Pilot Tools · Quick Reference
The rule, and where it comes from.
Short review on the questions pilots actually re-check, with the controlling source named and linked on every card.
Educational review. It is not a substitute for the current regulations, NOTAMs, a weather briefing, the AFM/POH, or your instructor.
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This first collection contains 12 source-mapped foundational cards, all open to everyone. Each one names the controlling current source, carries its own version and review date, and defers to that source.
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Source and version standard
Each card is written against the current text of the cited primary source on eCFR, plus the named FAA publication where one applies.
Phase 1: 12 published source-mapped cards · reviewed 2026-08-31.
What this is not
- Learning and review support only — not a legal determination for any flight, aircraft, or pilot.
- Not an aircraft-specific procedure: the POH/AFM, its supplements, and approved checklists control the airplane you fly.
- Not a substitute for current FAA publications, NOTAMs, or a weather briefing.
- Not a substitute for qualified maintenance support, your operator's requirements, or your instructor.
- Summaries are shortened by design. Where a card and the linked source differ, the source controls.
What this is, and what it is not
- Who it is for
- Certificated pilots re-checking the Part 91 rules that come up before a flight, a flight review or an IPC.
- What you finish with
- Re-read the controlling rule for a specific question — VFR minimums, preflight action, inoperative equipment, airworthiness — and open the exact eCFR section behind it.
- Included today
- 12 source-mapped cards, all open to everyone, each naming its controlling section
- Search plus category and tag filters across the set
- Per-card version and review date, and a direct link to the current eCFR text
- Try it first
- Open the §91.155 basic VFR weather minimums card: the summary, the controlling section, and the link to the current text.
- Primary sources
- Version
- quick-reference-v1.0 · last reviewed 2026-08-31
- Who reviewed it
- Each card is written in-house against the section it cites and carries the date a human last opened that section. Cards are not published without that check.
- Limits
- Review material, not operational authority. The eCFR text controls.
- Not current flight data: no NOTAMs, no weather briefing, no TFRs.
- Twelve cards are published. The wider paid library is not complete and is not on sale.
- Found an error?
- Tell us and we will correct it or say why we disagree: fly@pilotmethodaviation.com