***Link*** :: [Chapter 1: Introduction to Flying](https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aviation/phak/03_phak_ch1.pdf) ***Description*** :: `= this.link` ***Author*** :: [[FAA]] ***Key Quotes***: * The Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge provides basic knowledge for the student pilot learning to fly * This chapter offers a brief history of flight, introduces the history and role of the FAA in civil aviation, [[FAA]] regulations and standards, government references and publications, eligibility for pilot certificates, available routes to flight instruction, the role of the Certificated Flight Instructor ([[CFI]]) and Designated Pilot Examiner ([[DPE]]) #source #handbook/phak