Our list of some of the best Aviation books & series in recent years. Get inspired by one or more of the following books.
- Flight: The Complete History of Aviation (2017)
- Aviation Weather: FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 00-6B (FAA Handbooks series) (2016)
- Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25B (FAA Handbooks series) (2016)
- FAR/AIM 2020: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM Series) (2019)
- CFI! The Book: A Satirical Aviation Comedy (2018)
- The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die (2013)
- FAR/AIM 2019: Federal Aviation Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM Series) (2018)
- Aviation Instructor’s Handbook: FAA-H-8083-9A (2017)
- Essentials of Aviation Management: A Guide for Aviation Service Businesses (2010)
- Jeppesen Aviation Weather (2013)
- Aircraft Systems for Pilots (2018)
- Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – General: FAA-H-8083-30A (FAA Handbooks Series) (2018)
- Jeppesen Aviation History (Softcover) (2006)
- Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (2019)
- Aircraft Basic Science, Eighth Edition (2013)
Flight: The Complete History of Aviation (2017)
A visual guide to aviation and man’s conquest of the skies, covering the earliest pioneers of flight to modern-day space technology. Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution and now in paperback.Over 100 years ago, the Wright brothers flew in a shaky plane for the first time.
Aviation Weather: FAA Advisory Circular (AC) 00-6B (FAA Handbooks series) (2016)
This FAA Advisory Circular includes contributions from the National Weather Service (NWS).This important Federal Aviation Administration Advisory Circular (AC) has been in circulation under a variety of titles for more than 70 years. All pilots and dispatchers must learn to deal with weather: to appreciate good weather, to recognize and respect marginal or hazardous weather, and to avoid violent weather.
Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge: FAA-H-8083-25B (FAA Handbooks series) (2016)
This official FAA handbook has been required reading for more than 30 years. Providing basic knowledge essential for all pilots, from beginning students through to the more advanced certificates, this Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) publication introduces readers to the broad spectrum of knowledge required as they progress through pilot training.
FAR/AIM 2020: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM Series) (2019)
ASA has built a reputation for providing the aviation community with the most accurate and reliable FAR/AIM products available.
CFI! The Book: A Satirical Aviation Comedy (2018)
An underpaid, overworked Certified Flight Instructor cheats death while attempting to teach a cast of incompetent student pilots to fly at a skeezy South Florida flight school; all in the quest to build flight time so he can get a “real job” at an airline. The planes break, the regs break, metal gets bent, students are lost at sea, and a Top Gun wannabe student, who has four hundred hours of flight instruction, still hasn’t made his first solo flight. “CFI!
The Killing Zone, Second Edition: How & Why Pilots Die (2013)
This survival guide for new pilots identifies the pitfalls waiting inside the killing zone, the period from 50 to 350 flight hours when they leave their instructors behind and fly as pilot in command for the first time.
FAR/AIM 2019: Federal Aviation Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM Series) (2018)
ASA has built a reputation for providing the aviation community with the most accurate and reliable FAR/AIM products available.
Aviation Instructor’s Handbook: FAA-H-8083-9A (2017)
Heavily illustrated and filled with essential information, topics include: This official FAA publication provides aviation instructors with up-to-date information on learning and teaching, and how to relate this information to the task of teaching aeronautical knowledge and skills to students.
Essentials of Aviation Management: A Guide for Aviation Service Businesses (2010)
RODWELL JULIE F, COULBY ADAM, CARNEY THOMAS, MOTT JOHN
Jeppesen Aviation Weather (2013)
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Aircraft Systems for Pilots (2018)
This book is a single source, concise presentation of what pilots should know about basic aircraft systems. The content reflects the author’s more than thirty-five years experience of flying and fourteen years of teaching Aircraft Systems to university students.
Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – General: FAA-H-8083-30A (FAA Handbooks Series) (2018)
This FAA handbook provides knowledge for earning the Aviation Maintenance Technician certificate, General section. The FAA General test questions are drawn from this book (FAA-H-8083-30A).
Jeppesen Aviation History (Softcover) (2006)
SOFTCOVER ONLY! The newly revised 2006 edition of Aviation History is an exciting full-color book that gives aviation enthusiasts a unique perspective on international aviation history. Each of the ten chapters is packed with information containing over 950 photographs and color graphics. Aviation History explores the question “what was aviation” from its birth in Annonay, France, in 1783 until present.
Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History (2019)
A New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * A Time Best Book for Summer Between the world wars, no sport was more popular, or more dangerous, than airplane racing.
Aircraft Basic Science, Eighth Edition (2013)
Aircraft Basic Science, Eighth Edition, is a valuable resource for students of aviation technology that provides updated information needed to prepare for an FAA airframe and powerplant maintenance certification.
Best Aviation Books to Read
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some aviation books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Guidebook for evaluating airport parking strategies and supporting technologies
Author(s): National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.; Airport Cooperative Research Program.; United States. Federal Aviation Administration.; Jacobs Consultancy (Firm); et al
ID: 1176104, Publisher: Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Year: [2010], Size: 5 Mb, Format: pdf
Wally Funk’s Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer
Author(s): Sue Nelson
ID: 2301670, Publisher: The Westbourne Press, Year: 4 Oct 2018, Size: 3 Mb, Format: epub
Radar and Radionavigation: Pre-professional Training for Aviation Radio specialists
Author(s): Anatoly Ivanovich Kozlov; Yuri Grigoryevich Shatrakov; Dmitry Alexandrovich Zatuchny
ID: 3440550, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not absolute. Some books are absolutely best-sellers according to The Wall Street Journal, others are drafted by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.