Takeoffs & Landings

CFI Pilot

— Teaching every variant from the right seat.

★ Takeoffs & Landings ★

★ A note on this area

Takeoffs and landings are the most-watched part of any checkride. Examiners aren’t grading whether you can fly the plane — they’re grading whether you make the right decisions under pressure. Wind correction, runway selection, go-around criteria, and the discipline to abort when something feels wrong matter more than a textbook landing.

This course is an outline. The structure below — every area, task, and element — is mapped to the ACS, but the lessons themselves are not yet written.

— 11 tasks in this area —

Begin where you’d like

Task A · 1 element

Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems

FI.VI.A · ~1 hr · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task B · 1 element

Traffic Patterns

FI.VI.B · ~1 hr · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task A · 4 elements

Normal Takeoff and Climb

FI.VII.A · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task B · 4 elements

Normal Approach and Landing

FI.VII.B · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task C · 4 elements

Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb

FI.VII.C · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task D · 4 elements

Soft-Field Approach and Landing

FI.VII.D · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task E · 4 elements

Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb

FI.VII.E · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task F · 4 elements

Short-Field Approach and Landing

FI.VII.F · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task M · 4 elements

Slip to a Landing

FI.VII.M · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task N · 4 elements

Go-Around / Rejected Landing

FI.VII.N · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten

Task O · 4 elements

Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing

FI.VII.O · ~2 hrs · 0% complete

Unwritten