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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. I’ve heard many pilots state that they always turn crosswind at 500 feet.

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Stupid Pilot Tricks

AV Web

Seems the accident helicopter was the subject of a FAA Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR), which specified academic, flight training, qualification, and currency requirements for pilots acting as pilot-in-command. At Ocracoke, North Carolina, an RV-6 (tailwheel version of 6a) landedtechnicallywith a 90-degree crosswind.

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