If you've ever dreamed of learning to fly, you should buy this book. Not only does it teach you the basic principles of flying, but it lets you experience the thrill of learning to fly by illustrating these principles and providing you with actual transcripts of flight lessons in the cockpit. If you're already a student pilot, the illustrations and simple concise language of the text will clear up much of the confusion you have about basic flying principles. It tells you why you do the things you do to learn to fly. It will make you a safer pilot, and it will allow you to make better landings.