Student Pilot Guide

Student Pilot Guide

Before you begin flight training, it is important to have a basic understanding of the responsibilities, safety regulations, and issues applicable to such an endeavor. This includes the choice of a flight school, selected study materials, study habits, and the role of the instructor, student, and FederalAviation Administration (FAA).

Airplane Flying Handbook

Airplane Flying Handbook

The Airplane Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual to introduce basic pilot skills and knowledge that are essential for piloting airplanes. It provides information on transition to other airplanes and the operation of various airplane systems. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry.

This handbook is developed to assist student pilots learning to fly airplanes. It is also beneficial to pilots who wish to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, those pilots preparing for additional certificates or ratings, and flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both student and certificated pilots.

Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

Rotorcraft Flying Handbook

The Rotorcraft Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for their private, commercial, or flight instructor pilot certificates with a helicopter or gyroplane class rating. Certificated flight instructors may find this handbook a valuable training aid, since detailed coverage of aerodynamics, flight controls, systems, performance, flight maneuvers, emergencies, and aeronautical decision making is included. Topics, such as weather, navigation, radio navigation and communications.

Balloon Flying Handbook

Balloon Flying Handbook

This Balloon Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot knowledge and skills that are essential for piloting balloons. It introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. This handbook is for student pilots, as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates.
Student pilots learning to fly balloons, certificated pilots preparing for additional balloon ratings or who desire to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, and commercial balloon pilots teaching balloon students how to fly should find this handbook helpful.

Seaplanes Flying Handbook

Seaplanes Flying Handbook

This operational handbook introduces the basic skills necessary for piloting seaplanes, skiplanes, and helicopters equipped with floats or skis. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry.
This handbook is primarily intended to assist pilots who already hold private or commercial certificates and who are
learning to fly seaplanes, skiplanes, or helicopters equipped for water or ski operations. It is also beneficial to rated
seaplane pilots who wish to improve their proficiency, pilots preparing for flights using ski equipped aircraft, and
flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both student and transitioning pilots.

Glider Flying Handbook

Glider Flying Handbook

The Glider Flying Handbook is designed as a technical manual for applicants who are preparing for glider category rating and for currently certificated glider pilots who wish to improve their knowledge. Certificated flight instructors will find this handbook a valuable training aid, since detailed coverage of aeronautical decision making, components and systems, aerodynamics, flight instruments, performance limitations, ground operations, flight maneuvers, traffic patterns, emergencies, soaring weather, soaring techniques, and cross-country is included.

Parachute Rigger Handbook

Parachute Rigger Handbook

This operational handbook introduces the basic skills necessary for acquiring a parachute rigger certificate. It is developed by the Flight Standards Service, Airman Testing Standards Branch, in cooperation with various aviation educators and industry.
This handbook is primarily intended to assist individuals who are preparing for the parachute rigger airman knowledge
test and the oral and practical test. The material presented in this handbook is appropriate for senior and master
parachute riggers. The handbook contains information on regulations and human factors, design and construction,
materials, operations, inspection and packing, hand tools, sewing machines, the parachute loft, repairs, alterations,
and manufacture.

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