Yeah, the US and Canada are fantastic exceptions to the normal rule of making aeronautical information impossible to find and use. It really sucks that GA is so much more rare outside of North America. For all the bitching we do about the FAA, they're a generally pretty good organization that actually wants people to fly. The vibe I get from most other countries' aviation authority is that they just don't want us up there and that we're a pest or threat. They make it expensive and regulate it into the ground, or worse, ban GA altogether. In the US, airspace is, for the most part, open or easy to get clearance to (barring the presidential TFR and DC ADIZ nonsense), getting a license is more or less easily attainable, and buying or renting an aircraft is super easy. This isn't really the case anywhere else in the world.