Reference, practice and flight preparation tools.
Aircraft-specific figures always come from the AFM/POH for the airplane you fly, and from your instructor.
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Short reference sheets on airspace, weather, procedures and systems. Each one links to its original source.
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Pilot in Command: Responsibility and Emergency Authority
14 CFR § 91.3 — Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command
Careless or Reckless Operation
14 CFR § 91.13 — Careless or reckless operation
Alcohol or Drugs
14 CFR § 91.17 — Alcohol or drugs
Airworthiness: Before the Flight
14 CFR § 91.7 — Civil aircraft airworthiness
Preflight Action
14 CFR § 91.103 — Preflight action
Passenger Briefing and Restraints
14 CFR § 91.107 — Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems
Right-of-Way: The Review Path
14 CFR § 91.113 — Right-of-way rules: Except water operations
Minimum Safe Altitudes
14 CFR § 91.119 — Minimum safe altitudes: General
VFR Fuel Requirements
14 CFR § 91.151 — Fuel requirements for flight in VFR conditions
Basic VFR Weather Minimums
14 CFR § 91.155 — Basic VFR weather minimums
Required Equipment: Review Path
14 CFR § 91.205 — Powered civil aircraft with standard category U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements
Inoperative Instruments and Equipment: Review Path
14 CFR § 91.213 — Inoperative instruments and equipment
Every card names and links the source that controls it. Verify the current source before flight. Use the current regulation when applying a rule.
Get the limits, checklists and procedures for your specific airplane from its current AFM/POH and supplements.
Plan your return to flying.
Bring your experience, aircraft and next flying goal together in an instructor briefing. Keep legal currency, flight review and practical proficiency separate.
Plan my return to flying ↗Compare aircraft systems and procedures.
Compare documented configurations, then build the instructor briefing for the airplane you will actually fly.
Open the complete comparison and planner ↗The aircraft you know → the aircraft you will fly
What changes for you?
Same training category does not mean the same systems, limits or cockpit habits.
Usable fuel
TO · Piper PA-28-181 · Archer II
48 U.S. gal usable; 50 total in the stock base system.
§1 fuel; §2 p. 2-7What changes for you: Base planning on usable quantity, actual loading and measured consumption—not the previous airplane's tank size.
Selector and fuel management
FROM · Cessna 172S · NAV I/II
LEFT / BOTH / RIGHT, plus a separate fuel shutoff. BOTH required for takeoff and landing. LEFT or RIGHT limited to level flight.
§2 p. 2-11; §7 fuel systemTO · Piper PA-28-181 · Archer II
LEFT / RIGHT / OFF; no BOTH. Select a tank containing fuel. Use the electric pump for the specified operations and tank changes.
§7 pp. 7-7–7-10; §4 cruiseWhat changes for you: Moving from BOTH in the C172S: this Archer has no BOTH. Select a tank with fuel and rehearse the tank-change and electric-pump procedure from the Archer checklist.
Flaps
FROM · Cessna 172S · NAV I/II
Electric; 0°, 10°, 20°, 30°. VFE: 110 KIAS through 10°; 85 KIAS beyond 10° through 30°.
§2 p. 2-4; §7 wing flapsTO · Piper PA-28-181 · Archer II
Manual lever; 0°, 10°, 25°, 40°. VFE 102 KIAS.
§2 p. 2-2; §7 flight controlsWhat changes for you: Moving from electric flaps to the Archer's manual lever: learn the 10°/25°/40° detents and the cited 102 KIAS extension limit. Check the target position rather than repeating the Cessna hand movement.
These selected differences are study material, not complete checklists. The exact aircraft's current AFM/POH, supplements, placards and instructor checkout control. A base profile does not establish that a particular tail number matches it.
Visual Briefings · Free to read
Explore aviation concepts with diagrams.
Read a short explanation, explore the diagram and check the linked FAA source.