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Pre-Solo Quick Card

A free two-page universal memory and briefing aid for the period around your first solo — printed, folded, and used beside the material that actually governs the flight.

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Version 1.0 · Last reviewed September 3, 2026 · 2 pages · US Letter, landscape

What this card is for

  • A repeatable pre-flight and pre-solo briefing sequence you can run with your instructor.
  • Prompts for the decisions students most often skip under pressure — go/no-go, abort points, and what you will do if it does not look right.
  • A place to hold the questions worth asking before the flight rather than after it.

What this card is not

  • Universal, not aircraft-specific. It contains no airspeeds, no weights, no limitations, and no performance numbers for any airplane.
  • Not a substitute for your flight instructor, and not instruction. Your CFI decides what you brief, what you practise, and whether you solo.
  • Not a substitute for the AFM/POH or the manufacturer's checklist. Those documents are authoritative for your exact airplane and serial number.
  • Not a substitute for the regulations. 14 CFR Part 61 and Part 91 govern; nothing here changes, interprets, or relaxes them.
  • Not an endorsement and not a solo authorization. Only a certificated flight instructor can issue the endorsements required to solo.
  • Not a substitute for local procedures. Airport, airspace, school and club rules take precedence over any general prompt on this card.

Educational reference only. Not flight instruction, not FAA-approved, and not a substitute for a certificated flight instructor, the AFM/POH, the checklist, the regulations, required endorsements, or local procedures.

Preview

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Where to go next

  • Private Pilot Readiness

    A diagnostic across knowledge, oral explanation, judgment, flight preparation and ATC communications, with your weakest areas named.

  • ATC Lab

    Practise the radio calls around the pattern and the local area out loud, and get scored on phrasing rather than on confidence.

  • Flight Lesson CompanionRequires a free account

    Prepare each lesson before you fly and debrief it afterwards, so the gaps you find become the next lesson's objectives.

  • Pilot Method DailyRequires a free account

    One short reviewed activity a day, so the pre-solo material stays current between lessons.

  • Private Pilot CourseIn development — not available for purchase

    The full sequenced ground course. It is in development and under review; it is not open for enrollment and cannot be purchased.

Keep it in your library

A free account records this card as a complimentary lifetime item in My Library, next to anything else you own. There is no payment step and no trial.