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Preparation for the CFI Practical Test - A guide and syllabus for the 5 Day CFI Oral & Checkride Prep

FAA Order 8900 - FAA official guidance on the conduct of practical tests

Advice from an Examiner - Advice for you (and later your students) about the checkride

Common Checkride Weaknesses - Report from an FAA examiner after 50 checkrides

Private Pilot Oral Exam - A great 90 minute Youtube video of an FAA private checkride oral exam

Stop Making it Difficult - Advice for CFI's on teaching from an examiner

VFR Nav Log Front - A really good Excel VFR nav log form to use with students

VFR Nav Log Back - Back page for weather and flight plan

VFR Formula Nav Log - An Excel worksheet that checks student's manual calculations

IFR Nav Log - Nav log for instrument students

Pre-Solo Questionnaire - A sample required pre-solo questionaire for private students

First Solo Certificate - Crtificate in which to electronically paste a picture of the big day

Student Solo Restrictions - A suggested list of student solo restrictions

Student De-Brief Form - An form that provides structure for the post flight student de-brief

CFI Logbook - Record flights for accurate transfer into your real logbook

CFI Stalls - A 1 page set-up and recovery procedure for the 5 stalls on the CFI checkride

Aviation Pearls of Wisdom - VFR, IFR, and Weather rules of thumb

Student Tracking Sheet - Worksheet to sort follow-ups and keep track of potential students

8710 Form - Manual 8710 form if examiner does not accept IACRA

Student Pilot Endorsements - A description of student endorsements

Private Checkride Endorsements - Required private SEL checkride endorsements

Instrument Checkride Endorsements - Required instrument SEL checkride endorsements

Commercial Checkride Endorsements - Required commercial SEL checkride endorsements

CFI Checkride Endorsements - Required CFI SEL checkride endorsements

TSA Security & Citizenship Requirements - Staying on the right side of TSA

Turn Diameter Worksheet - Calculate load factor, accelerated stall speed, turn diameter

UND Podcasts - Commercial and private maneuvers with X-Plane with real cockpit views

Area Forecast Issue Times - Hard to find times when area forecasts are issued

Acting vs.Logging PIC Time - An explanation of FAR 61.51

Explaining Lift - A great explanation of lift in simple terms

Constant Speed Prop - A great PPT presentation by Derek Beck on how constant speed props work

Constant Speed Prop - A great diagram of a constant speed prop & governor by Ken Glaze

Manifold Pressure & Constant Speed Props - How manifold pressure & constant speed props work

Transitioning to High Performance Airplanes - Chapter 11, FAA Airplane Flying Handbook

IPC Plan - Form to use for student IPCs

Flight Review Plan - Form to use for student Flight Reviews

Flight Review/IPC Questions - List of questions for flight reviews and IPCs

Advisory Circular Index - Numbering system of all Advisory Circulars

Advisory Circular List - Numerical list of all Advisory Circulars

Traffic Pattern Procedures Diagram - Simple traffic pattern diagram for private students

Annual Security Training - Website for initial and recurrent annual security arareness training

Provider Registration - TSA website for Providers to register (such as independent CFI's)

Foreign Student Registration - TSA website for foreign students security registration

Fingerprinting Locations - TSA approved fingerprinting locations for foreign flight students

WAAS v.s. Non WAAS - Differences between WAAS and Non WAAS GPS

Slope Angle Converter - Excel spreadsheet that converts slope angle to degrees

 

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