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 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.
Commercial Pilot Question of the Day
Warning areas may be located over what kinds of waters?
Warning areas may be located over domestic waters, international waters, or both.
Instrument Rating Question of the Day
Using the FAA Instrument Flying Handbook rule of thumb, how can a pilot estimate the bank angle required for a standard-rate turn?
Divide the true airspeed in knots by 10 and add 7. The result is the approximate bank angle in degrees.
Sport Pilot Question of the Day
What is the normal glidepath angle for a two-bar VASI unless a steeper angle is required for obstacle clearance?
Normally 3 degrees. At some locations, the angle may be as steep as 4.5 degrees for obstacle clearance.
Flight Instructor 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 Instrument Question of the Day
Question unavailable.
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Question of the Day
What information does a runway holding position sign provide?
It identifies the runway associated with the holding position by displaying the runway designation in white on a red background.
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
Aircraft Holding Procedures: Holding keeps an aircraft within specific airspace while awaiting further clearance from ATC or when a loss of altitude is required.
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.
