Lessons from the Logbook

Piloting techniques on diverse topics in this collection of stories from an experienced flight instructor’s logbook.

“Our skills of flight either improve or slowly erode, but they rarely remain unchanged.” Speaking pilot to pilot, Ron Fowler picks up where initial pilot training leaves off. Lessons from the Logbook is a collection of stories that began as articles written for Plane & Pilot magazine.

The book is organized to reflect all the phases of flight: preflight, departure, en route, and arrival, and concludes with a section on recurrent training. It provides piloting techniques on such diverse topics as night flying; what to do when you get stuck above or below a cloud deck; how to handle in-flight emergencies; evaluating real-life takeoff performance; pursuing a path to perfect flying; and much, much more.

Ron Fowler was the ideal flight instructor—experienced, patient, and entertaining, with excellent communication skills. His gentle guidance will stick with readers: first when they read the pages that share the author’s expertise, to be recalled again when they have a similar experience. Lessons from the Logbook will inspire readers to improve their flying skills, and more importantly, motivate them to take to the sky.