Study Materials

SFRA Course

Presolo Prep Site

Flight Review Prep Site

CSP Staff Site

Aeronautical Decision Making

ADM - Declaring an Emergency
ADM - Turn Back? You Bet!
13 Tips for Safe Flying

Aircraft Control and Performance

Got Rudder?
Performance Charts for the Real World
Seat of Your Pants Flying
Stall/Spin Awareness
Positive Exchange of Flight Controls
Spatial Disorientation

 

Airspace

ADIZ/SFRA - Flying the Washington DC SFRA
SFRA Phone Numbers
Airspace - TFR and NOTAM Course

Checklists

Checklists - Developing Flows
Checkrides - Passing the Checkride

Collision Avoidance

Collision Avoidance: Strategies and Tactics
Collion Avoidance: Proper Radio Use

Communications

Communicating with the ESN Tower
Communications, a Comprehensive Guide
Communications: Non-Towered Field
Communications: Listen to ATC Live
Communications: Flight Following

Cross Country Planning

Cross Country Flight Planning
Real World Cross Country
GPS for VFR Operations Course
E6B Instruction Book
How to Use and E6B Video
Flight Planning Sheet

Emergencies

Ditching & Water or Trees?
Ditching and Water Survival
Emergency Landings
ABCs of Emergencies
ELTs - 121.5 vs. 406

Energy Management

Airspeed and More Airspeed
Speed: Explanations of Definitions

FARs

Business: "What Flying for Business" Means
Logging Flight Time

Flight Plans

ICAO Flight Plan Discussion
ICAO Flight Plan Form

IFR Explanations

Local IFR Fixes explanation, chart, and approaches

Knowledge Test

Knowledge Test Practice
Knowledge Test Practice 2

Passenger Briefings

Passenger Briefings
Passenger Briefings - Helpful Passengers

Proficiency and Personal Minimums

Personal Minimums
Personal Minimums Worksheet
Proficiency: Developing a Plan
Proficiency: Maintaining
Proficiency Practice Maneuvers

Post-Checkride

Checkrides - The Next 100 Hours
Passengers - Your First Passenger
Passengers - Flying with Family
Code of Conduct
Flying with Another Pilot

Rotax Engines

Rotax Engines:  History (audio file)
Rotax - FAA's Weight-Shift Handbook
Rotax Owner Support
Rotax Flying Club
Rotax  Preflight Video
Rotax Factory Tour
Burping the Rotax 912ULS

Runway Safety

Runway Markings
Runway Safety
Runway Video: Listen Up, Read Back, Fly Right
Runway Video: Heads Up, Hold Short, Fly Right

Simulators

Altimeter SimulatorPito Static System Simulator

Takeoffs & Landings

Land and Hold Short Operations
Landings: Grass
More about Grass
Crosswind, Short and Soft Landings Video
Crosswind Landing Video - Crab and Kick
Short Field Takeoff and Landings in a Tecnam
Short Field Landing in a Cub

Tie-Down Knots

How to Tie Knots

Traffic Patterns

Pilot's Guide to ESN Tower
Tower Procedures
Traffic Patterns: A Humorous Look
Wake Turbulence

Weather

Aviation Weather and Services
Weather - Ceilings and Visibility Course
Weather - Decision Making
Wind Shear and Turbulence
Density Altitude
Mountain Winds
METAR/TAF Key
Military METAR/TAF Key