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FAA Safety Pamphlet Reprints, FAA Publications, and Practical Test Standards

Printable Student Handouts
Bravo Pattern for Instrument Students (pdf)
Personal Minimums Checklist (pdf)
Holding, Simplified (pdf)
FAA Testing Centers (pdf)
7-Day Instrument Rating Syllabus (pdf)
Getting the Most from Your Ground School (pdf)
What's Killing Pilots (pdf) - What to do to save your life
Rules of Thumb (pdf) - checklists for flying
Garmin 430 Training Syllabus
Pre-Solo Exam, Airplane (pdf)

CFI Resources
Instruction Safety - accident stats in flight training
FAA Advisory Circular 61-65e - student endorsements
FAA Advisory Circular 61-67C - stall/spin awareness
FAA Advisory Circular 61-9B - transition to complex & multi aircraft

Checkride Plan of Action
Instrument, Airplane

 
Forms
NASA ARC Form 277  -  Backup site - slower
IFR Flight Planning Form (downlaod)
FAA flight plan form (download) 
IPC Checkout Form
Aircraft Datasheet (download) - Know thy aircraft
FAA Wings

Educational Resources
AOPA GPS Technology
AOPA Collision Avoidance
AOPA Fuel Awareness
AOPA Maneuvering Flight
AOPA Operations at Nontowered Airports
AOPA Operations at Towered Airports
AOPA Ups & Downs of Takeoffs & Landings
AOPA ASF Nall  Safety  Report
AOPA Propeller Safety
AOPA Airspace for Everyone
AOPA Pilot’s Guide to the Flight Review
AOPA Weather Strategies Safety Advisor
Understanding TDS - The Death Sprial
Box Canyon Turn - How to do one
 

FAA Pilot Education Pamphlet Reprints
 

Information on the FAA Pilot Proficiency Program "Wings"
Radio Communications Phraseology & Techniques
Safe Flying for Agricultural Aviation
Maintenance Aspects of Ownership
Meet Your Aircraft, Quiz (P8740-15)
Meet Your Aircraft (P8740-29)
How to Obtain a Good Weather Briefing (P8740-30)
Medical Facts for Pilots (P8740-41)
Tips on Mountain Flying (P8740-60)
Thunderstorm Avoidance (P8740-12)
Dead Reckoning Navigation (P8740-22)
Avoiding a Mid-Air Collision (P8740-51)
Engine Operations for Pilots (P8740-13)
Leave Yourself an Out-Multi Engine Factors(P8740-25)
Using the ATC System Old (P8740-32)
 
Pilot Prerogatives
Descent to the MDA & Beyond
All about Fuel
Proficiency and the Private Pilot
Weight & Balance
Time in Your Tanks
Silent Emergency - Pneumatics
Density Altitude (P8740-2)
Wind Shear (P8740-40)
Impossible Turn (P8740-44)
On Landings, 1 (P8740-48)
On Landings, 2 (P8740-49)
On Landings, 3 (P8740-50)
Planning Your Takeoff (P8740-23)
Intro to Pilot Judgement (P8740-53)
 
Alcohol and Flying: A Deadly Combination
Carbon Monoxide: A Deadly Menace
Altitude-Induced Decompression Sickness
Physiological Training Courses for Pilots
Why You Shouldn't Fly By the Seat of Your Pants
Sunglasses for Pilots: Beyond the Image
Hypoxia
Smoke 
Medications and Flying
Hearing and Noise in Aviation
Deep Vein Thrombosis & Travel
Seat Belts & Shoulder Harnesses
 
Tips for Teaching Practical Risk Management
Practical Risk Management for Local VFR Flying
Practical Risk Management for VFR XC Flying
Practical Risk Management for Night VFR Flying
Personal and Weather Risk Assessment Guide
 

 

FAA Publication Downloads

*Note: If you experience printing problems, you may want to save the file to your computer, open it, and then print.

Getting Started with IACRA
FAA's guide for Flight Reviews
Aviation Instructor’s Handbook (FAA-H-8083-9)
Aircraft Weight & Balance Hbk (FAA-H-8083-1)
Student Pilot Handbook (FAA-H-8083-27)
Balloon Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-11)
Rotorcraft Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-21)
Helicopter Instructor's Guide
Aviation Weather, Advisory Circular AC00-45

Aeronautical Chart Users Guides: 

Introduction to VFR Charts
VFR Chart Symbols
Introduction to IFR Charts
IFR Chart Symbols
Introduction to IAP Charts
IAP Chart Symbols
Instrument Procedures Handbook (FAA-H-8261-1 2004):
Plane Sense Pilot Ownership Handbook (FAA-H-8083-19)
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25):   File 1 File 2  |  File 3  |  File 4
Seaplane Handbook (FAA-H-8083-23):    File 1  |  File 2  |  File 3
Instrument Training Handbook (FAA-H-8083-15):  File 1  |  File 2
Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3A):  File 1  |  File 2  |  File 3  |  File 4  |  File 5  |  File 6  |  File 7 
Glider Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-13):  File 1  |  Addendum
FAA Advisory Circular AC61-98A Conducting a flight review - backup site
AOPA ASF Pilot's Guide to the Flight Review (download)
The FAA has developed new flight review guidance for CFIs to conduct BFRs.
 

If you are experiencing difficulties reading these documents online, download the chapters to your desktop.  This will allow you to work from your computer rather than the internet.
 

FAA ATC Publications

*Note: If you experience printing problems, you may want to save the file to your computer, open it, and then print.
 

Number

Title Download

Form 1100-1

Directory - Distribution Change Notice (2/80) PDF version
AIM Aeronautical Information Manual (8/3/06) PDF version
 AIP Aeronautical Information Publication (8/3/06) PDF version
PCG Pilot/Controller Glossary (8/3/06) PDF version
1110.76R Air Traffic Procedures Advisory Committee (7/5/06) PDF version
3120.4L Air Traffic Technical Training (6/22/05) PDF version
7010.1S Air Traffic Control Safety Evaluations and Audits (10/1/05) PDF version
7110.10S Flight Services (8/3/06) PDF version
7110.65R Air Traffic Control (8/3/06) PDF version
7210.3U Facility Operation and Administration (8/3/06) PDF version
7210.55C Operational Data Reporting Requirements (10/1/04) PDF version
7340.1Y Contractions (8/3/06) PDF version
7350.7X Location Identifiers (8/3/06) PDF version
7400.2F Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters (8/3/06) PDF version
7400.8M Special Use Airspace (1/6/06) PDF version
7400.9P Airspace Designations and Reporting Points (9/16/06) PDF version
7900.5B Surface Weather Observing (5/11/01) PDF version
7930.2K Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) (2/16/06) - not for preflight planning
 
PDF version
8020.16 Air Traffic Organization Aircraft Accident and Incident Notification, Investigation, and Reporting (9/13/05) PDF version




 

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