Public Resource Center (Syllabi, Training Aids, Etc.)

The following material has been made available by SAFE and others free of charge as a public service to the aviation community. Want more? Become a SAFE member for access to all the material in our Resource Center.

SAFE’s Pilot Proficiency Project™

• Terms of Use & Access – Redbird Simulator Training Scenarios (Redbird Pilot Key Software, Documentation)

Aero-TV Network Videos

•  Transforming the Art & Craft of Flight Instruction (a look at the future of flight training by Redbird’s Roger Sharp)

Now Showing on SAFE’s YouTube Channel

• AOA during Stalls in Europa XS N228FT (02:47, courtesy Rich Stowell, MCFI-A)

Syllabi & Checkride Checklists (online versions)

• Sport Pilot Training Syllabus (courtesy Doug Stewart, MCFI & DPE)
• Recreational Pilot Training Course Outline (courtesy Eric Radtke, Sporty’s Academy, Inc.)
• Part 61 Private Private Training Syllabus (courtesy Scott O’Brien, MCFI)
• Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, & Helicopter Flight Syllabi(courtesy Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.)
• Syllabi and Checkride Checklists for Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, & Commercial Pilot (courtesy Qref Quick Reference Media)
• Private Pilot Training and Instrument Rating Training Syllabi (courtesy of King Schools)

Training Aids, Bulletins, etc.

• FAA Training Videos — The FAA offers hundreds of free informative and training-friendly videos, but here we’ve provided quick, one-stop access to 98 videos on topics that include crash survival, aviation physiology, and risk management (16Jun13)
• Free online course from King Schools (22May2013)
• Guidelines for Pilots Seeking All-Attitude Training — Prepared by MCFI-A Rich Stowell as part of the 2012 FAA Safety Stand Down on “Loss of Control” (06Jan2012)
• Use of Aircraft Issued Experimental Airworthiness Certificates in Flight Instruction for Compensation or Hire — FAA guidance on the issuance of a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) to instruct in experimental aircraft (24May2011)
• Advisory Circular: Airman Transition to Experimental or Unfamiliar Airplanes — provides “needed guidance to owners and pilots of experimental airplanes and to flight instructors who teach in these airplanes [emphasis added]“ (30Mar2011)
• Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin – Maneuvering Speed (18Jan2011)
• Training Aid, “Teaching MOAs and Restricted Areas” (01Dec2010)

K–12 Educator Resources

• K–12 Annotated Resources — An annotated list of online resources by SAFE’s K–12 Resource Group for use by K–12 Educators and others to promote and excite interest in aviation (updated as needed)
• The Importance of Visionaries in Aviation & Aerospace — Essay by SAFE member Sherry Knight Rossiter about several key “dreamers” whose vision and persistence have changed society (20Dec12)
• Teaching the Aviator’s Model Code of Conduct to Kids – Recommendations for students and teachers to use when introducing the concept of professional conduct for pilots and others in aviation.

Model Codes of Conduct

• Flight Instructors Model Code of Conduct
• Student Pilots Model Code of Conduct
• Aviation Maintenance Technicians Model Code of Conduct
• Additional Model Codes of Conduct (including Light Sport Pilots, Glider Pilots, and Seaplane Pilots)

Notices of Proposed RuleMaking & Other Responses

• SAFE Member Response to FAA Request Re: Burdensome Regulations (01Jul2012)
• SAFE Response to NPRM on ATP Certification Requirements (19Apr2012)
• SAFE Response to NPRM on Pilot Photo IDs (17Jan2011)
• SAFE Response to NPRM on Helicopter Flight Rules (10Jan2011)
• SAFE Response to FAA regarding FIRCs and 61.197 (06Dec2010)
• SAFE Response to ANPRM regarding New Pilot Certification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations (01Apr2010)

Reports

• SAFE Report on the Debut of its Pilot Proficiency Project™ (20Aug2012)
• SAFE Report to Airman Testing and Training Standards ARC: Survey results on four key scorecard issues (16Oct2011)
• SAFE Report to AFS 630: Survey results with comments — “Should the FAA notify the flight training industry before it makes changes to the test question bank?” (20Apr2011)