One of my favorite genres of HN submission is a list of books that make up the "canon" for a field or line of work. I know we have a reasonable number of hobbyist and other pilots on here and put together a list of the finest books about flying. I've included more tactical/reference material as well as plenty of fiction and history that's recommended over and over. I plan to update it over time and would welcome additions/corrections!

One of my favorite genres of HN submission is a list of books that make up the "canon" for a field or line of work.

I know we have a reasonable number of hobbyist and other pilots on here and put together a list of the finest books about flying. I've included more tactical/reference material as well as plenty of fiction and history that's recommended over and over.

I plan to update it over time and would welcome additions/corrections!

West Valley really is such a wonderful community.

For PAO specifically, also helpful to know where KGO (trio of radio antennas alongside bridges), the Dish / Stanford, Sunken Ship (what it sounds like), the Birdhouse (round structure between Amphitheater and PAO), Amphitheater (as well explained in top comment), 101, and train/auto bridges which often get used as visual landmarks.

For SQL, I can’t really remember too many landmarks that get used often other than Cement Plant (cement plant on the bay slightly past south side of the field) and AT&T (big grey building).