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The name AIM is already in use by, and widely associated with AOL instant messenger [1]. 1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_(software) https://en.m.wikiped
by __ryan__ 6y ago
The name AIM is already in use by, and widely associated with AOL instant messenger [1].
1: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_(software) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM_(software)
- repiret 6y agoThe Aeronautical Information Manual was around first. And continues to be around, unlike AOL Instant Messenger.
- wsh 6y agoThe FAA has issued the Aeronautical Information Manual under that title since 1995, and as the Airman’s Information Manual from 1967 or earlier, decades before Quantum Computer Services (AOL’s predecessor) was founded. I don’t know when ASA first published a book with “FAR/AIM” on the cover in large letters, but I suspect that this, too—a private reprinting of the AIM and selected Federal Aviation Regulations of interest to pilots—predates all things AOL.
- inamberclad 6y agoThe world doesn't revolve around software, especially in Aviation, where the protocols haven't changed a ton since the 50's.
- __ryan__ 6y agoJust teasing :)