There is nothing better than curling up with a good book late at night, in bed. Especially if it is the AIM / FAR! Nothing could put you to sleep faster.
Or possibly not?
The other night I dusted off my copy of the AIM / FAR to look up something in the AIM portion regarding flight plans. Boy, talk about getting re-acquainted with an old friend and to my surprise, I didn't fall asleep at all.
As I was thumbing through the various sections, I started to think - "this is probably the most forgotten book in aviation." There is so much information that I FORGOT was in there! Airport traffic pattern diagrams, Flight plan forms, communication phraseology, and the list goes on.
We as instructors take for granted the information we learn over the years and sometimes forget where we learned it. So much of this information is contained in the AIM and it begs our attention at least at BFR time. From now on, I think I am going to dedicate some time to reviewing some of the components of the AIM at BFR time. Im already getting my questions lined up...
"So, your IFR flight plan is automatically closed by the tower - How do you know for sure, and where does it say that?"
The 2010 edition comes out this month - I just ordered the new edition. As the title of this post questions - is it AIM/FAR or FAR/AIM - I don't have the answer to that one.
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