Glider Flying Handbook

This comprehensive handbook, created by the Federal Aviation Administration, supplies glider pilots with all the information they need for certification in the glider category. An all-in-one technical manual, the Glider Flying Handbook focuses solely on the precise science of glider flight. Inside are hundreds of detailed illustrations and diagrams on:

Components and systems
Flight instruments
Performance limitations
Launch and recovery procedures
Flight maneuvers
Traffic patterns
Soaring weather
Radio navigation
And much more