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
What cruising altitude is appropriate for VFR-On-Top on a westbound flight below 18,000 feet?
Even thousand-foot levels plus 500 feet, but not below MEA.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
What is another term for time of useful consciousness?
Effective performance time.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
What airspace-boundary and military-route information is depicted on IFR Enroute Low Altitude Charts?
IFR Enroute Low Altitude Charts depict the limits of controlled airspace, special-use airspace, and military training routes.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
According to the AIM, during which months does bird-strike risk increase because of migration?
March through April and August through November.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
What immediate actions should a pilot take when hypoxia is suspected?
Use supplemental oxygen immediately, verify oxygen flow and equipment operation, alert other occupants and ATC as appropriate, and descend promptly to a safe lower altitude in accordance with the applicable checklist. Declare an emergency if necessary.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Question unavailable.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
In typical nonmountainous areas where Class E has not been designated at a lower altitude, how high can Class G airspace extend?
Class G can extend up to, but not including, 14,500 feet MSL. Class E begins at 14,500 feet MSL.
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
Spins: Spins are an aggravated stall resulting in autorotation about the spin axis wherein the aircraft follows a corkscrew path.
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.
