By Jim Webb, William D. Walker

Newly updated to include coverage of modern cockpit automation, Fly the Wing, Third Edition, provides pilots with valuable tools and proven techniques for all flight operations. Also new to this edition is a companion CD-Rom with a complete glossary of flight terms, printable quick reference handbooks, and numerous supporting graphics. Pilots planning a career in aviation will find that this book provides important insights that other books miss.

Although directed primarily at the commercial pilot, Fly the Wing provides fascinating reading for pilots of small aircraft too. With a realistic look at the problems that confront pilots of large aircraft, authors Walker and Webb provide wisdom that applies to all pilots.

Written in easy, conversational style, this invaluable reference progresses from ground school equipment and procedures, to simulators, to real flight. Along the way, the authors cover the physical, psychological and technical preparation needed by pilots to acquire an ATP rating while maintaining the highest standards of performance.

Although not intended to replace training manuals, Fly the Wing is by itself a course in advanced aviation. With clear explanations and in-depth coverage, this book has been described as “a full step beyond the normal training handbook.” Pilots desiring additional knowledge in the fields of modern flight deck automation, high speed aerodynamics, high altitude flying, speed control, take-offs, and landings in heavy, high performance aircraft, will do well to read and retain this book.

About the Authors: Jim Webb, before his death, was a retired Eastern Airlines captain. He had been flying since the age of thirteen, when he learned to fly with a barnstormer. For fifteen years he worked as an Eastern Air Lines flight instructor and check pilot. During that time he trained almost 500 pilots, with no failures and above average results. Webb also conducted rating rides, proficiency checks, and instruction and checking in simulators. During World War II he was a B-24 pilot in the Central Pacific, flying thirty-three missions and earning two Distinguished Flying Crosses and four Air Medals. After the war, Webb flew a variety of charter and corporate planes before joining Eastern. He has logged more than 35,000 hours in the cockpit. William D. "Billy" Walker Jr. was born into an aviation family and soloed on his16th birthday. Walker's airline career began in 1967 with Frontier Airlines where he spent two decades. He spent another eleven years at America West Airlines and presently is with jetBlue Airways as a retired line captain on the A-320, a senior Check Airman, and Test Pilot. He is rated in more than 25 transport types and has flown more than 250 varieties of military and civilian aircraft. He is FAA Airline Transport Pilot rated, Certified Flight Instructor Single and Multi Engine Airplanes and Instrument, Ground Instructor, and Certified Repairman. Additionally, Walker is an A-320 FAA APD (Designated Examiner) along with being current in WWI Nieuport 17's, a WWII Douglas AC-47 Gunship, and the AT-6 "Texan."