This new edition of the well established and highly regarded 'Meteorology for Pilots' has been completely updated to satisfy all aspects of the meteorological requirements necessary to be JAR compliant and provides the ideal background study material for candidates working towards the JAA and Airline Transport Licence examinat...

Meteorology books written for those who can fly can sometimes be rather torpid tomes of theory, pulled together to help the would-be-aviator obtain his pilots licence. This book breaks new ground in presentation of what is and should be presented as a fascinating and vitally important part of a pilot's skill and flight safety....

Even given the enormous technological breakthroughs that satellites and radar have brought to the weather forecaster, accurate predictions remain, by nature, without total certainty. Meteorology is an inexact science where fate holds the trump card. Yet, with an understanding of the basic weather systems and an understanding o...