Getting Started

Purchasing Equipment
Ordering FAA Charts and Pubs
How to Buy a Headset

Headset Reviews
More on Headsets
Airways Pilot Supply Shop
Survival Equipment Reviews
Sporty's Pilot Shop
Aviation E-Bay
Alien Registration

Purchasing Insurance

Why You Need Renter's Insurance
Renters Insurance
Mail Application To:
   
Denise Porter
   Aviation West Insurance Brokers, LLC
   P.O. Box 1509
   Vista, CA  92085-1509
   T. (760) 727-7444
   F. (760) 727-7555
   (Include AOPA membership # for discount)
AOPA Legal Insurance

Free Student Sign-Ups
Flight Training Magazine (Free 6mo subscription)
AvWeb Newswire
FAA Safety Program Notification

Alien Flight Training Registration

CSP Documents
Presolo Written Test
Garmin Checklist

Sky Arrow Documents
Sky Arrow Checklist
Compact Sky Arrow Checklist
Sky Arrow Check-Out Form
Sky Arrow Check-Out Questionnaire
EFIS-D10A User Guide
Sky Arrow Maneuvers Supplement
Sky Arrow Panel Photograph

Tecam Sierra
Sierra Checklist
EFIS Checklist
Sierra Check-Out Form
Sierra Check-Out Questionnaire
Dynon EFIS - D100
Dynon EMS - D120
Sierra Maneuvers Supplement
N524LM Panel Photograph
N619BV Panel Photograph
EZ Altitude Control
EZ Auto Pilot

Tecnam Echo Super Documents
Echo Super Checklist
Echo Super Check-Out Form
Echo Super Check-Out Questionnaire
Echo Super Maneuvers Supplement
Echo Super Panel Photograph

BFR - Flight Review
CSP BFR Packet
Old Wings Program AC61-91H

New Wings Program
BFR- Preparing for the BFR

Flight Planning

Weather
NOAA's Aviation Digital Data Service - Not a legal briefing, but a good site
Intellicast - Local Radar
NOAA Marine Forecast - Includes long range wind forecast
NOAA Long Range Forecast
Weather Underground

Weather Symbols
SailFlow W29 Wind Forecast
Air Sports Net

NOTAMs
Published FDC NOTAMS - The ones not provided over the phone

Flight Planning Tools
Golden Eagle Flight Prep - Free legal flight planning tool
AOPA's Real Time Flight Planner and Tutorial - Legal flight planning tool free to AOPA members
FlightPlan.com
Google Earth
Google Earth Airport Videos
Nearby Airport Finder

AirNav Airport Finder
Runway Finde
r
How to file ADIZ Flight Plans With DUATS
ADIZ Checkpoints
Special Use Airspace Status
TFRCheck.com
Rental Cars
SkyVector

Sunrise and Sunset Calendar

Excel Interactive Navigation Log
Excel Printable Navigation Log

Flight Tracking
Flight Aware

Publications
Airport Facility Directory
Potomac Sector Phone Numbers

ADIZ Materials
New ADIZ Procedures
Intercept Procedures

 

 

Hot Topics
ADIZ - Flying the NEW Washington DC ADIZ
Airspace Flashcards and Discussion
Airspace - TFR and NOTAM Course
Airspeed and More Airspeed
Aviation Weather and Services
Checklist Usage
Checklists - Developing Flows
Checkrides - Passing the Checkride
Checkrides - The Next 100 Hours
CGS/DC3 Vetting Procedures
Cockpit Management:  2 Pilot VFR

Collision Avoidance

Danger- Is Flying Dangerous?
Decision Making
Declaring an Emergency
Ditching & Water or Trees?
E6B Instruction Book
Emergency Landings
ELTs - 121.5 vs. 406
GPS for VFR Operations Course
GPS - AOPA Garmin 430/530 Course
GPS - FAA Garmin 430/530 Course
Knowledge Test Practice

Land and Hold Short Operations

Landings: Short, Soft, & Crosswind Video
Maneuvers Videos
Mountain Winds
NASA Reporting System
NASA Reporting Form
Night Flight
Passengers - Your First Passenger
Passenger Briefings
Personal Minimums

Personal Minimums Worksheet
Positive Exchange of Flight Controls
Proficiency - Maintaining
Proficiency Practice Maneuvers
Risk Management and Decision Making
Rotax Engines:  History
(audio file)
Rotax Main Page
Rotax Parts Illustrations
Runway Incursion Avoidance Flash Cards and Course
Spatial Disorientation
Stall/Spin Awareness
Stalls, Fear of Performing
Stopped Engine Aerobatics
Tower Procedures
Wake Turbulence
Weather - Links for Learning Weather
Weather - Ceilings and Visibility Course
Weather - Decision Making
Weather - Decision Guide
Wind Shear and Turbulence
Winter Flying and Wing Contamination Quiz

Publications
ADIZ Check Points
Airport Facility Directory
Aviation Instructor's Hanbook
Pilots and Instructors

FAA Advisory Circulars
FAA Knowledge Test Prep
FAA Testing Information
FAA Test Figures
The FARs
The AIM
NTSB Regulations
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge

Practical Test Standards

Aeronautical Chart User's Guide


TSA: 2004-19147 Types of Aircraft

TSA: 18-USC-1001 False Statements
TSA: 44-USC-44939 Training Aliens
TSA: 49-CFR-1552 General
TSA: Logbook Endorsement
TSA:  AOPA Guide to TSA Rules
TSA: 2004-1019 Rule Change
TSA Recurrency Training Guide Lines

CFI Tools
AC 61-65E: Certification
AFS 610: FAA Light Sport Branch
Airport Arrivals

Applying the Laws of Learning
BFR Guidelines
CFI Security Training
Collaborative Critique
Contacting the Baltimore FSDO
Contacting the Philly FSDO
Guide to Sport Pilot Training

ICAO - Aircraft Type Identifiers
Instructional Safety
IACRA Training

IACRA
or Form 8710-1a - PP Applicants
Form 8710-11 - Sport Pilot Applicants
Mentoring Guidelines
NAFI Master Instructor Application
Potomac Tracon
Presolo Written Guide
Schedule Pointe Guide
Solo Requirements
Student Development Checklists
Teaching Emergencies
Teaching Ground School
Teaching Risk Management

Time Slip Guide
TSA/AOPA Security Awareness Renwal

Communications Training
BWI Tower - link from LiveATC.net
IAD ATIS Phone # (703) 471-7127
FSS Phone Numbers
Flight Plan Form

Upcoming Safety/Wings Seminars
AOPA Seminars
FAA Seminars