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03-21-2011 | 01:35 PM
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Well I was looking at the Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge and it said one can be ordered from a certain government website and the price was around $120. But as the first post states there is indeed one for only $12.
03-21-2011 | 01:49 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
This link has that same book as listed for $15 on-line or $25 'nearby'
Also - you do realize that the book you mention above and the FAR/AIM are two different books right?
FAR/AIM
On-line for $8 and 'nearby' for $17
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03-22-2011 | 02:09 PM
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Yes I do know they are different. The book I mentioned, the handbook, I downloaded and printed for free off the FAA website. I was looking at a site called the Government Bookstore (er somethin like that) and the AIM was listed for $160.
03-22-2011 | 02:21 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
My guess is either you misread the decimal point and it was really $16 or else you should go back and find that link and report them to the Better Business Bureau because if they are really charging that much for a book that can be had anywhere else for much less then they ought to be charged with price gouging
an some poor fool might actually be tempted to buy it 
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03-22-2011 | 02:24 PM
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Most FBOs will have a copy as well.
03-22-2011 | 03:36 PM
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It's the Government Printing Office bookstore. The 160 dollar edition is loose leaf pages with a subscription for updates for ~2 years.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
03-22-2011 | 03:43 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
It's the Government Printing Office bookstore. The 160 dollar edition is loose leaf pages with a subscription for updates for ~2 years.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
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03-24-2011 | 11:50 AM
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03-24-2011 | 11:51 AM
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It's the Government Printing Office bookstore. The 160 dollar edition is loose leaf pages with a subscription for updates for ~2 years.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
I checked to see what Jepp is charging for their subscription version, I couldn't even find it. They still do the regs for 109 a year.
03-28-2011 | 04:05 PM
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Also, avoid the common misconception that FAR/AIM refers to a government publication.
The AIM is a government publication. The government updates it on a schedule with additons by NOTAM. The FAR is simply an shorthand for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations and is "updated" every time a new reg is added or one is changed.
The FAR/AIM or AIM/FAR books are commercial re-publications of those government sources at a specific point in time. And like any republication, it can (and has been) seriously out-of-date by the time you buy one. Most recent example is the 2010 "FAR/AIM" that had Part 61 of the FAR as it existed before October 2009 (a major revision).
The AIM is a government publication. The government updates it on a schedule with additons by NOTAM. The FAR is simply an shorthand for Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations and is "updated" every time a new reg is added or one is changed.
The FAR/AIM or AIM/FAR books are commercial re-publications of those government sources at a specific point in time. And like any republication, it can (and has been) seriously out-of-date by the time you buy one. Most recent example is the 2010 "FAR/AIM" that had Part 61 of the FAR as it existed before October 2009 (a major revision).
