...revise the definition of “Night”

An update to the FAR was posted recently and was effective October 12th. One of the changes that caught my eye was a revision to the definition of "Night". I thought to myself how could it be that somehow Night has changed. Perhaps the FAA was going to simplify the various night rules. So I read on with curiosity only to find out that the FAA was merely making a correction in the title of the source for obtaining the published twilight time. Specifically they removed the word "American" from the source document.

SUMMARY: The FAA is correcting the title of the publication ``American Air Almanac'' to its current title ``Air Almanac''.
  Background
The former ``American Air Almanac'' was created to meet the general requirements for air navigation in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. In 14 CFR 1.1 the definition of night refers to twilight times as published in the ``American Air Almanac''. The ``American Air Almanac'' publication ceased in 1953 and is currently called the ``Air Almanac''. This technical amendment corrects the title of the publication.

The "Air Almanac" can be found here

A Star among us...

Most of us have been fortunate to have Patti as a flight instructor. We all know the quality of her teaching style and we have come to appreciate her teaching skills. We know how great of an instructor she is and we sometimes even jealously protect our little secret since Patti has another full time job teaching at Norte Dame de Namur University and does the flight training in between. Now Patti has been recognized for her flight training achievements. Patti is now a Gold Seal instructor... this is an FAA honor bestowed only on CFIs that meet the qualifications and high standards of training. We knew we had a star, now she is Gold!