Flight Instructor Resources
Flight Instructor Checklists and Profiles
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Initial and Recurrent Flight Training Record
Instrument Proficiency Check Flight Training Record
ABS Flight Instructors Maneuvers Profiles
T-E-N-E Pretakeoff Briefing Card: Laminate and cut out these cards for your students.
Sample Preflight Briefing Checklist: Feel free to use or modify this sample checklist as you wish, or create one of your own, for instructional flights.
Sample Flight Training Scheduling Questions: Things you might ask when contacted to provide a training flight.
Commercial Maneuvers in a Bonanza: Guidance from Kansas State University, posted by permission
ABS Bonanza/Debonair Performance Worksheet
ABS Baron/Travel Air Performance Worksheet
"By the Numbers" Power - Attitude - Configuration (PAC) Charts
E Series Bonanza E185-1 and E185-8 E-185-11 and E-225-8
O-470/IO-470 Bonanza and Debonair
IO-520/IO-550 Bonanza and Debonair
Normally aspirated Baron (55/58)
Administration
Becoming an Insurance Accepted Flight Instructor: Guidance from senior insurance underwriters.
Flight Review and IPC Logbook Endorsement sticker template: formatted for Avery 5163 labels. Add your name and CFI certificate information before printing.
Instructor Endorsement sticker template: formatted for Avery 5163 labels. Add your name and CFI certificate information before printing.
ABS Guides to Initial Pilot Checkout: Guidance for instructors and pilots, highlighting the differences between models of Beech piston airplanes.
Past Instructor Zoom Call Recordings
February 19, 2024: Discussion: Major changes coming to the BPPP flight training experience.
January 25, 2024: Discussion: BPPP instructor compensation, Meeting and exceeding ABS member expectations, BPPP instructors as representatives of the American Bonanza Society, Tailoring training to experienced Beech pilots
August 24, 2023: Discussion: Avionics training, Insurance, Presenting Bonanza/Debonair engine failures.
April 27, 2023: Discussion: Challenging experienced Beech pilots
January 26, 2023: Discussion: Best practices for teaching partial panel in glass cockpit airplanes