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 flying inbound on a localizer back course, should the HSI course selector be set to the inbound course or the reciprocal outbound course for direct sensing?
Set the HSI to the reciprocal outbound course.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
As altitude increases, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere (increases/ decreases/ remains the same)
As altitude increases, the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere remains the same
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
During taxi, when the aircraft turns left, which direction should the inclinometer ball move?
The ball should move to the right, toward the outside of the turn.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
What is the maximum permissible VOR indication error when checking the equipment at an FAA-designated airborne checkpoint?
The maximum permissible error is ±6°.
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
What does "NO A/G" mean in a restricted area chart entry?
No air-to-ground communications are available.
Flight Instructor Instrument Question of the Day
Question unavailable.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
Why does Class E airspace begin at 700 feet AGL around some airports?
It provides controlled airspace for IFR aircraft transitioning between the terminal and en route environments, including aircraft conducting instrument arrivals and departures.
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
Formation Flying: Formation flying is the intentional operation of two aircraft in a pattern for either utility or show.
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.
