Airman Handbooks
FAA — Federal Aviation Administration · 34 documents.
- Aerodynamics for Navy Aviators434 pp
- Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM)The FAA's official guide to basic flight information and ATC procedures in the US National Airspace System — navigation aids, airspace, air traffic control, flight safety and medical facts for pilots.781 ppAIM
- Airplane Flying HandbookThe FAA's guide to airplane flying skills and maneuvers — ground operations, takeoffs and landings, stalls and spins, emergencies, and night flight — the core reference behind private and commercial airplane training.406 ppFAA-H-8083-3C
- Airship Aerodynamics Technical Manual68 pp
- Airship Pilot Manual122 pp
- Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook — AirframeThe 'Airframe' volume of the FAA's Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook, covering aircraft structures, sheet metal and composites, fluid and landing-gear systems, and airframe electrical and environmental systems.1,052 ppFAA-H-8083-31B
- Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook — GeneralThe 'General' volume of the FAA's Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook: the fundamentals every A&P mechanic needs, from mathematics, physics, and materials to electricity and maintenance publications.677 ppFAA-H-8083-30B
- Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook — PowerplantThe 'Powerplant' volume of the FAA's Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook, covering reciprocating and turbine engines, fuel, ignition and lubrication systems, propellers, and engine maintenance.500 ppFAA-H-8083-32B
- Aviation Weather HandbookThe FAA's consolidated reference on aviation weather, merging the earlier weather publications into one source on atmospheric hazards, weather products, and preflight and in-flight weather decision-making.539 ppFAA-H-8083-28A
- Balloon Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for hot air and gas balloon pilots, covering balloon systems, the physics of lift, inflation and launch, in-flight maneuvering, weather, and landing technique.252 ppFAA-H-8083-11A
- Balloon Safety Tips: False Lift, Shear, and Rotors6 pp
- Balloon Safety Tips: Powerlines & Thunderstorms8 pp
- Changed Pages for Replacement81 pp
- FAA-H-8083-1B, Weight & Balance Handbook Addendum2 ppFAA-H-8083-1B
- FAA-H-8083-25C, Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge Addendum5 ppFAA-H-8083-25C
- FAA-H-8083-29, Powered Parachute Flying Handbook Addendum6 ppFAA-H-8083-29
- FAA-H-8083-3C, Airplane Flying Handbook Addendum4 ppFAA-H-8083-3C
- Glider Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for glider pilots: soaring aerodynamics, launch methods, cross-country and performance flying, weather for soaring, and glider-specific emergencies.268 ppFAA-H-8083-13A
- Helicopter Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for helicopter pilots, covering rotorcraft aerodynamics, systems, and flight controls, and maneuvers from hovering and takeoffs to autorotations and emergency procedures.207 ppFAA-H-8083-21B
- Instrument Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for instrument flight: attitude instrument flying, IFR navigation, holding patterns, approaches, and the human factors of flying without outside visual reference.371 ppFAA-H-8083-15B
- Instrument Flying Handbook Addendum3 pp
- Instrument Procedures HandbookAn advanced FAA reference on flying instrument procedures in the IFR system — departures, en route operations, arrivals, and approaches — aimed at instrument-rated pilots and instructors.312 ppFAA-H-8083-16B
- MC-4 Ram Air Free-fall Personnel Parachute System Technical Manual484 pp
- Parachute Rigger Handbook (Change 1)350 pp
- Pilot Handbook524 pp
- Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical KnowledgeThe FAA's foundational reference for student and certificated pilots, covering aeronautical knowledge from aerodynamics, weather, and aircraft systems to navigation, flight instruments, and aeromedical factors.522 ppFAA-H-8083-25C
- Plane Sense — General Aviation InformationThe FAA's plain-language introduction to general aviation aircraft ownership — buying, registering, maintaining, and documenting an aircraft, and the FAA's role for owners.100 ppFAA-H-8083-19A
- Powered Parachute Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for powered parachute pilots, covering the aircraft, its aerodynamics and systems, and the ground and flight operations specific to powered parachutes.161 ppFAA-H-8083-29
- Remote Pilot — Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Study GuideThe FAA's study guide for the Part 107 Remote Pilot certificate, covering the regulations, airspace, weather, and operating rules tested on the small unmanned aircraft (drone) knowledge exam.88 ppFAA-G-8082-22
- Risk Management HandbookThe FAA's handbook on aeronautical decision-making and single-pilot risk management, teaching tools such as PAVE and the 5P checklist to identify and mitigate the risks of a flight.80 ppFAA-H-8083-2A
- Tips on Mountain Flying18 pp
- Weight & Balance HandbookThe FAA's reference on aircraft weight and balance — the principles, terminology, and computation methods pilots and mechanics use to load an aircraft safely within its center-of-gravity limits.114 ppFAA-H-8083-1B
- Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying HandbookThe FAA's reference for weight-shift control (trike) pilots, covering the aircraft's aerodynamics and components and the ground and flight procedures unique to weight-shift control.280 ppFAA-H-8083-5
- Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook Addendum8 pp