Safety Hot Spot
Safety Hot Spot: Pilot Proficiency and the Flight Review
It's a beautiful Saturday morning, the airplane's practically begging to be flown, and you can hardly wait to get off the ground—at least until you remember that your flight review expired two weeks ago.
Oops! It's important to maintain currency, but it's more important to stay proficient. Check out this Safety Hot Spot for tips on keeping your skills sharp and making the flight review more than just a biennial exercise in box-checking.
Getting Started
Here's a review of what you need to know—and bring—before you go.
- Pilot Proficiency and the Flight Review Safety Checkup
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Great Learning Tools
Articles and other online resources from AOPA and the AOPA Air Safety Foundation to increase your knowledge about summer weather.
Publications
- Safety Advisors:
- Pilot's Guide to the Flight Review (PDF file — 213KB)
- Operations at Nontowered Airports (PDF file — 1097KB)
- Operations at Towered Airports (PDF file — 696KB)
- Ups and Downs of Takeoffs and Landings (PDF file — 251KB)
- Single-Pilot IFR (PDF file — 564KB)
- Do the Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots (PDF file — 1097KB)
- ASF Instructor Report Articles:
- AOPA's Pilots' Guide to Getting Back into Flying
- AOPA Pilot and Flight Training articles:
Other Resources
- Online Courses
Visit the ASF Online Safety Center and take one of their free online courses. Then see how to use your personalized course completion certificate to qualify for safety seminar credit in the FAA Wings Program. - ASF Online Safety Center
- The FAA Wings Program—how to qualify for safety seminar credit
Take a Checkride
Think you're ready? Take a quiz and test your proficiency.Sporty's Safety Quiz
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