Hello,I would like to get more advanced as far as real flying go, so in order to do that i am currently in search for a good flight manual.Browsing through amazing i came accross the following book : <H1 class=parseasinTitle>The Pilot's Manual: Access to Flight: Integrated Private and Instrument Curriculum (Pilot's Manual series, The) (Hardcover)http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1560277343/ref=ord_cart_shr?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glanceI would like to know if this book would cover all topics of the VFR/IFR flying including teaching me how to fully understand the various aviation charts.Also, whats the difference between this book and the following books :The Pilot's Manual: Flight School: How to Fly Your Airplane Through All the FAR/JAR Maneuvers (Pilot's Manual series, The) (Hardcover)http://www.amazon.com/Pilots-Manual-Airplane-Through-Maneuvers/dp/1560277335/ref=pd_cp_b_1and,The Pilot's Manual: Ground School: All the Aeronautical Knowledge Required to Pass the FAA Exams and Operate as a Private and Commercial Pilot (Pilot's Manual series, The) (Hardcover)http://www.amazon.com/Pilots-Manual-Aeronautical-Knowledge-Commercial/dp/1560276770/ref=pd_sim_b_2I would like to emphasis that aside from knowing what vor,dme,ndb and such mean and how to follow a track, basic PMDG 747-400 operation , and lots of hours flying the 747-400 by simply entering a route, sid,star and land the plane (of course setting up the FMC but in a basic way... i.e - pref page -> setting up n1's and v speeds) i do not have any real knoweldge.I would really appreciate your help on this one.Thanks in advance.

Let me start by saying that I am not familiar with the particular books you mentioned. With that in mind, unless someone comes along and can express an opinion based on actually having read the books you listed, then you might find it would be better to seek opinions from a forum not primarily involved in simulation, such as here: http://www.pprune.org/Ask for recommendations on that site and you will doubtless find many, and probably someone who has read those particular books.I would also recommend looking for all the other stuff you can find on pilot's supplies websites such as this place:http://www.pilotwarehouse.co.uk/default.htmland here:http://www.sportys.com/learntoflyhere/store.cfmThere are of course a lot of real world pilots who frequent AVSIM, but many of them (myself included) will have read pilot's manuals years ago and so although experienced, may not know the best current book titles for that sort of thing. I don't even have the pilot's manuals I used years ago - I gave them to someone else who was learning to fly. Having said that, one thing I would consider is that the systems in Microsoft Flight Simulator are more akin to FAA stuff (i.e. USA) rather than JAR stuff (i.e. Europe), so if you hope to put into practice in Flight Simulator what you learn from a book, I suspect it would be wise to concentrate on books aimed at the North American PPL market, rather than for elsewhere in the world. Although to some extent navigation is navigation wherever you are, if you want actual ATC procedural knowledge, then that very often is different in various countries.You should not forget that Flight Simulator itself is a great source of learning. The built-in tutorial system is a much undervalued educational recsource and can certainly provide a good deal of teaching if you go through it methodically. What that would allow you to do is then go for a more advanced book and greatly increase your learning, as the Fs tutorial can easily cover the basic and intermediate stuff. Even though you say you do not possess much knowledge of real aviation, you might be surprised how much you do actually know, and I suspect you would find that a lot of the information in an introductory pilot's manual aimed at the student flyer, would be covering ground you are already familiar with. So buying a book without seeing exactly what it covers may lead to some disappointment if a lot of it is what you already know.If you want an actual recommendation, these are the ones I used when learning to fly:http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1245852655/ref...ot%27s%20manualThey are all good (although keep in mind that they are largely for the JAR syllabus - i.e mostly for Europe - although the JAR syllabus actually came into use after I learned to fly). They are the ones that tend to get recommended to PPL students in the UK, but regardless of their geographical focus, you may find they contain more detailed knowledge than an introductory pilot's manual, so if that is what you are looking for, then they will certainly not disappoint you.Hope that helps a bit - Al

Thank you so much for elaborating on this matter.I really appreciate it.

Thank you so much for elaborating on this matter.I really appreciate it.

For instrument stuff, use what we use in the real world: Jeppessen. The Instrument/Commercial textbook is simply amazing and everything is explained very well.It is expensive though. On amazon it's listed as new for $55. I got mine at a pilot store for considerably more than that, but I needed it right then...I couldn't wait.For actual flying it's a little tougher. What I mean by that is FS doesn't really mimic real aircraft all that well. However, there is no need to spend money (you can purchase a printed version if you wish) on one of my favorite bathroom readers:The Airplane Flying Handbook, available for free in pdf format here: http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aircraf...plane_handbook/ is amazing. I absolutely love it. There are tons of useful, free manuals available from the FAA. Including instrument books, like the Instrument Flying Handbook, and Instrument Procedures Handbook. Use the links on the side of the page to get to them.Hope this helps some! You really can't go wrong with Jeppessen's textbooks. Every one I have I absolutely love. But, if you're just going to use them for flightsim, the cost can be pretty prohibitive. I'd try to tough it out with the free ones I linked you to!Oh, and if you decide to purchase printed copies of the FAA manuals (I'm assuming you're in the states), you could probably find them at your local FBO for cheap...like 10-15 bucks. They're surprisingly high quality!

my friend a real world pilot about 5 months ago got me this book - from the ground up (millenium edition) and its great if your Canadian because it covers both Canadian and American rules. It is very thorough and I having never flown before found it written in a very user friendly easy to read way. I hope i have been of some help