Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training & Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: The Command Decisions series, Volume 1

Scope: Textbook written for General Aviation pilots and owners. Written by Richard Taylor, "who has been writing about, and teaching, flying for more than 40 years."

From the dust jacket: "Aviation Weather: Forces to be Reckoned With will: • Challenge and expand your knowledge of weather's forces • Sharpen your proficiency in deteriorating conditions • Develop your go/no-go decision-making skills • Increase your ability to cope with the unexpected

Although aviation weather reporting and forecasting is better than ever, the NTSB's yearly accident statistics are a grim reminder that pilot's don't always understand how weather limits flight operations. Flight into adverse weather continues to be a leading cause of aircraft accidents, from minor runway incidents to heartbreaking fatals.

In this book, the first of the six-volume Command Decision Series from Belvoir Publications, noted aviation author and pilot Richard Taylor examines dozens of weather-related accidents. From the reams of NTSB data and the pages of Aviation Safety mag-azine, Taylor has distilled a remarkably lucid picture of how some pilots have gotten themselves into weather conditions that are beyond both their own limits and those of the aircraft.

In the opening chapter, Taylor discusses an underrated hazard: wind and turbulence. Two longer chapters examine what most pilots consider the most terrifying menaces: thunderstorms and icing. Many of the accidents are treated as detailed case histories, followed by Taylor's succinct analysis of where the pilot went wrong.

In Part Four, Taylor reveals a surprising fact: many pilots who continue VFR into IFR conditions are actually instrument rated and thus should have been able to handle flight by reference to instruments. Yet, inexplicably, they still came to grief.

The final two parts tell how to operate safely in cold weather, and what to do if you are forced to devise a strategy to survive a crash."

Contents (from the Table of Contents): "Preface Part 1. Wind and Turbulence Part 2. Structural Icing Part 3. Thunderstorms Part 4. VFR in IFR Conditions Part 5. Cold Weather Operations Part 6. Pilots, Passengers, and Survival"