New GFH

The FAA has published a 2013 version of the Glider Flying Handbook, as a PDF. You can find it he
http://www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...h-8083-13a.pdf

It also looks like nobody's mentioned it yet here on ras.

The moment after I downloaded it, I did a quick scan for the word 'wench' and couldn't find it. So at least by that measure, it's better than the 2003 version.

Seriously though, I've read through the first 5 chapters, and already I find it to be superior to the previous version. The graphics are better in this version than the 2003 version. In the 2003 version, many of the graphics got converted to very low DPI raster images, making them unreadable unless you had the printed book. I don't see that problem anywhere in this version.

While we're on the subject of 'printed book', I don't think there is one yet for the 2013 GFH. At least not on the Government Printing Office website..