn the fundamentals of flight: from the ground up.

"There is a smoothness and ease-of-reading that make this book a pleasure to read... everyone out there should read the engine section, which is excellent and covers timing, carburetors, magnetos, solid-state ignitions and even procedures for a backfire during starting... if you are going to buy a flight manual and only want to have one around the house, this is the one." — Private Pilot Magazine

"[From the Ground Up] offers a wide range of advice and information, technique and instruction, on practically every aspect of flying — in a single volume... The level of detail and its easy-going writing are way ahead of some of the textbooks we're used to, especially when it comes to radio navigation and aircraft technical explanations... I found From the Ground Up so useful that it's becoming part of my deskside library." —Flyer Magazine

"For 50 years the book From the Ground Up has been published and is one of the most comprehensive volumes on the subject of flying and learning to fly... it can be read right through, from cover to cover, or can be dipped into for information on specific subjects. Some aviation books cannot comfortably be used in this dual role." —International Flight Training News

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On Monday, April 28, 2008 a customer asked: Q: Do you sell the Canadian edition? A: We only sell the US Edition of From The Ground Up. On Saturday, January 06, 2007 a customer asked: Q: what year was this book printed... A: From The Ground Up was last published in April 2003