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References
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A.I.P. Canada
The Aeronautical Information Publication or "A.I.P."
is a white plastic ring-binder of looseleaf pages. It contains
excerpts
from and explanations of air law, recommended procedures, and all
manner of
useful data for pilots. It is updated quarterly through replacement
pages sent to every licenced pilot in Canada whose medical is still
valid.
As a student pilot, you don't yet have an A.I.P., but your flying
school is
required to have an office copy for you to use.
Here is how to look up references in the A.I.P. The
pages are
divided by index tabs into several sections, labelled GEN for general,
AGA
for aerodromes, COM for communications, and so on. Within the sections,
the
chapters, paragraphs and subparagraphs are numbered. A reference such
as
AIP-RAC 4.5.3 instructs you to go to the RAC tab of the AIP, and then
in
chapter 4, find paragraph 5, then subparagraph 3. That happens to be on
page
4-18 of the RAC section, but the page numbers are only important when
you
are updating your A.I.P., not when looking things up in it. AIP-RAC
4.5.3
deals with Helicopter Operations.
The AIP
can be downloaded as a PDF from the Transport Canada website.
Transport Canada is planning to phase out the AIP in April 2005 and
replace it with a
document called the TC AIM (Transport Canada Airman's Information
Manual). This will have to result in amendments to the PSTAR, and to
this website.
Your own paper A.I.P will be mailed to you at the time
of the
first quarterly update following processing of your private licence.
Theoretically
that could be as little as two weeks after receiving your private
licence,
but in practice it can take over six months. If you want one to
study
from -- and it is a useful document-- you can order
a copy of the A.I.P. from the government publisher. If that link
doesn't
work, find the AIP by its publication number: TP2300E.
CARs and CARs
Standards
The Canadian Aviation Regulations, known as the CARs, are
the laws
pertaining to pilots and airplanes. There are nine parts to the CARs,
but
most of the things you need to know are in Part
IV - Personnel Licensing and Training and Part
VI - General Operating and Flight Rules. References to the CARs can
be
decoded digit-by-digit. Look at 605.28
(1) (a).The 6 means it's in Part VI; the 0 means it's in the CARs
(standards
have a 2 as the second digit); the 5 is subpart 5. After the decimal,
you
see paragraph 28. The (1) and (a) in parentheses are subparagraphs.
This particular
reference is to the regulation requiring a child strapped into a car
seat
in an airplane to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
See if you can find regulation 602.25 (2) starting from
the index
page of the CARs. The trick is to look at the second digit first --
it's
a 0, so you want the Canadian Aviation Regulations (not the standards),
then
you start back at the first digit. This particular reference is to the
regulation
forbidding you to allow anyone to enter your airplane during flight.
Now you've
got to look it up, to see if I'm serious!
RTORC
In order to qualify for a radio licence, you must pass a test on
aeronautical
radio procedures. Download the Study Guide for the
Radiotelephone
Operator's Restricted Certificate (Aeronautical) (RIC-21), from
Industry
Canada, in order to prepare for it. See more about the RTORC in Preparing for Your First
Solo.
CFS
The Canada Flight Supplement is a fat blue book giving detailed
information
on every aerodrome in Canada, from circuit procedures to the fuel
available,
to the distance to town. Most of the book is simply an
alphabetical
listing of airports, from Abbotsford to Zhoda, with a separate index by
four-letter
identifier. There is a section at the beginning explaining all the
abbreviations,
and you can also find useful data on things like types of fuel and
chart
symbols.
The CFS is re-issued every 56 days with updates, but so little changes
that
once a year is more than often enough to buy a new one. It used to be
green,
and you'll still see lots of green ones around, and a few really old
white
ones with a green stripe. Some pilots seem to consider it a status
symbol
to show off how OLD the CFS in their airplane is, as proof of how long
they
have been flying. You can buy the CFS at pilot shops, or online from Natural
Resources Canada.
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