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Reference Handbooks Title Publication Date Change/Add. Date Aerodynamics for
Navy Aviators (PDF) Jan. 1965   Aeromedical Safety Brochures     Aeronautical
Chart User’s Guide Mar. 2018   Aeronautical Information Manual     Air Quality
Handbook     *Airplane Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-3C) 2021   Advanced Avionics
Handbook 2018   Airship Pilot Manual (PDF) Sept. 1942   Airship Aerodynamics
Technical Manual (PDF) 2/11/1941   *Aviation Instructor's Handbook 2020  
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2023   *FAA-H-8083-31B, Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – Airframe (PDF
110 MB) 2023   *FAA-H-8083-32B, Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook –
Powerplant (PDF 205 MB) 2023   *Balloon Flying Handbook (PDF, 54.2 MB) 2008  
*Balloon Flying Handbook Addendum (PDF) 2016   Balloon Safety Tips: False Lift,
Shear, and Rotors (PDF)     Balloon Safety Tips: Powerlines & Thunderstorms
(PDF)     Banner Towing Operations (PDF)     *Glider Flying Handbook 2013
9/13/2013 *Glider Flying Handbook Errata Sheet (PDF) 2013 5/11/2015 *Helicopter
Flying Handbook 2019   *Helicopter Instructor's Handbook (PDF) 2012  
*Instrument Flying Handbook (PDF) 2012   *Instrument Flying Handbook Errata
Sheet (PDF) 12/21/2012 10/10/2014 *Instrument Flying Handbook Addendum (PDF)
4/10/2015   *Instrument Flying Handbook Addendum B (PDF) 11/5/2019  
FAA-H-8083-28, Aviation Weather Handbook 12/21/22   Instrument Procedures
Handbook Sept. 2017   MC-4 Ram Air Free-fall Personnel Parachute System
Technical Manual (PDF) 7/30/2003   *Parachute Rigger Handbook (Change 1) (PDF)

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2015   *Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (FAA-H-8083-25C) 2023  
*Plane Sense – General Aviation Information (PDF) 2008   *Powered Parachute
Flying Handbook (PDF) 2007   Risk Management Brochures   02/27/2013 *Risk
Management Handbook (FAA-H-8083-2A) 2022   *FAA-H-8083-21, Rotorcraft Flying
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