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Reviewed On:  August 20, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

Reviewed On:  May 30, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments A lot of words for a handful of important tips. But, admittedly, one of those tips could save my life.

Reviewed On:  May 26, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Good writing and great instruction. Cons A little dry. General Comments I thought this would be more of a storytelling book. It is a great book, but it is more instructional than editorial. Nonetheless, it is a very good book.

Reviewed On:  May 22, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros This is a valuable book. It is as important in its fundamental presentation as the FAA wings program. Yet, it is written well enough that it is a comfortable read. Richard Collins is correct: There is nothing quite so important as your Cons Adding an appendix summarizing the safety research would be valuable. General Comments Because of the timing of the statistics and the nature of books in general I suspect this product will have a shelf life. I would recommend Shorty's move to publish and distribute this book in volume (perhaps discounted). Richard is an excellent narrator (I have all his air facts), so you may also consider this as a book on tape or better an extended, downloadable video or both.

Reviewed On:  April 21, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Few pilots would disagree that it's best to learn from OTHER people's mistakes. This book does a great job at assembling stories from several areas in avaition that we can learn from. Cons No pictures. The stories are great but when reading about airplanes and airplane accidents, pictures and illustrations would be nice. General Comments This book doesn't take a great deal of time to read and has lots of stories that we can learn from.

Reviewed On:  February 23, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

Reviewed On:  February 4, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Excellent first hand accounts of GA flying. Provides synopsis of why good pilots have bad things happen, how to minimize risk, how to self manage expectations, and when to fold 'em. Cons Paperback, not hard cover. General Comments

Reviewed On:  February 1, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Easy to read. Informative. I really enjoy reading everything Richard Collins writes. Cons somewhat expensive. General Comments As a 53 yr old student pilot I really enjoyed Richard's common sense approach and explanations. I would recommend this book as a "mandatory" read for all student pilots. And while many a seasoned pilot may determine they can't learn anything from this book, I would tend to doubt that viewpoint. I have spent a professional career managing risk in the nuclear power industry and in the Navy. Richard forces us to think about risk management in flying that next hour.

Reviewed On:  January 22, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Only about 1/2 way through the book so far, but it really makes you think and broadens ones awareness. Cons Reminds me a little bit of the drivers education films I saw years ago which had me and a lot of others wondering if we really wanted to learn to drive. It's a reminder that you can be flying along, thinking things are great (primarily IFR) and in less than a couple of minutes you drop off radar and are DEAD!!!! Kind of takes a little bit of the fun out of flying. General Comments Great learning tool and eye opener. Great gift for a pilot.

Reviewed On:  January 22, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Value Expectations	Pros More of Collins wisdom and writing style and stories that just make sense. I so miss his column in Flying, I can't help hear his voice when reading this. Cons It's a paperback hence the durability rating, as long as I don't get it wet or spill coffee on it it will last pretty good. General Comments

Reviewed On:  January 13, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros As usual, Richard provides us with much of the wisdom obtained in more than 20,000 hours of GA flying and hundreds of hours of accident research. Its a quick read with life saving advice and reminders of how to fly cross country safely. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

Reviewed On:  January 4, 2010   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons Wished it was hard back but our error for not reading the print at the end. General Comments

Reviewed On:  December 30, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments Another excellent book by Richard L. Collins. Fantastic reading for any pilot. Loved every page!

Reviewed On:  December 28, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  No.
Overall Rating Durability Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons The so called book at $24.95 is nothing more than a thin paperback which should retail generously, at about $6.95 at maximum. Unfortunately the cover picture depiction of it does not reveal those qualities. It looks like a hardcover fully bound book. The Christmas present for my ATP son took about 40 minutes for him to fully read and he told me he didn't learn anything he didn't already know. General Comments

Reviewed On:  December 28, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments Very informative. Written in Richard Collins usual to-the-point manner.

Reviewed On:  December 28, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  No.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros No Pros Listed From This Reviewer. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

Reviewed On:  November 22, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros I highly recommend this book to all pilots (an avaition buffs). It is a snapshot of the authors indepth approach to "Risk Mangement". His lifelong experience and "pearls-of-wisdom" alluded to in this book, are a benifit to all pilots. I plan on rereading it many times. This comes from an individual (me) who seldom reads books. It belongs in any pilots library! Cons None. General Comments Totally enjoyed Richard's book. It brought back many of the foolish things I have done in attempt to build flight-time. REF

Reviewed On:  October 24, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros As with any Collins book, it is packed with good info. Cons Not everything in the book is new. Some of the stories can be found in his other books or videos. But they are informative, which is probably why they are repeated here. General Comments Overall a really good book. A must have for any Collins fan.

Reviewed On:  October 20, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating	Pros Great read for young pilots, well written and informative. Will definitely help my decision making skills in the air and on the ground. Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

Reviewed On:  October 14, 2009   Would You Recommend This Product:  Yes.
Overall Rating Durability Reliablity Value Usability Expectations	Pros Great Book! A Must read!! Cons No Cons Listed From This Reviewer. General Comments

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