# Welcome to the CFI Library! The CFI library is a free collection of resources that are organized to help student pilots succeed in their training. Our goal is to provide **free and non-sponsored** resources to student pilots. We believe that quality aviation education should be accessible to everyone without distractions or financial barriers. This wiki is built by a dedicated group of flight instructors to support learning and safety. The general content on this website is geared towards pilots training in the United States under FAA regulations. Items that are specific to an airplane are tailored to the 172S equipped with the Garmin G1000 avionics package. --- # What You'll Find Here This website is being continually updated with new topics which are typically chosen based on areas where we believe student pilots are struggling, or areas where outside resources tend to be inaccurate, incomplete, or confusingly written. ## Recent New Topics and Categories ### Glider Written by Kevin Sakson, these cover glider flying as well as weather information related to gliders. - [[Library/Glider/Launches and Landings/Contents|Glider Launches and Landings]] - Preflight Procedures - [[Assembly]] - [[Flight Deck Management]] - [[Ground Handling]] - [[Launch Equipment]] - [[Preflight Inspection]] - [[Library/Glider/Soaring Weather and Soaring Techniques/Contents|Soaring Weather and Soaring Techniques]] ### Instrument Flying Written by Andre Hebra and Kevin Sakson, these cover systems and procedures related to instrument flying. - [[VHF Omnirange (VOR)]] - [[Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)]] - [[Estimating Turn Lead]] - [[The Perfect Teardrop]] - [[Bank Angle Required for Standard Rate Turn]] ### International Flying Written by Kevin Sakson, these cover procedures for flying internationally. - [[Departing and Arriving in the United States]] - [[Certificates and Documents for International Flights]] - [[Arriving and Departing in the Bahamas]] - [[Document and Equipment Requirements for Flight in the Bahamas]] - [[Flight Operations in the Bahamas]] ### Regulations Written by Andre Hebra, these cover regulations to student pilots often struggle with. - [[VFR Weather Minimums]] - [[VFR Cruising Altitudes]] - [[VFR Fuel Reserve Requirements]] - [[VFR Instrument and Equipment Requirements]] - [[Supplemental Oxygen Requirements]] - [[IFR Required Malfunction Reports]]