CFI Certificate

• Human Behavior and Effective Communication
• The Learning Process
• The Teaching Process
• Assessment and Critique
• Instructor Responsibilities and Professionalism
• Techniques of Flight Instruction
• Risk Management

II. TECHNICAL SUBJECT AREAS

• Aeromedical Factors
• Runway Incursion Avoidance
• Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance
• Principles of Flight
• Airplane Flight Controls
• Airplane Weight and Balance
• Navigation and Flight Planning
• Night Operations
• High Altitude Operations
• 14 CFR and Publications
• National Airspace System
• Navigation Systems and Radar Services
• Logbook Entries and Certificate Endorsements

III. PREFLIGHT PREPARATION

• Certificates and Documents
• Weather Information
• Operation of Systems
• Performance and Limitations
• Airworthiness Requirements

IV. PREFLIGHT LESSON ON A MANEUVER TO BE PERFORMED IN FLIGHT

• Maneuver Lesson

V. PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES

• Preflight Inspection
• Cockpit Management
• Engine Starting
• Taxiing-Landplane
• Before Takeoff Check

VI. AIRPORT AND SEAPLANE BASE OPERATIONS

• Radio Communications and ATC Light Signals
• Traffic Patterns
• Airport and Runway Markings and Lighting

VII. TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, AND GO-AROUNDS

• Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
• Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb
• Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb
• Normal and Crosswind Approach and Landing
• Slip to a Landing
• Go-Around/Rejected Landing
• Short-Field Approach and Landing
• Soft-Field Approach and Landing
• Power-off 180 Degree Accuracy Approach and Landing

VIII. FUNDAMENTALS OF FLIGHT

• Straight-and-Level Flight
• Level Turns
• Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns
• Straight Descents and Descending Turns

IX. PERFORMANCE MANEUVERS

• Steep Turns
• Steep Spirals
• Chandelles
• Lazy Eights

X. GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS

• Rectangular Course
• S-Turns Across a Road
• Turns Around a Point
• Eights on Pylons

XI. SLOW FLIGHT, STALLS, AND SPINS

• Maneuvering During Slow Flight
• Power-On Stalls (Proficiency)
• Power-Off Stalls (Proficiency)
• Cross-controlled Stalls (Demonstration)
• Elevator Trim Stalls (Demonstration)
• Secondary Stalls (Demonstration)
• Spins
• Accelerated Maneuver Stalls (Demonstration)

XII. BASIC INSTRUMENT MANEUVERS

• Straight-and-Level Flight
• Constant Airspeed Climbs
• Constant Airspeed Descents
• Turns to Headings
• Recovery from Unusual Flight Attitudes

XIII. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS

• Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated)
• Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
• Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear
• Emergency Descent

XIV. POSTFLIGHT PROCEDURES

• Postflight Procedures

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