Whether you are learning about aviation for the first time, or filling gaps in your personal knowledge on the subject, this book offers you the most comprehensive package of aeronautical information in one complete, extensive, and award-winning form. Often referred to as the "bible" for ground school flight training — and required reading for student pilots in many countries throughout the world — it delves deeply into the full range of aviation topics, including the airplane, theory of flight, engines, airports and airspace, regulations and procedures, air and radio navigation, weather, communications, airmanship, human factors, and air safety. Over half a century has passed since it first appeared as the publication for fledgling flight schools. With such longevity and strength of reputation, this most accurate and extensive repository for aeronautical information is an essential resource to form the cornerstone of any aviation library. You'll find everything you need to know within its covers: a book taking its name from the only sure way to learn the fundamentals of flight — From the Ground Up.

"There is a smoothness and ease-of-reading that makes this book a pleasure to read... everyone out there should read the engine section, which is excellent and covers timing, carburetors, magnetos, solid-state ignitions and even a procedure for a backfire during starting... if you are going to buy a flight manual and only want to have one around the house, this is the one." — Private Pilot Magazine

"From the Ground Up offers a wide range of advice and information, technique and instruction, on practically every aspect of flying — in a single volume... The level of detail and its easy-going writing are way ahead of some of the text books we're used to, especially when it comes to radio navigation and aircraft technical explanations... I found [it] so useful that it's becoming part of my deskside library." — FLYING Magazine

"For 50 years the book From the Ground Up has been published and is one of the most comprehensive volumes on the subject of flying and learning to fly... it can be read right through, from cover to cover, or can be dipped into for information on specific subjects. Some aviation books cannot comfortably be used in this dual role." — International Flight Training News