The Student Pilot's Flight Manual

With over six decades of experience as pilot-in-command flying more than 100 types and models of airplanes, Bill Kershner was FAA/General Aviation Flight Instructor of the Year in 1992 and then named Elder Statesman of Aviation in 1997. He was inducted into the Flight Instructor Hall of Fame in 1998. His son, William C. Kershner, who edited and updated this volume, was soloed by his father and holds Flight Instructor and Airline Transport Pilot Certificates. Across his more than 15,000 hours of flight time, he has flown 22 types of airplane, ranging from Cessna 150s to Boeing 777s.