ASA The Advanced Pilot's Flight Manual by Bill Kershner - ASA-FM-ADV-8

Description

The Commercial license preparation manual from Kershner's "The Flight  Manuals Series." Updated and edited by his son William C. Kershner.
The Advanced Pilot’s Flight Manual has long been a standard reference for  pilots transitioning to advanced models and types and preparing for the  Commercial Pilot knowledge and flight tests. This book bridges the gap between  theory and practical application, covering the fundamentals of airplane  aerodynamics and aircraft performance. Rules of thumb are used throughout as a  means of presenting a clearer picture of the recommended performance parameters,  and increasing understanding of the variable factors that affect aircraft  operations such as altitude and temperature. Knowledge of these thumb rules will  enable pilots to maximize performance when operating faster aircraft and at  higher altitudes.
Chapters are dedicated to:
Airplane performance and stability for pilots
Checking out in advanced models and types
Emergencies and unusual situations
Advanced navigation
High-altitude Operations
Preparing for the commercial knowledge and practical tests
Softcover, 392 pages.
Bill Kershner was FAA/General Aviation Flight Instructor of the Year in 1992 and named Elder Statesman of Aviation in 1997. He was inducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame in 1998. His son, William C. Kershner, was soloed by his father and holds Flight Instructor and Airline Transport Pilot certificates. He has flown 22 types of airplanes in his over 10,000 hours of flight time, ranging from Cessna 150s to Boeing 777s.
Bill Kershner left us to go West in 2007 but his legacy remains with continued publishing of his books.  Bill founded Ace Aerobatic School in Sewanee, Tennessee in 1969. He was known as the "Spin Doctor" for his interest in spins, having logged more than 8,000 spins totaling some 35,000 turns; Kershner only counted spins of at least three turns and didn't record spins at all during his first 24 years of flying.
He was the national General Aviation Flight Instructor of the Year in 1992. At his Ace Aerobatic School, Kershner provided spin recovery and aerobatic training to hundreds of pilots, and he continued to teach ground school into late December 2006.
"He had a soft spot in his heart for student pilots and CFIs," as said by Bruce Landsberg of AOPA's Air Safety Foundation. "Being an engineer at heart, he would step up to the blackboard and start doing equations to explain some aerodynamic truth. When pressed to put it in English so that a dumb pilot (me) could understand it — he always could."