I believe March 1979 is the official date when AFM's (Airplane Flight
Manual) were rqeuired.

"scupper79" wrote in
news:1107595836.c43dc2eb23ee07667b39affad0b2d8fb@t eranews:


My understanding is:

before early 1970s, FAA hadn't standardized the manuals into a POH
format yet, so they were just Owner's manuals at the manufacturer's
discretion.

Did the 1st page after the cover still have to have the serial # on
it?

I fly an old 150F model here lately and it's Owner's manual is hardly
up to standard that I'm accustomed to. Harmful, I don't think so, but
I'm after legalities here for knowledge sake.

thanks,
ck