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 are some possible hypoxia symptoms?
Hypoxia symptoms include: euphoria, headache, increased response time, impaired judgment, drowsiness, dizziness, tingling in fingers and toes, numbness, blue fingernails and lips (cyanosis), and limp muscles.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
What are some treatments/immediate actions to take if it is discovered you are hypoxia?
Inform your instructor/crew, descend to 10,000'' or below, select emergency position with the diluter lever (gangload), slow breathing rate by counting to four or five between breaths, check oxygen connections/equipment.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
We are flying on a Jet route FL210 and have requested a lower altitude of FL190. ATC has advised that they are “unable” to assign us this lower altitude level. What would be the most likely reason for this?
The "lowest usable" flight level on that day is FL200.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
A pilot who intends to fly after SCUBA diving should allow the body sufficient time to rid itself of excess nitrogen absorbed during diving.
TRUE
Flight Instructor Question of the Day
Where is the diffuser located in a gas turbine engine?
Between the compressor and the combustor
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What does a runway hold position sign denote?
Runway hold positions signs denote the designation of an intersecting runway.
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.
