The Federal Aviation Administration provides an extensive amount of FREE high-quality flight
training information. This information is available on the FAA's website. Some of the most
useful manuals are available for download right here on our page.
PRIVATE PILOT PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS (AIRPLANE)
FAA-S-8081-14A
SPORT PILOT PRACTICAL TEST STANDARDS
(AIRPLANE, GYROPLANE, GLIDER, FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR)
FAA-S-8081-29
EFFECTIVE FLIGHT REVIEW
A Flight Review is not a bureaucratic requirement....it is a way to prevent
accidents before they happen. Don't cheat yourself out of valuable training.
Click here to download the FAA Flight Review Guide.
GLIDER PILOT HANDBOOK
FAA-H-8083-13
FAA-H-8083-13 Addendum
AIRPLANE FLYING HANDBOOK
FAA-H-8083-3A
Cover, Preface, and Table of Contents (PDF)
Chapters 1-3 (PDF)
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Flight Training
Chapter 2 - Ground Operations
Chapter 3 - Basic Flight Maneuvers
Chapters 4-6 (PDF)
Chapter 4 - Slow Flight, Stalls and Spins
Chapter 5 - Takeoff and Departure Climbs
Chapter 6 - Ground Reference Maneuvers
Chapters 7-9 (PDF)
Chapter 7 - Airport Traffic Patterns
Chapter 8 - Approaches and Landings
Chapter 9 - Performance Maneuvers
Chapters 10-12 (PDF)
Chapter 10 - Night Operations
Chapter 11 - Transition to Complex Airplanes
Chapter 12 - Transition to Multiengine Ariplanes
Chapters 13-15 (PDF)
Chapter 13 - Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes
Chapter 14 - Transition to Turbopropellar Powered Airplanes
Chapter 15 - Transition to Jet Powered Airplanes
Chapter 16, Glossary, and Index (PDF)
Chapter 16 - Emergency Procedures
PILOT’S HANDBOOK OF AERONAUTICAL KNOWLEDGE
FAA-H-8083-25
Chapters 1-5 (PDF)
Chapter 1 - Aircraft Structure
Chapter 2 - Principles of Flight
Chapter 3 - Aerodynamics of Flight
Chapter 4 - Flight Controls
Chapter 5 - Aircraft Systems
Chapters 6-9 (PDF)
Chapter 6 - Flight Instruments
Chapter 7 - Flight Manuals and Other Documents
Chapter 8 - Weight and Balance
Chapter 9 - Aircraft Performance
Chapters 10-12 (PDF)
Chapter 10 - Weather Theory
Chapter 11 - Weather Reports, Forecasts and Charts
Chapter 12 - Airport Operations
Chapters 13-16 (PDF)
Chapter 13 - Airspace
Chapter 14 - Navigation
Chapter 15 - Aeromedical Factors
Chapter 16 - Aeronautical Decision Making
AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION MANUAL
This manual is available at the FAA's website in HTML format
http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim/
THE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS
Code of Federal Regulations Title 14
Aeronautics and Space
http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?
&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title14/14tab_02.tpl
The FARs are the operating rules for civilian aircraft. They are the rules we
live by for safely operating our airplanes. For our training we are mostly
focused on:
Part 1 - Definitions and Abbreviations
Part 61 - Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors and Ground Instructors
Part 91 - General Operating and Flight Rules




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