Did you know that it is possible to land a small aircraft on water using Tundra tires? Did you know that rotor turbulence could easily destroy an aircraft? This book will show you these things, and then some.

This is a book about how to fly in the mountains using single-engine aeroplanes; written by a commercial pilot and CFI who actually lives in the mountains of Colorado and flies aircraft and paragliders, USA, it contains a lot of useful information for anyone who would like to venture in such areas using small planes.

The book is well-written and has extensive chapters dealing with local weather conditions, icing, STOL and bush operations, as well as accidents, emergencies and survival situations from which the reader may learn a lot of things.

Other topics included are aerial photography, search and rescue flights (SAR), snow, ice and sloped take-offs and landings, extreme maneuvres, formation flying, aerobatics, uncommon circuit procedures, flying thorough canyons and passes, and more.

It is a book intended for pilots, but other readers also interested in mountainous regions will find that certain parts may be useful for them, like in the case of weather forecasting techniques.

Very useful for any kind of pilot, both for VFR and IFR flights.

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