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January 9, 2025

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New Products

Glider Flying Handbook

FAA-H-8083-13B

Last updated in 2013, this new edition of the FAA Glider Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting gliders. Beneficial for student pilots just beginning their glider endeavors as well as pilots preparing for additional certificates or wanting to improve their flying proficiency, it is also a valuable tool for flight instructors engaged in teaching glider pilots of all skill levels.


As the official FAA source for learning to fly gliders, the Glider Flying Handbook is the basis for many of the test questions on the FAA Knowledge Exams for pilots. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs, it also includes a glossary and index.

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Balloon Flying Handbook

FAA-H-8083-11B

Last updated in 2008, this new edition of the FAA’s Balloon Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting balloons and leads pilots into the broad spectrum of information that will be needed as they progress in their pilot training. This handbook is for student pilots as well as those pursuing more advanced pilot certificates and helpful for flight instructors engaged in teaching balloon pilots of all skill levels.


The Balloon Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly balloons and for many of the test questions on the FAA Knowledge Exams for pilots. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs, the handbook also includes a glossary of balloon-related terms.

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Essential Read for January

Lessons from the Logbook

by Ron Fowler


“Our skills of flight either improve or slowly erode, but they rarely remain unchanged.” Speaking pilot to pilot, Ron Fowler picks up where initial pilot training leaves off. Lessons from the Logbook is a collection of stories that began as articles written for Plane & Pilot magazine.


The book is organized to reflect all the phases of flight: preflight, departure, en route, and arrival, and concludes with a section on recurrent training. It provides piloting techniques on such diverse topics as night flying; what to do when you get stuck above or below a cloud deck; how to handle in-flight emergencies; evaluating real-life takeoff performance; pursuing a path to perfect flying; and much, much more.


Ron Fowler was the ideal flight instructor—experienced, patient, and entertaining, with excellent communication skills. His gentle guidance will stick with readers: first when they read the pages that share the author’s expertise, to be recalled again when they have a similar experience. Lessons from the Logbook will inspire readers to improve their flying skills, and more importantly, motivate them to take to the sky.

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If you haven't yet replaced your outdated FAR, now is a good time to do so. Click on the image below to shop for 2025 FAR/AIM, FAR-FC, and FAR-AMT.

Updates

Federal Aviation Regulations

ASA's FAR/AIM Series provides the most complete and up-to-date information available. As a subscriber to our free update subscription service, you receive notices automatically when a regulatory or procedural change is released by the FAA.

These latest updates to the FAR/AIM Series include rule changes from 12/27/24 (Parts 61, 135), 12/30/24 (Parts 13, 91), and 01/03/25 (Parts 3, 142). 

 

01/06/25 2025 FAR/AIM

01/06/25 2025 FAR-FC

01/06/25 2025 FAR-AMT

ACS Companion Guide for Pilots

The FAA issued Change 1 to FAA-G-ACS-2 (Airman Certification Standards Companion Guide for Pilots) in September 2024 and Change 2 in December 2024. This update applies to all pilot ACS titles from ASA.


This update document can also be found on ACS product pages at ASA2fly.com.

Guide

Title

Update

ACS-2

ACS Companion Guide for Pilots

Dec 2024

Textbooks and Handbooks

Below are the most recent updates to textbooks published by ASA. They reflect corrections as well as updates to content that may have been affected by regulation or industry changes since publication.

Textbook

Title

Update

PR-LAW8

Practical Aviation and Aerospace Law

Jan 2025

8083-28

Aviation Weather Handbook

Dec 2024

Find more ASA Textbook and Handbook updates at asa2fly.com/Textbook-Updates/

Dealer of the Month: January

ASA Dealers can be found all over the globe. Take a look at our Store Locator and Online Retailer pages to see that ASA products are just about everywhere. Our Dealer of the Month for January is Sporty's Pilot Shop in Batavia, Ohio:


"Sporty’s Pilot Shop was founded in 1961 by a young flight instructor. From the very beginning, we focused on providing the best products backed by the best service. While Sporty’s operations have grown over the years, our commitment to the customer has remained the same. From products for the beginning flight student to the perfect headset for a 25,000-hour ATP, Sporty’s only sells the best products. ASA shares this same commitment to the customer and we are proud to offer their excellent products to our customers".

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AviNation Rising Stars

ASA has partnered with AviNation in sponsoring the "Rising Star" program aimed at young aviators who have overcome obstacles to achieve their aviation goals and/or excel in their field of study.

Learn more about these remarkable students: https://www.instagram.com/avinationusa/

Ben Haapanen

Thomas Wilke

Each Rising Star will receive a prize package from ASA to help with their future training needs. This month we would like to congratulate Thomas Wilke and Ben Haapanen on being AviNation Rising Stars.


Do you have a student that is going the extra mile? Email jacob@avinationusa.com to get started.

Just for Fun

Last month, we asked folks if they passed the exam they had told us they were preparing for. 62.5% of respondents said yes, they passed their exam. Congratulations! Unfortunately, "something else" happened to the other 37.5%, and that's ok. We hope the issue has been resolved and you are on your way to achieving your next goal.


We also asked what you wanted for Christmas. Here are the results: 20% said they wanted a new airplane and another 20% a new helicopter. 16.7% wanted a new Glider and another 16.7% a drone. 10% just wanted to get through their checkride, or a new FAR/AIM, and 3.3% wanted to pass their next knowledge exam. Another 3.3% wanted an Archer Midnight, and nobody wanted a Joby or some other kind of aircraft.


The following poll is for anyone who wants to participate. Your participation in the poll is voluntary. Your identity will not be made public and is used solely for the purpose of understanding ENROUTE reader preferences, so that we can continue to provide you with the products, services, and information most useful to your training journey.

If you could simply "add wings to it" what would you add wings to first?
my car
my back
my shoes
my motorcycle
my boat
my bicycle
my skateboard
my golf cart
my snowmobile
something else
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