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This handbook FAA-H-8083-3C is current in 2023.
The FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all
pilots for more than 40 years and introduces the basic pilot skills and
knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots
just beginning their aviation endeavors as well as pilots who are
preparing for additional certificates and ratings or who want to improve
their flying proficiency, and it is useful for flight instructors
engaged in teaching pilots of all skill levels.
This handbook provides information and guidance on the procedures and
maneuvers required for pilot certification. Chapters are dedicated to
ground operations, basic flight maneuvers, slow flight, stalls, spins,
takeoff and departure climbs, performance and ground reference
maneuvers, airport traffic patterns, approaches and landings, night
operations, emergency procedures, and transitions to different types of
aircraft including complex, multi-engine, tailwheel, turboprop, and
jets. The latest edition expands and updates the material that is a key
reference in FAA testing and Airman Certification Standards (ACS), and
it incorporates new areas of safety concerns and technical information,
such as loss-of-control upset prevention and recovery training and
energy management.
The Airplane Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning
to fly and for many of the test questions in the FAA Knowledge Exams for
pilots. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with
detailed, full-color drawings and photographs, it also includes a
glossary and index.
