Cheat Sheets

Aviation Weather Products & Legends

By |2020-11-10T22:37:30-05:00May 7th, 2019|Cheat Sheets, Flight Preparation, Weather|

ATIS Automatic Terminal Information Service Current/ Forecast Frequency Valid For Levels Area Current Hourly/ Any Time Surface to 25,000' AGL Departure ATIS - Up to 100' AGL 20-60NM Departure ATIS - 5 NM Wind Vis Clouds Flt Cat Temp Dew Alt Wx Rain Sig [...]

Airspace, Clouds, You Name it!

By |2021-07-11T22:20:34-05:00September 24th, 2017|Airspace, Cheat Sheets, Communication|

So this is the first cheat sheet I created for myself.  I needed to organize everything VISUALLY from Communication Requirements, to Airspace, to Clouds, etc. As I created this, I just kept adding more and more to it.  It is a great reference that I go back to all [...]

Multi Engine Checkride Maneuvers

By |2020-08-18T19:06:32-05:00August 18th, 2020|Cheat Sheets, Emergency Procedures, Flight Maneuvers, General Aviation, Training|

Here is the cheatsheet I'm using when practicing for my MULTI ENGINE COMMERCIAL CHECKRIDE.  You will definitely want to modify it for yourself and your plane (airspeeds & minimum altitudes, etc).  Remember your CFI knows best so review with him/her what steps you need as a quick reference.  This [...]

Single Engine Commercial Checkride Maneuvers

By |2020-08-18T19:07:43-05:00August 18th, 2020|Cheat Sheets, Emergency Procedures, Flight Maneuvers, General Aviation, Training|

Here is the cheatsheet I used for passing my SINGLE ENGINE COMMERCIAL CHECKRIDE.  You will definitely want to modify it for yourself and your plane (airspeeds & minimum altitudes, etc).  Remember your CFI knows best so review with him/her what steps you need aa a quick reference.  This cheatsheet [...]

Weather, Charts, Cold & Warm Fronts

By |2021-07-11T22:34:17-05:00October 7th, 2017|Cheat Sheets, Flight Preparation, General Aviation, Weather|

Here is an overview of a bunch of information I gathered about weather and reading charts. There is SO MUCH more I could add.  Other than TAFs, METARs, Winds Aloft, & PIREPS), I don't think there is a lot more you need to know for flying.  I found that [...]

Instrument Training- 6 pack

By |2020-11-10T22:24:17-05:00November 30th, 2017|Cheat Sheets, Flight Preparation, General Aviation, Regulations|

As I'm now starting my Instrument training, I'm summarizing information from the ground book for each of the chapters to help myself take in the information better visually. Plus you can use this cheat sheet during pre-flight to make sure IFR required instruments are not beyond their error limits. [...]

Density & Pressure Altitude Cheat Sheet

By |2020-11-10T22:22:40-05:00September 24th, 2017|Airplane Performance, Cheat Sheets, Videos|

Ok, this is everything boiled down into a nut shell.  I took this info from about 5 different references and tried to make visual sense of it all since some of the information seemed to contradict itself.  This took me 8 hours to put together as I was learning [...]

Calculate Weight & Balance and Take-off & Landing Distances

By |2020-11-10T22:14:47-05:00October 24th, 2017|Airplane Performance, Cheat Sheets, Flight Preparation, Landing, Videos|

Download this excel document to easily calculate your weight & balances as well as take-off & landing distances. The video walks you through which cells in the spreadsheet to change and which ones will auto calculate for you so that it is easy to use for each of your [...]

Heading, Course, Bearing, Magnetic, True

By |2020-04-14T22:09:07-05:00October 7th, 2017|Cheat Sheets, Flight Preparation, General Aviation, Weather|

Here is a cheat sheet showing the difference between true course, headings, & bearings along with a list of what is described in magnetic verses true, and statute miles (SM) verses nautical miles (NM). I laid it out in Word in 2 columns so when it is printed, you [...]

Landing Procedures, Airport Lighting & Signage

By |2017-10-07T19:53:30-05:00October 7th, 2017|Airports, Cheat Sheets, General Aviation, Landing|

Here is a cheat sheet I created listing out visually everything from landing procedures, airport lighting & signs, beacons, and approach indicators. I laid it out in Word in 2 columns so when it is printed, you can fold them and they fit perfectly in the binder. See Organizational [...]

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