While the emphasis is on types of weather that are potentially hazardous to flight, this book is not a "cry-wolf" approach. The author believes that when weather is presented in the worst possible light and "it becomes the common experience of a pilot that there is no wolf, there are no effective words of warning left when the day finally comes that the wolf is really there." The author maintains that pilots can keep themselves safe if they are only given the facts, and his experience as a weather research pilot and test pilot qualify him to do just that.
The author translates the "language" of meteorology and brings across the most crucial principles pilots can use to fly more wisely in weather, and the way weather affects flight and the airplane. He blends in with both the fundamentals, and deeper aspects of severe weather, good coverage of detection equipment for the cockpit, icing certification for aircraft, and weather briefing information available for decisionmaking in flight planning and enroute. Dynamic photographs (including a color photo section) bring the weather and avoidance procedures to light.
This book is suitble for either seasoned veterans or for relative newcomers. It's applicable to VFR, IFR, piston, turbine, low- and high-altitude operations.