AIM/FAR

Charles F. Spence (Gaithersburg, MD), a pilot since 1954, is a veteran of aviation public relations and publishing. After a newspaper career, he was promotion manager of Flying magazine, assistant director of the Utility Airplane Council of Aerospace Industries Association and spent 15 years as Senior Vice President of Public Relations for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). He currently is Washington correspondent for Flyer and writes freelance articles for other publications. Spence has been AIM/FAR editor since 1996.

AIM Contents: Navigation Aids - Aeronautical lighting and other airport visual aids - Airspace - Air Traffic Control - Air traffic procedures - Emergency Procedures - Safety of Flight - Medical Facts for Pilots - Aeronautical Charts and Related Publications - Pilot/Controller Glossary FAR Contents: FAR 1: Definitions and Abbreviations - FAR 43: Maintenance, preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration - FAR 61: Certification: pilots and flight instructors - FAR 67: Medical standards and certification - FAR 71: Designation of federal airways, area low routes, controlled airspace, and reporting points - FAR 73: Special use airspace - FAR 91: General operating and flight rules - FAR 93: Special air traffic rules and airport traffic patterns - FAR 97: Standard instrument approach procedures - FAR 99: Security control of air traffic - FAR 103: Ultralight vehicles - FAR 105: Parachute jumping - FAR 119: Commuter and on-demand operations - FAR 121: Appendix I: Drug testing; Appendix J: Alcohol misuse and prevention - FAR 135: Air taxi operators and commercial operators: certification and requirements - FAR 137: Agricultural Aircraft Operations - FAR 141: Pilot Schools - FAR 142: Training Centers National Transportation Safety Board Part 830: Notification and reporting of aircraft accidents or incidents Selected Aviation Web Sites: Flight Forum Excerpts FAA Facilities Directory VOT locations and frequencies Index