Glider Handbook Federal Aviation Administration Ebook Review

Great post on Soaring, but the Kindle version is terrible. Has many missing or misplaced images and large blocks of text. Get it as a free PDF from the FAA's website instead. Fly safe!

I have a private pilot's license and am considering adding a glider rating. This is a very informative, well written MUST HAVE reference book - for anyone interested in gliding!

The book begins with a discussion of ADM, or aviation decision making, and continues with a systematic presentation of the elements a glider pilot should know. is familiar. Both the introduction and the explanations focus on the information that the pilot should use to make decisions that lead to safe flight. I have read more technically rigorous explanations of subjects discussed elsewhere, but I have rarely seen them compiled in a format that allows the pilot to understand and then apply them