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Demystifying The FAR AIM: Your Guide To Essential Aeronautical Information

Northstar VFR

By Ally Melick CRJ Pilot, CFI-I, MEI The Federal Aviation Regulations / Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM) is the pilot’s bible. The Federal Aviation Regulations come from a bigger book, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

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Top 10 apps for Student Pilots

iPad Pilot News

It includes all the applicable federal aviation regulations, the complete Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Pilot/Controller Glossary and more. FAR/AIM Every student pilot should carry a copy of the FAR/AIM with them, and this iPad app version makes it easier than ever.

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Top 10 apps for Student Pilots

iPad Pilot News

It includes all the applicable federal aviation regulations, the complete Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Pilot/Controller Glossary and more. FAR/AIM Every student pilot should carry a copy of the FAR/AIM with them, and this iPad app version makes it easier than ever.

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Creating the FAR/AIM: How a Bill becomes a Regulation

Learn to Fly

The FAA uses several regulatory and nonregulatory documents to oversee all aviation operations, and one of the most important is Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (aka 14 CFR), the piece that pertains to aeronautics and space. All regulations in the CFR evolve through a series of steps.

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What to Expect When Learning to Fly

Flying Magazine

There are 15 experience requirements listed in the Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM) rule book under Part 61.87 Learn basic control before the stakes are higher. Solo Flight Your first solo is the halfway point of your private pilot training.

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Demystifying the FAR/AIM: Your Guide to Essential Aeronautical Information

Northstar VFR

The FAR/AIM is technically two books: The FAR (Federal Aviation Regulations), dealing with regulations, and the AIM (Aeronautical Information Manual), which is more geared to air traffic control procedures and basic flight information. That's where the FAR/AIM comes into play.

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What is the FAR/AIM? And Why is It Important?

Northstar VFR

For those who aren’t well versed in using the heavy, nausea inducing and all encompassing federal guideline booklet, let’s take a look and break it down so that the FAR/AIM goes from being a phonebook catastrophe to your biggest asset. The first part, the ‘FAR’, stands for Federal Aviation Regulations.