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
Which conventional instrument uses both pitot and static pressure?
The airspeed indicator compares total and static pressure; the altimeter and VSI use static pressure.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
What are the roles of an electrical bus and voltage regulator?
An electrical bus distributes power to connected circuits, while the voltage regulator controls the alternator or generator output voltage.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
What is the purpose of the IMSAFE checklist?
IMSAFE provides a structured personal assessment of illness, medication, stress, alcohol, fatigue, and emotion so a pilot can identify physical or mental conditions that may make a flight unsafe.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
After engine start, oil pressure fails to reach the required indication within the AFM/POH time limit. What should the pilot do?
Shut the engine down as directed and investigate before further operation. Do not apply high power or continue warming up in the hope that pressure will eventually appear.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
A longer route avoids adverse weather and high terrain but adds flight time. What must the pilot check before selecting it?
Recalculate fuel and endurance with appropriate reserves, verify the new route's weather, airspace, terrain clearance and landing options, and ensure it remains within aircraft and pilot capabilities. Avoid trading one hazard for an unassessed one.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Question unavailable.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What type of airspace is not wholly prohibited but is subject to restrictions?
Restricted Airspace.
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
No-Gyro Approach: No-Gyro approaches are required to safely and accurately maneuver the airplane in the event of attitude and heading indicators failure.
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.
