Don't think there's anything available as a freebie. I think the problem is that federal regs can change daily so it would be a significant expense to always have a printed set (I always thing of pdf as a form of printing) that is truly current. I'm not sure whether any of the republishers try to maintain a current set online.
The AIM has an official schedule (although there can be NOTAM'd changes from time to time). But without any kind of publication schedule, the FAR would take a lot more grunt work to keep current. For current FAR, it's probably best to stick with the government's official online set at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ althought the government's older GPSAssces (http://www.gpoaccess.gov/) is generally easier to browse
The GPO version is not downloadable
Did you miss the fun with the 2010 FAR/AIM publications that were completely out-of-date when they were brand new?I haven't bought an FAR/AIM book for 10 years. Everything is online.
Since the FAA has already put out notice that there will be changes to Part 61 effective October 31 it's a pretty good bet that anything printed saying '2012' is out of date.
I bundle up the FARs and AIM for sale for ebook readers(EPUB and MOBI) but not PDF since the AIM is already in PDF, and the FAR would be painful to setup to do automatically.
Then how does the information get to your screen?
Hmmmm, I just downloaded part 61. Took 2 seconds. Saved it as an HTML file.
2012 isn't there yet, but will be soon. Here's 2011, and yes, you can download the entire chapter or specific sections as PDFs:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/col...ollapsed=true&selectedYearFrom=2011&ycord=600
ASA has printed what they call a 2012 version. What the link is are regulation that are current in 2011. When the USGPO starts publishing 2012 regulation version you will have a 2012 US Gov version.I'm baffled. If ASA has already printed the 2012 version, why doesn't the GPO have it online?
I think you may have missed the point. "The 2012 version" is a re-publisher's creation, not the government's. What is on fedsys is the current version as of today, whatever that day is*. From a regulatory standpoint, there's no such thing as "the 2012 version." Fedsys does have dates, but that's primarily so that one can research the past and find out, for example, what the applicable regulation said when a violation occurred. 2011 is the most recent year because that's what it is today.I'm baffled. If ASA has already printed the 2012 version, why doesn't the GPO have it online?
Don't want HTML. And remember how many parts there are to 14 CFR and the NTSB sections.
It's a parsing issue.ASA has printed what they call a 2012 version. What the link is are regulation that are current in 2011. When the USGPO starts publishing 2012 regulation version you will have a 2012 US Gov version.
I'm baffled. If ASA has already printed the 2012 version, why doesn't the GPO have it online?