About Us
About Our Manuals
Aviation Computer Systems was established in 1979 as P&M
Computer Services. We are proud to be in our
29th year of
continuous operation.
Aviation Computer Systems provides all of its 14 CFR Part 135 manuals in an
electronic format. The files are supplied in WordPerfect and Adobe Acrobat 8.0
Portable Document File (PDF) format. Adobe PDF is the universal file format that
preserves all fonts, formatting, and graphics of the original source files. These
Adobe PDF files are compact and can be exchanged, viewed, navigated, and
printed by anyone on almost any computer (PC, MAC, Linux etc.). This format makes
your manuals ideal for use by the FAA.
In order to properly view and print Adobe Acrobat 8.0 PDF files you must have a
current version of Acrobat Reader Software installed on your computer. This
software is free and is available for download at www.adobe.com. All Aviation
Computer Systems manuals provided in Acrobat. PDF files are compatible with
Acrobat Reader 5.0 and higher (the current Acrobat Reader version is 8.0). Older
versions of Acrobat Reader may not work properly with the provided files. For
optimum performance, Acrobat Reader 8.0 is recommended.
Adobe Acrobat PDF files are not in a format that can be edited easily. The
WordPerfect files, however, are easity edited. For a discussion of how to manage
your manuals, please see our FAQ pages. If changes to your manual are required,
please contact Aviation Computer Systems and we will make the changes for you.
There is no charge for revisions prior to acceptance/approval by the FAA. After your
manuals are accepted/approved there is nominal charge for revisions to your
manual. The WordPerfect files can be edited by you and a new PDF file can be
produced directly in WordPerfect and does not require Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Although the electronic copy is ideal for use by the FAA, you or your FAA Inspector
may still prefer paper copies of your manuals. Our manuals are designed for both
two sided and single sided printing. To print your manuals single sided just print
normally and remove any blank pages. The blank pages are used ensure that the
even numbered pages are always on the left and the odd numbered pages are on
the right.
Printing the manuals two-sided requires a duplexing printer. This is a printer that will
print side one first followed by side two. You could just print all odd numbered pages,
place the pages back in the printer and print the even numbered pages. That might
be alright for a few pages but not on a large document. Any paper jam or misprint will
render the manual incorrect and is not worth the trouble.
A better solution is to have a printing service such as FedExKinko’s print your
manuals. The charge is nominal (usually $.16 per two-sided page) and actually may
be less than the cost of in-house printing. A 300 page manual (150 sheets of paper)
would cost $24.00 to print in black and white on three hole punched paper. We can
also email your manuals to a Kinko’s near you and instruct them to hold the manuals
for pick up. If you don’t have a Kinko’s near you, we can email it to any Kinko’s and
have them FedEx the printed manuals to you.
All our manuals have been prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 119, 135 and the
"Flight Standards Information Management System" 8900.1. The General
Operations Manual, Compliance Statement and Training Manuals are complete and
may be submitted as is to your POI (you need to read it first).
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