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This is an authorized 1969 overseas printing of Jeppesen Commercial Pilot Course (Advanced,) produced for distribution in Taiwan (Republic of China) during a period of rapid civil aviation expansion in East Asia. While the instructional content is entirely in English, the volume bears a Traditional Chinese colophon confirming licensed local printing and registration under ROC law. Jeppesen regularly issued such sanctioned international editions for professional flight-training markets, making this a legitimate and historically grounded variant rather than a translation or later reprint. The course reflects Jeppesen's influential programmed-instruction methodology, developed to standardize and accelerate pilot ground-school education worldwide. Content covers advanced navigation, aeronautical theory, radio and radar systems, air-traffic-control procedures, chart interpretation, and operational planning. The book is extensively illustrated with diagrams, aeronautical symbols, and laid-in folded reference charts, including world aeronautical chart indexes and sectional-style instructional maps. Issued in 1969, the year of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, this manual reflects the height of the aerospace era, when advances in navigation, systems training, and procedural standardization shaped both civil aviation and spaceflight. Jeppesen's training materials formed part of the broader technical culture that supported jet-age aviation and the parallel rise of human space exploration, lending the book historical resonance beyond its immediate instructional use. This copy remains complete and well preserved for a working aviation manual of its era. The interior pages are clean and legible throughout, all fold-out charts are present and intact, and the binding is sound. The original dust jacket is present in Near Fine condition, showing only minimal edge wear, and is now protected in a clear mylar sleeve. As an authorized Taiwanese printing with a surviving jacket and complete charts, this example is considerably scarcer than standard U.S. domestic issues.