Make your landings consistent

You do not want to be coming in too fast or too slow

You do not want to be too high or too low

Land the nose on the center line

Have the nose pointing straight when you land

⦁ Your priorities: Aviate Navigate Communicate

⦁ We can't eliminate all risks but we can mitigate risks

⦁ Have good cockpit management of tools & info including ForeFlight/Garmin Pilot, checklists, etc

⦁ Have good cockpit management of crew

⦁ Visualize the flight before taking off

⦁ Consider your passengers/students tolerance

⦁ Stay within limits of you and the machine

⦁ Standard atmosphere is 15°C at sea level at 29.92

⦁ If you read it, it’s probably true, if you hear it, it’s magnetic.

⦁ When leaning max RPM is peak

§ 91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.

§ 91.13 Careless or reckless operation.

§ 91.103 Preflight action.

⦁ Monitor Six Pack/PFD, Horizon, Wind Direction then adjust with Pitch Power Trim Rudder Bank

⦁ The Horizon is our biggest tool and it's available in all planes

⦁ Use all tools but not to point of hindrance

⦁ Windsock points to start point

⦁ Use the 'Lindbergh reference'

⦁ Never full flaps when climbing

⦁ Carb heat when rpm under green arc

Cleared to land = full stop power off, go around if necessary

For the option = full stop, full stop taxi back, touch and go, stop and go

⦁ Choose your aim spot in front of your touchdown spot

⦁ Runway made power down nose down

⦁ "don't let it touch down"

⦁ Hold back full yoke on roll out limit braking

⦁ "Traffic in sight" or "Negative contact"
⦁ Do not say "I have them on the fish finder" or "I have them on ADS-B"

⦁ "Negative contact also not on ADS-B" is helpful

⦁ Get Flight Following when leaving a Class C or D airport...that will set you up

North Up = plane moves

Track Up = map moves

Wherever weather was 15 minutes ago on radar it could be in a different location now

Don't fly through yellow on the radar for any size plane

⦁ D = Current LAT LON

⦁ VOR/RADIAL/DME

⦁ APT/RADIAL/Distance

⦁ Tap on VOR...Hold...Setup as published