CFI NOTEBOOKS

[triple7]

anyone know any good websites with diagrams, etc that i can print out for various primary flight maneuvers. or where i can get examples of good cfi lesson plans. im starting to work on the book part of the cfi rating and was curious if there were any good internet resources.

 

[Stone Cold]

Go to this site TheCFI.com and look under Topics/Curriculum (I believe). It has links to all sorts of information. Also do a search in the CFI forum here as we've had numerous conversations about binders, etc.

Good luck and study hard. You'll be amazed at how much you learn from it.

 

[Josh]

Get a copy of the CFI PTS. A copy of the AFH. And start writing lessons. Keep the Private PTS, and the Commercial PTS around so you have a standards reference.

While it may be nice to use what is already done, you will learn more if you write the stuff up yourself. I heard this told to me over and over, and kinda though, yeah right. Then realized that sitting with pencil and paper, and highlighter in hand (didn't have a computer with me) really gets the details back into your head. And, to top it off, you know where to look for the official reference if you have a brain fart in the future.

Beyond that, the Jeppesen Private and Commercial books are excellent for additional explanations where the gov stuff is lacking. And the new Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (about twice the size of the old version) is almost as good. Looks like the gov guys are finally getting it, and copying the Jepp style of explanations by using more readable english.

So, after all that, here are a couple links that may help you:

http://www.geocities.com/seanwoodard/cfi.html
http://www.scottsasha.com/aviation/plans/cfiplans.html

Some day, I'll finish putting up my stuff, but for now, my site just kinda has a collection of some random stuff I used, and some first drafts of my lesson plans (which were a lot of just cut and paste from ones I'd found, and not really helpful for me, since I didn't really know what was in there by writing it myself).

HTH,
Josh

 

[sbe]

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Agreed. I'm JUST STARTING (have 4 ground lessons done woohoo!)...but I can already see how much putting together the plans myself is going to force me to learn more and refresh the concepts that have been sitting, dusty, in the back of my head.

Sarah

 

[kostcoguy]

I think Ed had some stuff on his website, I don't remember what the url is, but I do believe he had a few resources, check with him.

 

[pilot602]

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While it may be nice to use what is already done, you will learn more if you write the stuff up yourself.

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Agreed. I'm JUST STARTING (have 4 ground lessons done woohoo!)...but I can already see how much putting together the plans myself is going to force me to learn more and refresh the concepts that have been sitting, dusty, in the back of my head.

Sarah

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It took me about five months to get my CFI book together. Of course it's a 3" binder stuffed absoloutely full but I wouldn't have done it any other way.

The basic organization goes like this: Standard Format lesson plan outline (you know, the one with the objective, materials, goals, etc.) then my hand written notes that I actually teach off of, then any supporting materials, drawings, diagrams, etc. for each ground lesson. For the manuevers or "in air" lessons it's: standard lesson plan, a page of common errors and then drawings/diagrams of the manuever if applicable.

In the front of the book I have AC61.65D, a checklist for cross referencing different ratings/certificates, a PTS cheat sheet (all the manuevers w/private and commercial PTS standards) endorsement samples, FOI stuff and other tidbits I thought might come in handy.

This book covers private and commercial for single and multi engine applicants – I did my MEI as my initial but as I was doing the book I made sure to cover all the single engine topics as well.

Weighs about 12 pounds (not kidding) and it's great for squashing squirels and other small rodents.

 

[sbe]

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The basic organization goes like this: Standard Format lesson plan outline (you know, the one with the objective, materials, goals, etc.) then my hand written notes that I actually teach off of, then any supporting materials, drawings, diagrams, etc. for each ground lesson. For the manuevers or "in air" lessons it's: standard lesson plan, a page of common errors and then drawings/diagrams of the manuever if applicable.

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That's exactly the way I'm doing mine. Lesson plan outline, with lesson plan notes behind it, and any diagrams, photocopied articles that are pertinent to that lesson, etc behind it. It's proving to be extremely time consuming. But I know I'll at least KNOW the stuff when it comes time to finish off this and actually USE it. I'm sure glad I'm not in a super duper hurry to finish my CFI (have a timeline of Sept/Oct to be done), because MAN this is some work!

It's fun though, in a weird sort of way.

I like your idea with what you have done with the front end, and may do something similar myself. As an aside, I have Ed's huge 300-some-odd page WordPerfect document. I've perused that, some of the other links that have been posted here, as well as my own CFI's lesson plans (which are exceptionally well-done). Use the PTS and the Jepp syllabus for a cross reference (thanks R2F!

) and use a combination of the PHAK and Jepp manuals for my notes and reading assignments for the students.

Makes for a huge stack of crap to haul around!

Sarah

 

[pilot602]

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Rodents, small children and the occasionaly slack-off student will learn to fear you.

 

[Josh]

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Rodents, small children and the occasionaly slack-off student will learn to fear you.

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Hmm, maybe I should take my junk all out of the car when I go to the planes. There are tons of these little rodents that dig into the ground out around the runways and taxiways.

I was also told, over and over, you will learn what works for you. So rather than trying to make it all perfect first go around, I've got a binder, some loose handwritten lessons in a folder, and the books. I usually end up taking the handwritten stuff with me. And the rest stays in the car, unless I know I'll need it. And what I'm working off now, in addition to that, is mostly some small sheets I'm making. Turn a page sideways, and fold it in half. On one side, the ground topics I want to cover for that lesson. On the other side, the flight portion of it. With a checkbox next to things, FAR references, blanks for me to note hobbs times, and ground time, plane it is in, and number of landings, and endorsements given that day. Idea is to keep this as a record for students, part of that list of stuff that must be kept for 3 years. Working out pretty good for me. I'll put it up on my web site after a couple more revisions when I'm happy with kinda how it is working.