CFI Notebook
CFI Notebook
The Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) Notebook provides "Higher" education, bridging the gap between flight training and the airplane, enhancing your aeronautical experience with articles, multimedia, lessons, and references.
Get into it by reading our notebook articles or following along with our lesson plans.
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The CFI Notebook is an instructor's guide to navigating the sea of resources to provide helpful guidance for their students and themselves. Our notebook aims to enhance pilots' aeronautical knowledge by explaining various topics and referencing their sources to enable further learning.
Instructors recall this knowledge when building lesson plans. More important than knowledge is connecting the topics so that the student can appreciate the "why" behind the facts.
CFI Lesson Plans
Trivia of the Day
Trivia rolls over daily at midnight, Mountain Standard Time.
Private Pilot Question of the Day
In a turboprop engine, which section drives the compressor?
The turbine section drives the compressor through a connecting shaft.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
How do VLO and VLE differ?
Retraction and extension limits may differ; consult the aircraft markings and AFM/POH.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
Which conventional instrument uses both pitot and static pressure?
The airspeed indicator compares total and static pressure; the altimeter and VSI use static pressure.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
Where are the primary flight controls normally located on a conventional airplane?
The ailerons are normally located near the outboard trailing edges of the wings. The elevator is attached to the horizontal stabilizer—or the entire horizontal surface may be a stabilator—and the rudder is attached to the vertical stabilizer.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
For an operation requiring a third-class medical certificate, how long does the certificate ordinarily remain valid when the pilot was age 40 or older on the examination date?
It expires for that operation at the end of the last day of the 24th month after the examination month.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Question unavailable.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What type of airspace extends from 3 NM outward from the coast of the United States and contains activities that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft?
A warning area.
Advice of the Day
Maintain a consistent flight training schedule. Long breaks in any kind of training, but especially aviation, will cause a dramatic loss of progress.
System of the Day
Cabin Heating and Cooling Systems: Cabin Heating and cooling systems provide conditioned air for comfortable operations during various weather conditions
Maneuver of the Day
Instrument Reference Climbs And Descents: Climbs and descents by instrument reference demonstrate the skills necessary to fly without visual reference to the horizon.
Emergency of the Day
Engine Failure: The total loss of power requires immediate actions which depend upon speed (life) and altitude (life insurance)
Mishap of the Day
ERA14LA450: The NTSB determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a takeoff with the airplane's center of gravity aft of its limit and led the airplane to exceed its critical angle of attack and experience an aerodynamic stall during the initial climb.
