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
When may ATC request a detailed report of an emergency even through a rule has not been violated?
When priority has been given.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
How is rime ice formed?
Rime ice is formed by the instantaneous or very rapid freezing of super-cooled droplets as they strike the aircraft.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
What type of approach incorporates a "final approach point" instead of a final approach fix?
On airport non-precision.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
You are expected to maintain a minimum climb gradient of 400’ per nm, and your expected GS is 90kts, what minimum rate of climb would you need to comply?
600' / min (600 ÷ [90 ÷ 60] = 400' / min). <a href="https://www.cfinotebook.net/notebook/aerodynamics-and-performance/takeoff-and-climb-performance#determining-climb-gradient" title="Climb Gradiant Calculation">Read more</a>.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
What angular deviation from a VOR course centerline is represented by a 1/2 scale deflection of the CDI?
5 degrees
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
The wind regroup on the FD is omitted if the altitude level is within _____ feet of the station elevation.
1500
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
Soft Field Takeoffs: Soft field takeoffs are used to obtain maximum performance when departing from a soft or rough runway surface
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.
