Stick Rudder Classics The Timeless Aviation Collection - Box Set Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche, Richard L. Taylor, Robert N. Buck This box set combines the three bestselling aviation trade titles of all time. — Weather Flying by Robert N. Beck-- — Instrument Flying by Richard L. Taylor-- — Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche-- — These three books are icons within the aviation community. Buck is a world renown weather and flying expert who is currently writing his life/ca... more »reer memoir for Harper Collins. The foreword to Weather Flying is written by Langewiesche.
The most influential pilot organization in the world, AOPA, hails Weather Flying as, "the most worthwhile piece of reading matter a pilot could own." AIAA claims, "this book is superbly written, the topics are well chosen, and the style entertaining...Buck uses his wisdom to write a very practical book that promises to become an aviation classic." Taylor is an multi-award winning author for numerous aviation books. Instrument Flying is his best and most famous title. AOPA's president issued a signature review of this book recommending it to "any pilot who wishes to be at their best in the instrument system." Buck authors the Foreword in which he states, "this book is a valuable link between theory and what instrument flying is really like." Taylor, retired from 40+ year career in military and commercial piloting and academia, is an aviation consultant.« less