From The Ground Up 30th Edition Revised 2025
Updated September 2025
First released in 1941, and with its seeds sowed during the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan of WWII, the 30th Edition of this highly regarded title expands upon its award-winning content, bringing to readers its historically recognized depth while introducing more new subjects than ever before.
As ever, From the Ground Up charts its way through subjects related to Aircraft Operations, Air Law, Meteorology, Navigation & Communications, and General Airmanship. Within this overall structure, a multitude of subjects – all essential “need to know” content for students working towards their licences to fly – are presented with their customary breadth and scope.
Building upon the substantial updating to its design that was introduced during the tenure of the title’s previous edition, From the Ground Up, 30th Edition boasts further upgrades to its abundance of figures and illustrations. Most significantly, hundreds of updates to content have been inserted wherever such amendments have been required bringing it completely up-to-date with the latest Transport Canada curriculum requisites. Furthermore, new subjects critical to safe flying have been added to enhance the scale of readership knowledge.
From the Ground Up, 30th Edition retains its unique interior layout, so designed to render its multi-layered structure logistically easy to follow. Colour-coding of chapter pages facilitates the pinpointing of subjects, enhancing one’s quick referencing of topics.
Chapters within the book’s major sections include: The Aeroplane, Theory of Flight, Aero Engines, Aerodromes & Airspace, Air Rules & Procedures, Aviation Weather, Air Navigation Theory, Radio Communications, Radio Navigation, Airmanship, Human Factors, and Air Safety. Updated Appendices include a completely revamped Sample Examination, an extensive Glossary and an enhanced and expanded Index.
Investment into improving the organization of subjects as well as the presentation of the title’s content is part of Aviation Publishers’ efforts to ensure that From the Ground Up continues to earn its place at the forefront of aeronautical education. This latest updated edition maintains the title’s profile as a recognized source for its acclaimed thoroughness, its readability, its learnedness, and its visual appeal.
Aviation Publishers is committed to its readership for whom it aims to keep From the Ground Up positioned as their foremost worldwide source for aeronautical scholarship. Continual improvement will remain the focus for this title’s progressive evolution with every printing. The latter is Aviation Publishers’ commitment to ensuring that this respected title, now into its ninth decade of publication, stands repeatedly as a vanguard of the flight-training industry.
