RH wrote:
Hi everyone!

L O N G time lurker, infrequent poster here. I have a question about
what must legally be carried in the airplane for the pilot operating
handbook.

Usually the type certificate spells out what was required at the time
for aircraft paperwork. If you have an older aircraft you should
consider joining a type society for it.

My aircraft has a "owners manual" that is spurious. Quaint reading
on 1950's navigational technology, but not overly useful nor required
by law.

The type certificate spells out two things:

1. An operating limitations book (this is a small book that has the
information on w&b, the appropriate fuels and capacities, etc...
Just a few tables).

2. An equipment list. (essentially the validation of the W&B in
the limitations book).

Also due to several STC's, I have flight manual supplements for
the non-existant flight manual (tip tanks, tail incidence change,
autopilot, IFR GPS).