Flying the Weather Map

by Richard L. Collins

Written for pilots who want to improve their flight weather forecasting skills, this manual provides an in-theory and logic of aviation weathercasting and an analysis of 46 instrument flight rules (IFR) cross-country airplane in all seasons. Each flight episode is illustrated with pre-takeoff upper-level and surface weather chart, which clearly traces the progress of the flight and the actual in-flight weather conditions.

Genres: Aviation

234 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1978

Reviews

[Nicholas Kokolakis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall a good example of pilot techniques used to understand and evaluate weather. The second half of the book was fairly repetitive and did not include good lessons learned or ideas to take from each of the discussed flights. Good tips to think about though.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although limited to East coast flying this book still has much to offer in terms of GA IFR flying. I still need to read this more thoroughly to connect author’s thought process with weather theories. This book is more weather focused than the other famous book by the Bucks family.

[David Megginson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still the best aviation-weather book out there, by a long way. It's scenario- rather than theory-based, so it's much more practical for pilots.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars for great content. A lot of the weather stuff was over my head, but being exposed to it in different contexts through the various flights was helpful in beginning to understand what is happening with fronts, troughs, and the like. I have a long way to go, and I will probably reread this when I am doing IR training.