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Checkrides:About Checkrides | Are You Really Ready For the Checkride? | The Checkride Mindset
Flight Profile Series: Introduction | Flight Profiles Improve Safety | Flight Profiles for IFR Crosscountry | Commercial X/C
Radio Skills:General Tips on Radio Communications | Radio Communications - Non Towered Airports | Ten Tips to Immediately Improve Your Radio Technique | ATC's Top 9 Pet Peeves
Cross Country Flying
Introduction to Weather Services
Weather Briefing: Graphical & Textual
Introduction to Cross Country - FAA flight plan form
NOTAM Contractions - info about notams & terms used within
Weather Brief Planning Form
Weather Report Abbreviations (very long)
Metric Conversions Kilos/Litres
VFR Weather Minimums
Instruction Information:My Teaching Beliefs | Instruction Policies | Pledge to Students | Characteristics of Successful Pilots
CFI Articles
Instruction Safety - accident stats in flight training
CFIs: Shed the Tin Cup Mentality
FAA AC 61-65e - student endorsements
All about the NASA form
FAA AC 61-67c - stall/spin awareness
FAA AC 61-9b - transition to complex & multi aircraft
Tips for Technical Presentations | General Info CFI Certificate | CFI Ground School Syllabus | Tactics for the Professional CFI | Sample Budget while in Training | Things Flight Instructors Worry About | CFI Liability | What it takes to become a CFI | Advice to the New CFI
Pilot Technique/Maneuvers/Special Topics
Understanding TDS - The Death Sprial
Knowing the Winds - Why its so important to know wind direction
Box Canyon Turn - How to do one
Approach & Landing - Traffic pattern graphic (how to do) - Download
Using Flaps - Purpose of flaps and how to use them
Stalls - Richard Collin's opinion on stall training
Crosswind Technique
Collision Avoidance
Border Procedures - advice for entering Canada/US
Crew Resource Management Resources
Tailwheel Endorsements | Taildragger Checkout | Wheel Landings
Ten Commandments for Overwater Flight
AOPA Single-Pilot IFR Safety Advisor
AOPA Spatial Disorientation Safety Advisor
Weather Articles: Avoiding Icing| Simple Rules for Winter Flight |
AOPA Weather Strategies Safety Advisor |
AOPA Weather Tactics Safety Advisor |
AOPA Aircraft Icing Safety Advisor
Aircraft Info: McCabe report on Tomahawk safety | Tomahawk Specifications | Transponders | V-Speeds, definitions of | Aircraft Datasheet (download)
Recurrent Training: Darren's Guide to the Flight Review | BFR - Frequently Asked Questions | AOPA Online - Pilots' Guide to Getting Back Into Flying |
AOPA ASF Pilot's Guide to the Flight Review (download) | IPC - Frequently Asked Questions | IPC Checkout Form | OnlineBFR/IPC
Crew Resource Management Articles: Fundamentals of CRM | Resolving Conflict | Workload Management | Checklist Usage | Briefings & Callouts | Training CRM | Threats to Safety | Error Management | Integrating Threat & Error Management | What are you doing over there?
Other Educational Articles:
Fundamentals of GPS |
AOPA GPS Technology |
AOPA GPS Resources |
Using GPS: VFR waypoints |
Garmin GPS Simulator |
AOPA Collision Avoidance |
AOPA Fuel Awareness |
AOPA Maneuvering Flight |
AOPA Operations at Nontowered Airports |
AOPA Operations at Towered Airports |
AOPA Ups & Downs of Takeoffs & Landings |
AOPA ASF Nall Safety Report |
AOPA Propeller Safety |
AOPA Airspace for Everyone |
AOPA Pilot’s Guide to the Flight Review
Neat Stuff:
100 Heroes of Aviation
Certification Information of Famous Pilots
Memorable Aviation Quotes
cfidarren.com Guestbook
The Phone Calls I Get
Guest Columns: Race to the Bottom, Race to the Bottom II, Your $ Paid for This, 178 Seconds Dissected by Paul McGhee, America's Standing in the World by Anthony T, Pressure Rising
IFR Lesson Guides: Basic Attitude Instruction | Cockpit Check | Pitch Control | Bank Control | Power Control | Constant Airspeed | Turns | ITO | Constant Rate | Compass | Steep Turns | Unusual Attitudes | Precision Flight | Bravo Pattern | Descent Profile
IFR Navigation: General Info Instrument Rating | Instrument Rating Lesson Plans | 7-day IFR Rating | IFR Adventure | Instrument Ground School | Safety Pilot | Holding Simplified | IFR Risk Management | Trip Reports | Flight Profiles | Rating Requirements | After the IFR Rating | Checkride Reviewer | Are you really ready for an instrument rating?
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