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Today's Leading Guide to Federal Aviation Rules and Regulations-Now Updated with the Latest Changes The only edited and annotated guide to federal aviation regulations, AIM/FAR 2008 arms you with the latest federally required rules for general aviation flying, including all new Transportation Security Administration requirements. This updated aviation tool presents new second-in-command qualifications, new helicopter procedures, SAAAR instrument approaches, key FAA regional office phone numbers, and unmanned aircraft alerts.
Packed with over 200 detailed illustrations, this unrivaled resource contains an up-to-date aeronautical information manual, covering air navigation…lighting and visual aids…airspace…air traffic control and procedures…emergency procedures…safety of flight…medical facts… charts and publications…and helicopter operations. The book also provides selected aviation web sites, a pilot/controller glossary, and a comprehensive index. Bigger and better than ever, AIM/FAR 2008 features:
- Study suggestions for test and flight review
- VOT sites and frequencies
- Light Sport Plane Regulations
- Access to year-round online updates with late-breaking developments
- The following new material: new second-in-command qualifications; newhelicopter procedures; new directories to weather web sites, aviationfacilities, officials, NTSB, and more
Inside This Updated Guide to Critical Aviation Information and Rules• Aeronautical Information Manual: Air Navigation • Lighting and Visual Aids • Airspace • Air Traffic Control • Air Traffic Procedures • Emergency Procedures • Safety of Flight • Medical Facts • Charts and Publications • Helicopter Operations • Pilot/Controller Glossary • Federal Aviation Regulations • Transportation Security Regulations • Selected Aviation Web Sites
About the Author
Charles F. Spence has been a pilotsince 1954 and has a long and distinguished career in aviationpublic relations and publishing. He is the Capitol Hill reporterfor Flyer and has been the AIM/FAR editor since 1996.
Table of Contents
Aeronautical Information Manual:Chapter 1: Air Navigation
Chapter 2: Lighting and visual aids
Chapter 3: Airspace
Chapter 4: Air Traffic Control
Chapter 5: Air Traffic Procedures
Chapter 6: Emergency Procedures
Chapter 7: Safety of Flight
Chapter 8: Medical Facts
Chapter 9: Charts and Publications
Chapter 10: Helicopter Operations
PILOT/CONTROLLER GLOSSARY
Federal Aviation Regulations:
1: Definitions and Abbreviations
43: Maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration
61: Certification: pilots, flight instructors, ground instructors
65: Certification: airmen other than flight crewmembers
67: Medical standards and certification
71: Designation of federal airways, area low routes, controlled airspace, and reporting points
73: Special use airspace
91: General operating and flight rules
93: Special air traffic rules and airport traffic patterns
97: Standard instrument approach procedures
99: Security control of air traffic
103: Ultralight vehicles
105: Parachute Jumping
119: Certification: air carriers and commercial operators
121: Appendix I: Drug Testing; Appendix J: Alcohol misuse and prevention
135: Operating requirements: commuter and on-demand operations
137: Agricultural aircraft operations
141: Pilot schools
142: Training centers
National Transportation Safety Board
Part 830: Notification and reporting of aircraft accidents or incidents and overdue aircraft and preservation of aircraft wreckage, mail, cargo, and records
Part 49: Code of Federal Regulations
Selected Aviation Web Sites
Flight Forum
VOR Test Facilities
Navigation and Communications Frequencies
Selected Addresses and Telephone Numbers
State Aeronautic Offices
Test Preparations
NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System Form
INDEX