Hi All,

 

I came across this excellent IFR handbook provided online in PDF format for free by the FAA:

http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/aviation/instrument_procedures_handbook/

 

However I was wondering does anyone know of an equivalent handbook (free downloadable of this quality) for any other country? I ask this because it would be more ideal to have an ICAO version.

 

I couldn't find one for Australia from AirServices or CASA, but maybe someone knows a good guide available from another country?

 

 

Yes Dan, it's a nice publication, updated at times as well and also has a companion IRF publication. When I did my instrument rating here in the US I found them to be a good resource to complement other course material I had purchased from King Flight Schools, as well as a great class run informerly at my flight club every month for members, where other IR pilots were available to show and discuss IFR tecniques. And a great CFII as well, who flies with United.

 

For all the bad press that the US government gets, it has some great resources and publications for almost everything that is not subject to national security, including aviation that you have found just one example of. Unfortunately, the US is different in many ways to the rest of the world as far as rules (just ask on non-US IR pilot what a "VFR-on-top" IFR clearance is) , as well as airport and navigational procedure design.

 

I used to live in Australia (near Melbourne) before I flew, and when a "computer" was a Z80 chip on a breadboard that we commincated with in Hexadecimal. I found that there are publications that CASA (it wasn't called that when I lived there) produce that are somewhat similar to here, although I recall that they weren't free. You might try the government bookshop in your area. Australia, as I recall, is on the same aviation system as Europe and most of the rest of the world, so you could find something in companion agencies internationally too. Maybe some rw pilots in other IACO counties might have some other ideas.

 

Thanks, Bruce.

 

Edit: These FAA publications are also available in Kindle format for a small charge, which you also read on an iPod with the apprpriate app. BK.

 

 

Thanks Bruce yes I totally agree, I'm very impressed with what the FAA provides. Not just those sort of publications, but in particular I have downloaded many aerodrome procedure charts from on Airnav.com they are excellent.

 

Airservices provides great aerodrome charts for Australia, and CASA has good free resources for beginner pilots, I have a whole kit of free stuff from their store for my PPL.

 

But I haven't seen this sort of handbook, so I hope someone else has found something. Otherwise I'll just use the FAA one as a reference. I don't really want to buy one, because I just want a searchable reference to readup on gaps when I find an approach I can't fly or something I don't understand.

Hi Dan,

 

Once again this is US IFR, but a good book is "A Structured Approach" by John Eckilbar(sp?). It touches on almost every phase and regulation in IFr flight, and is known as a classic reference book.

 

Bruce.

 

Thanks Bruce