How to Use a Lecture Guide/Lab

T-45C TS INav-01

Review of FLIP and FAA Publications

HOW TO USE A LECTURE GUIDE/LAB

This is a Lecture Guide/Lab that you will complete in group session with an instructor. FLIP publications,

charts, and AIM will be available.

MOTIVATION

To successfully complete a mission flight and comply with all the FAA and military procedures and

regulations, you, as an instrument pilot, must have necessary information available for the planning,

departure, en route, and terminal phases of your flight. The Department of Defense has developed

a system of disseminating this information to you in an updated and organized form. This system is

designated as the Department of Defense (DoD) flight information publications (FLIP) program.

OVERVIEW

Separate FLIP program packages are produced for each of four world geographic areas in common with

the area of coverage chart on the back cover of all sections of the FLIP Planning publications. Format and

content are standardized in each package to the maximum extent practicable, with due consideration

given to unique area requirements. The discussions contained in this unit are related directly to United

States coverage, which is contained within package number one - “North & South America.”

DoD FLIPs are published with effective dates which coincide with a schedule established by the

internationally accepted Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control 00 (AIRAC) system. Under this

arrangement, which is associated with the Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) system, changes announced in

advance are effected on a 28-day basis. Note that in the following individual product descriptions of DoD

FLIPs, the common AIRAC 4-week cycle (or increments thereof) is followed.

The FLIP program was designed using the concept that there are basically three separate phases of flight

planning, en route operations, and terminal operations. No one document contains all the information

which may be required for a flight. The FLIP Planning, supplements, Flight Information Handbook, en

route and arrival charts, instrument approach procedures, and NOTAM files must be consulted prior to

flight. In planning for international flights, reference should also be made to the USAF Foreign Clearance

Guide.

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