We plan to keep collecting and enlarging our collection of useful documents. Aircraft checklists, procedures and maneuvers, as well as any other information useful to our pilots will appear here.
If you have produced something you feel would be useful to others, or come across a useful document, please email it to us.
Pilot Certification
The following two documents list every item that has to be logged and/or endorsed before taking any test, or before going solo:
Private Pilot Requirements, Logbook Entries and Endorsements (pdf)
Sport Pilot Requirements, Logbook Entries and Endorsements (pdf)
What follows must be one of the most useful documents ever produced by the FAA. If you have a question about anything in FAR Part 61 regarding certification, you can probably find it here. Beware it's 2.6MB in size (MS Word format): FAA Part 61 Frequently Asked Questions
Except for Sport Pilot, other pilot certificates require a medical certificate. You will need to make an appointment with an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME).
Click for List of Aviation Medical Examiners in Santa Clara County
Aircraft Checkout / Pre Solo Test / Flight Review test / Etc
Aircraft Review (pdf) - to be completed before student solo or new rental
Student Pilot Pre Solo Test (pdf)- to be completed by student pilot before first solo
Biennial Flight Review Quiz (pdf) - to be completed by pilot equiring a Flight Review.
Citabria Checkout (pdf) - the Instructor's and Pilot's guide to the Citabria checkout (can also be used for Champ and Taylorcraft)
Cessna 172 Checkout (pdf) - the Instructor's and Pilot's guide to the C172 checkout
Radio Communications Primer for Reid Hillview - a memory aid to help you both talk better and know what to expect
Aircraft Operation / Checklists / Etc
Personal Minimums Checklist (pdf) - a great go/nogo decision making tool!
Alternator Malfunction Checklist (pdf)
Zlin Savage Cub Pilot Operating Handbook (pdf) - large! over 3mb
Evektor Sportstar Operation Checklist (pdf)
Evektor Sportstar Operating Handbook (pdf) - Large!
Citabria Pre Flight Checklist (pdf)
Citabria 7ECA Operations Checklist (pdf)
Citabria 7KCAB Operations Checklist (pdf)
Champ Preflight Checklist (pdf)
Champ Operations Checklist (pdf)
Taylorcraft L2 Preflight Checklist (pdf)
Taylorcraft L2 Operations Checklist (pdf)
Flying Skills, Cross country, Miscellaneous / Fun Stuff
Budd Davisson's article on Taming the Taildragger Pilot (pdf, from 1992 Sport Aviation Magazine)
Read the FAA Safety publication Into the Night (900k pdf)
Cross country flight planning outline
Weather information sources, a short primer on in flight weather info.
Come and fly with us in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of California. Our flight school is located at Reid Hillview airport in San Jose (KRHV), at the south end of San Francisco Bay and we offer ground and flight training for sport pilot, private pilot, commercial pilot, instrument rating, CFI (certified flight instructor), tailwheel, acrobatics, and multi engine certificates and ratings.