| Week |
Topic |
Links |
| 1 |
FAA Regulations |
CFR Title 14 Part 61: Certification of Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground Instructors
CFR Title 49 Part 830: NTSB Reporting Requirements |
| 2 |
Principles of Flight |
PHAK Chapter 4: Principles of Flight |
| Aircraft Components |
PHAK Chapter 3: Aircraft Construction |
| 3 |
Aerodynamics of Lift |
See How It Flies: Airfoils and Airflow |
| 4 |
Aerodynamics of Thrust and Drag |
See How It Flies: The Four Forces |
| 5 |
Flight Instruments |
PHAK Chapter 8: Flight Instruments |
| 6 |
Airspace |
CFR Part 14 Section 71: Airspace
PHAK Chapter 15: Airspace |
| 7 |
Airport Operations |
FAA Chart Supplements
Airport Diagrams
AOPA Runway Safety Course (Requires AOPA Account) |
| 8 |
Charts |
Skyvector
Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide |
| 9 |
Radio Navigation |
PHAK Chapter 16: Navigation (pp. 22 ff.) |
| 10 |
Weather Theory |
FAA AC 00-6B Aviation Weather
Visualizing Real Time Winds |
| 11 |
Weather Products and Briefings |
Leidos Flight Service
NOAA Aviation Weather Center
Video: Interpreting Runway Condition Reports
Practice Decoding Raw METARs |
| 12 |
Aircraft Performance |
PHAK Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance |
| 13 |
Weight and Balance |
FAA-H-8083-1B Weight and Balance Handbook
PHAK Chapter 10: Weight and Balance |
| 14 |
Cross Country Flight Planning |
SkyVector
ICAO Flight Plan Cheat Sheet |
| 15 |
Flight Planning Exercise |
E6B Instructions
E6B Simulator
VFR Nav Log Templates
Flight Plan Equipment Codes for CSP Aircraft |
| 16 |
Engines |
PHAK Chapter 7: Aircraft Systems
The Turbo Encabulator |
| Electrical Systems |
Electricity 101: Think of It as Water |
| 17 |
Aeromedical Factors |
CFR Part 14 Section 67: Medical Standards and Certification
CFR Part 14 Section 68: BasicMED
PHAK Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors
BasicMED Printable Checklist
BasicMED Online Course - Mayo Clinic
BasicMED Online Course - AOPA
FAA MedExpress
AOPA Medications Lookup |
| Aeronautical Decision-Making |
Risk Management Handbook
PHAK Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decisionmaking
Personal Carbon Monoxide Detector
Personal Locator Beacon |
| 18 |
Bonus/Catch Up
Becoming an AGI/CFI |
Aviation Instructors' Handbook
Additional Instructor Handbooks |