Introduction To Flying

The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge supplies basic knowledge for the student pilot learning to vanish, likewise as airplane pilots assaying advance airplane pilot certification. For detailed information on a variety of specified flight of stairs issues, see specific Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) handbooks and Advisory Circulars (ACs).
This chapter offers a brief history of flight, introduces the chronicle and character of the FAA in civil air, FAA regulations and measures, authorities references and publications, eligibility for pilot securities, available routes to flight direction, the role of the Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) and Designated Pilot Inspector (DPE) on the wing preparation, and Practical Test Standards (PTS).