In this section you will find a link directly to the Air Safety Institute web site.  You will also find on this page a “mini-library” of selected training materials from the Air Safety Institute that are deemed to be particularly relevant for member use.  They are filed within general topic headings and then by title to make location of relevant materials easier for the user to locate.  We appreciate the assistance of Air Safety Institute in presenting this useful approach to link directly to their training materials for SAFE members.  If you find other training materials from the Air Safety Institute site not represented here that you feel would be of value in this archived section, feel free to make suggestions to (erc@safepilots.org).

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[Note: You will be leaving the SAFE site to reach the materials on this page, and those links are provided for your convenience.  Neither SAFE, nor any of its representatives, sponsors, or members, will be responsible for the materials contained on other websites, though a cursory check has been conducted and it has been determined that the information available through those sites may be beneficial to SAFE members.]

Air Safety Institute (a Division of the AOPA Foundation)

Topic Headings

• Aerodynamics
  – Essential Aerodynamics: Stalls, Spins, and Safety

• Aeromedical

• Aeronautical Decision Making
  – Accident Case Study: Airframe Icing
  – Accident Case Study: Cross-Country Crisis
  – Accident Case Study: VFR into IMC
  – Do The Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots
  – Do The Right Thing: Decision Making for Pilots Safety Advisor
  – Flight Risk Evaluator

• Airport Operations
  – Airport/Taxi Diagrams and Hotspots
  – Operations at Nontowered Airports
  – Operations at Towered Airports
  – Ramp Operations
  – Runway Flash Cards

• Airspace
  – Airspace Flash Cards
  – Airspace for Everyone
  – Know Before You Go: Navigating Today’s Airspace
  – Lights Out
  – Mission Possible: Navigating Today’s Special Use Airspace

• Airwork, including Takeoffs & Landings
  – Mastering Takeoffs and Landings

• Communications
  – Say It Right: Mastering Radio Communication

• Emergency Procedures
  – Emergency Procedures
  – In-Flight Electrical Fires
  – Say Intentions…When You Need ATC’s Help

• Human Factors
  – Fighting Fatigue
  – Spatial Disorientation

• IFR Procedures & Instruction
  – IFR Chart Challenge: VOR Approach
  – IFR Chart Challenge: ILS Approach
  – IFR Chart Challenge: RNAV Approach
  – IFR Insights: Charts
  – IFR Insights: Regulations
  – Single Pilot IFR
  – Single Pilot IFR Safety Advisor

• Maintenance/Systems
  – Aging Aircraft
  – Aircraft Flash Cards
  – Engine and Propeller
  – Engine Operations
  – Pneumatic Systems
  – Pneumatic Systems Safety Brief
  – Propeller Safety

• Navigation
  – GPS for IFR Operations
  – GPS for VFR Operations
  – GPS from the Ground Up

• Performance

• Professionalism

• Regulations and Guidance Material
  – Federal Aviation Regulations

• Risk Assessment

• Safety
  – Airport/Taxi Diagrams and Hotspots
  – Bird Strike
  – Braking Action Reports
  – Collision Avoidance
  – Combating Carb Ice
  – Fuel Awareness
  – Maneuvering Flight
  – Misfueling
  – Mountain Flying Course
  – Mountain Flying Safety Advisor
  – Runway Flash Cards
  – Runway Safety
  – Terrain Avoidance

• Syllabi

• Testing – Written, Oral, Practical
  – Instructor’s Guide to the Pre-solo Written Test
  – Pilot’s Checkride Guide
  – Pilot’s Guide to the Flight Review

• Training, Operations, and Proficiency
  – Bird Strike
  – Collision Avoidance
  – Combating Carb Ice
  – Emergency Procedures
  – Federal Aviation Regulations
  – Fighting Fatigue
  – Fuel Awareness
  – In-Flight Electrical Fires
  – Instructor’s Guide to the Pre-solo Written Test
  – Maneuvering Flight
  – Mastering Takeoffs and Landings
  – Misfueling
  – Mountain Flying Course
  – Mountain Flying Safety Advisor
  – Operations at Nontowered Airports
  – Operations at Towered Airports
  – Pilot’s Checkride Guide
  – Pilot’s Guide to the Flight Review
  – Ramp Operations
  – Say Intentions…When You Need ATC’s Help
  – Spatial Disorientation
  – Terrain Avoidance

• Weather
  – A Pilot’s Guide to Flight Service
  – Aircraft Deicing and Anti-icing Equipment
  – Aircraft Icing
  – ASOS
  – Braking Action Reports
  – Cold Facts: Wing Contamination
  – SkySpotter: Pireps Made Easy
  – Thunderstorms & ATC
  – Weather Wise
  – Weather Wise: Thunderstorms & ATC
  – Weather Wise: Precipitation and Icing
  – Weather Wise: Air Masses and Fronts
  – Weather Wise: Ceilings and Visibility