Founded in 1967, Aviation Publishers Co. Ltd. was established to carry-on the publishing of the widely respected and highly acclaimed ground school aeronautical textbook, From the Ground Up®. As custodians of this iconic title, we’ve diligently applied ourselves to respecting and maintaining the excellence created in this work by “Sandy” A.F. MacDonald whose original authorship of the title established it as a ground-breaking textbook, and flight school reference manual, without equal. In its first edition of 1941, From the Ground Up® contained less than 140 pages. A reflection of the vast number of evolutions that have occurred in flight training over the decades, From the Ground Up® — now in print for over 70 years — currently contains 370 pages, setting itself apart as one of the most thoroughly detailed books of its kind in the world.