Air Sports category: 59 books

Mastering Paragliding is a new approach to learning to fly cross country by paragliding guide Kelly Farina. Kelly approaches pilot progression in a systematic, logical way. From understanding the basics of paraglider handling to thermalling techniques and high-level cross-country advice, he breaks...

Il n’y a pas d’âge pour réaliser ses rêves. A condition d’oser... et d’y croire ! Annie Lecomte-Monnier a tenu le journal de bord de sa formation de pilote privé d’avion en rédigeant au fur et à mesure de son apprentissage le compte-rendu de chacun de ses vols. Elle l’a fait...

Airsoft is a fun and active military simulation sport in which many participate. It is much like paintball, except small plastic pellets are used as projectiles, and the guns are meant to simulate actual firearms... Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

Paragliding is one of the most thrilling and blood pumping adventure sports out there, but it is also a sport that holds tremendous potential for accidents and mishaps. It is absolutely vital to follow safety precautions while paragliding, and failure to do so could lead to severe consequences. Learning...

This essay won the Grand Conference Award at the 2008 Arkansas Writers Conference for sports comedy. It details all the stuff the short description covered, plus more. I hope you enjoy, but please: don't try this at home.

Over the past fifteen years, the extreme sport of kiteboarding has developed from an unlikely concept into a worldwide phenomenon. Kiteboarding: Where it's at... tracks these changes and looks at the various tangents that the sport has taken. With stunning photography, each part reviews one...

“Appunti di fonia”, vuole essere un mezzo di ausilio per tutti i frequentanti dei corsi di fonia aeronautica indetti dalle scuole di volo, o per chi già conosce la materia e tenterà l’esame privatamente o come fonte di ripasso. “Appunti di fonia” nasce vista l’esigenza di rispondere...

Dan Ford learned to fly at the age when most men are well into retirement. In this short book, he tells how it was to have a flight instructor one-third his age, to make a Sentimental Journey to the Pennsylvania airport where the Piper Cub first saw the light of day, to practice spins and aerobatic...

The product of a lifetime of research and reflection, Transcending Fear is Brian Germain's most important work. The book addresses the most significant challenge of human kind to date: the process of recognizing and moving beyond fear. In an age in which fear has literally brought our world to the...

Baseball has so many stars and scrubs, quotables and notables - so many that one book just isnt enough to cover them all. Enter Baseball's Most Wanted™ II. Starting where Baseball's Most Wanted™ left off, version 2.0 introduces even more colorful characters, inept fielders and hitters, and forgotten...

Skydiving is an extreme sport that involves jumping off sky-scraping and high-altitude heights just for the maddening thrill of it. It’s a fun sport for those who need a good kick of adrenaline rush and heart-pounding adventure; definitely not an activity for the fainthearted. If you’re...

Chasing a World Record is the story of an average skydiver who decides to become a world record holder, participating in Jump For The Cause 2002, a female world record attempt series & benefit for the City of Hope. Told through postings to an internet forum, the story follows the author from flat...

Takeoff and landing accidents account for more than 60% of all glider accidents. This book targets these two problems and provides simple, easy to use practices to prevent these common problems.

FLY WITH YOUR OWN WINGSSkydiving! It’s not just falling but the thrill of the unencumbered horizontal flight. Sport parachuting today is not rough and tumble. New equipment and the latest training techniques let you advance quickly to graceful freefall, swift and controlled canopy flight,...