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Suggested book quick reference table.
Book Private Pilot IFR Rating Commercial Pilot
Current FARs/AIM
Aiplane Flying Handbook
Aviation Weather
Aviation Weather Services
Instrument Flying Handbook --- ---
Instrument Procedures Manual --- ---
PTS: Private Pilot --- ---
PTS: Instrument Rating --- ---
PTS: Commercial Pilot --- ---
ORAL Guide: Private Pilot --- ---
ORAL Guide: Instrument Rating --- ---
ORAL Guide: Commercial Pilot --- ---
AFDM & Charts
Various Material
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Book Description Rating involved
FAR-AIM Federal Aviation Regulations & AIM. This book contains complete and up-to-date information from Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) and Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM). Released by the FAA.

If you are interested you can access to the electronic version, available at this link.

ALL LICENCES
AFH Airplane Flying Handbook. The FAA's Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all pilots for more than 30 years! This book introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors, as well as those pilots wishing to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, pilots preparing for additional certificates or ratings, and flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both students and licensed pilots.

This handbook introduces the future pilot to the realm of flight and provides information and guidance in:

  • ground operations,
  • basic flight maneuvers,
  • slow flight,
  • stalls and spins,
  • takeoff and departure climbs,
  • ground reference maneuvers,
  • airport traffic patterns,
  • approaches and landings,
  • performance maneuvers,
  • night operations,
  • transition to complex airplanes,
  • transition to seaplanes,
  • transition to multiengine airplanes,
  • transition to tailwheel airplanes,
  • transition to turboprop powered airplanes,
  • transition to jet powered airplanes, and
  • emergency procedures.
It also incorporates new areas of safety concerns and technical information, such as runway incursion avoidance, use of checklists, and positive transfer of controls when 2 pilots are flying together.
ALL LICENCES
PHAK Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. This FAA handbook has been written for the applicant preparing for the Private, Commercial, or Flight Instructor Certificates, it is also valuable to flight instructors as a teaching aid. Providing basic knowledge essential for all pilots: from beginning student pilots to those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates. This book introduces pilots to the broad spectrum of knowledge that will be needed as they progress through pilot training. Studying this book, pilots gain the required knowledge to earn a certificate, and can understand the theory associated with flying an airplane. It is a key reference tool to all the information necessary for operating an aircraft.

This handbook is the official reference source for questions appearing on the FAA Knowledge Exams. Subjects covered include:

  • principles of flight,
  • aircraft and engine structure and systems,
  • weight/balance and performance calculations,
  • charts and navigation,
  • weather theory,
  • weather reports,
  • forecasts,
  • flight manuals and other documents,
  • use of computers,
  • aeromedical factors,
  • decision making,
  • newly-updated and revised section on aerodynamics
ALL LICENCES
AV-WX Aviation Weather. This Meteorology textbook explains earth's atmosphere, common IFR procedures, high-altitude weather and special area weather considerations. Use with Advisory Circular 00-45E, Aviation Weather Services. Many of the FAA Knowledge Exam weather questions are pulled from this text. ALL LICENCES
AV-WX-SV Aviation Weather Services. FAA advisory circular (AC 00-45E) on Aviation Weather reports, forecasts and analysis.
Information in all areas of aviation weather reports, forecasts and analysis, with details on TAF/METAR codes. Weather maps and charts illustrate and explain the system.
ALL LICENCES
IFH Instrument Flying Handbook. FAA-H-8083-15 reprint, replaces AC 61-27C. Primary reference text for the Instrument Rating FAA Knowledge Exam.
Covers the IFR system as well as aerodynamics, flight instrumentation, attitude flying and navigation as they apply to the instrument pilot.
IFR rating
IPH Instrument Procedures Handbook. The FAA's Instrument Procedures Handbook is a great new resource for instrument-rated pilots! More emphasis is placed on airplane operations and procedural information for real-world use, which makes this the next logical step for pilots after learning basic instrument skills from the Instrument Flying Handbook (FAA-8083-15). Using this book, pilots can more directly apply the concepts to their current flying situation, and learn how their acquired skills are best used in today?s IFR environment.

This book covers all of the information needed to operate safely within the National Airspace System. In-depth sections on instrument charts and procedures cover all phases of flight from takeoff to landing, including safety of flight issues such as runway incursions and controlled flight into terrain (CFIT). Each topic covered is well-detailed and explained in user-friendly terms, along with full-color depictions to aid understanding. This FAA Handbook contains straightforward discussions and explanations for:

  • Operations in the National Airspace System
  • Detailed coverage of instrument charts
  • Instrument procedural information for: takeoff, departure, en route, arrival, approach and landing
  • Human factors
  • Land and hold short operations (LAHSO)
  • Runway incursion information
  • Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT)
  • Helicopter instrument procedures
This book is referenced in the FAA Knowledge Exams!
IFR rating
Practical Test Standards. The Practical Test Standards are a guide for students, instructors, and FAA-designated examiners to know what is expected of pilots in a checkride. Various Licences
Oral Exam Guides. Contains the questions most frequently asked by FAA examiners during the airplane checkride, and the appropriate responses. Various Licences
Charts, AFDM & Logbook. Sectional, terminal Charts and Airport Facility Directory. Various Licences
Various Material. Headsets, Plotter, E6B, Flight Bag, Kneeboard. Various Licences