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
The airport is below VFR minimums because of low clouds with tops at 2000’. You want to depart and fly through the overcast so you can do VFR maneuvers (above 300’) in a nearby practice area. What type of clearance would you request from ATC?
Climb to VFR on top of clearance.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
In a turbofan engine, which section is immediately downstream of the compressor?
The combustion section, or combustor.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
During a taxi turn, how should the magnetic compass indication respond?
The magnetic compass should indicate a turn in the same direction as the aircraft and settle on an appropriate heading after the turn.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
What type of airspace is charted with an "R-" followed by a designation number?
Restricted Airspace
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
In level flight in an unpressurized airplane, what instrument indications should a pilot expect after selecting an alternate static source vented inside the cabin?
The altimeter and airspeed indicator will generally indicate slightly higher, and the vertical speed indicator will momentarily indicate a climb before returning to zero.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What does "NO A/G" mean in a restricted area chart entry?
No air-to-ground communications are available.
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.
