A hand-crafted list of books which we recommend a student studying for DGCA ATPL pilot exams should refer to. These books will be a lifetime collection and will be very helpful during command training in an airline.
Air Navigation for ATPL Pilot Exams
Book Name
Author
Flight Performance & Planning 1
Oxford
Flight Performance & Planning 2 (FP & M)
Oxford
Ground Studies for Pilots – Navigation
Underdown& Palmer
JAR ATPL & CPL General Navigation
Keith Williams
Mass & Balance Flight Performance and Planning
Nordian
Navigation – 1 General Navigation
Oxford
Navigation for Pilot
JE Hitchcock
Operational Procedures
Nordian
Operational Procedures
Oxford
Meteorology for ATPL Pilot Exams
Book Name
Author
Aviation Meteorology
IC Joshi
Ground Studies for Pilots – Meteorology
Underdown & Standen
Meteorology
Nordian
Meteorology
Oxford
Meteorology for Pilot
Mike Wickson
Radio Aids & Instruments for ATPL Pilot Exams
Book Name
Author
Aircraft General Knowledge 4
Oxford
Avionics and Flight Management for the Professional Pilot
David Robson
Flight Instrument and Automatic Flight Control Systems
David Harries
Ground Studies for Pilots – Flight Instruments and Automatic Flight Control Systems
David Harris
Ground Studies for Pilots – Radio Aids
Underdown& Cockburn
Instrumentation KnowledgeAircraftGeneral
Nordian
JAR ATPL(A) and CPL(A) Instruments
Keith Williams
Navigation – 2 Radio Navigation
Oxford
Radio Navigation and Instrument Flying
Trevor Thom
Air Regulation for ATPL Pilot Exams
Book Name
Author
Air Law
Oxford
Air Regulations
RK Bali
Air Law and ATC Procedures
Nordian
Air Regulations for Pilots
V Krishnan & AK Chopra
Aircraft Act 1934
India
Aircraft Rules 1920, 1937, 1954 & 2003
India
DGCA Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR)
DGCA
Human Performance & Limitations
Nordian
Human Performance & Limitations
Oxford
ICAO Annexes
ICAO
ICAO Docs
ICAO
AIP
India
Technical General for ATPL Pilot Exams
Book Name
Author
Aircraft General Knowledge 1
Oxford
Aircraft General Knowledge 2
Oxford
Aircraft General Knowledge 3
Oxford
Airframe and Systems
Nordian
Airframes and Systems Aircraft General Knowledge
Nordian
Electrics Aircraft General Knowledge
Nordian
JAR ATPL & CPL Principles of Flight
Keith Williams
Powerplant Aircraft General Knowledge
Nordian
Principle of Flight
Nordian
Principle of Flight
Oxford
The candidates are advised to refer to the relevant topics as per the prescribed syllabus in the CAR., covered in the above reference books for the particular category of pilot license examination, they desirous to appear for.
