FAA advisory circulars (some free, others at cost) are available to all pilots and are obtained by

• A. Ordering Those Desired From The Government Printing Office
• B. Downloading From The FAA Website
• C. Purchasing From A Bookstore
• D. They Are Not Published

Answer: (A)

Advisory circulars are official FAA guidance documents that the public can obtain, and the printed versions are distributed through the Government Printing Office. If you want a physical copy, ordering from the GPO is the standard route because they are the government’s official distributor of printed publications. While you can often access digital copies on the FAA website—sometimes for free—the question is about how the printed materials are obtained. Buying from a bookstore isn’t the official source for these government publications, and they are indeed published documents.