quick tip videos
Below you will find free aviation quick-tip-videos to study for free! These videos do not cover the lesson topics in depth. They are focused on quick tips to make their understanding easier. We would suggest having some background knowledge in these areas prior to watching these tips and tricks videos.
The 2 minute
vor trick
This content is covered in the Navigation Aids: VOR Lesson in the Premium Courses. This simple trick will help you to easily pass your FAA Written Tests and Checkride Exams and make it so you never get confused or lost while flying using VORs.
magic number
holds made easy
This content is covered in the Holding Procedures Lesson in the Premium Courses. This simple trick helps students to determine the correct hold entry for a given set of circumstances and how to perform the hold properly.
5 types of
altitude
This content is covered in the Performance and Limitations Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand the different types of altitude encountered in the flight environment and when and how to use them.
mastering
eights on pylons
This content is covered in the Eights on Pylons Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video provides simple tips and tricks that can be taken to help a student better perform the maneuver in flight and on their Checkride Exams.
multi engine
performance loss
This content is covered in the Multi Engine-Other Factors Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand the difference between Power Loss and Aircraft Performance loss when a Multi-Engine Airplane is operating with a single engine.
3 pitot static
instruments
This content is covered in the Pitot-Static System Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to differentiate between the different cockpit instruments that are connected to this system, how they operate, and how to deal with errors and malfunctions.
the imsafe
checklist
This content is covered in the Aeromedical Factors Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand the different self-checks pilots should perform prior to any flight operation to make sure they are physically, mentally, and emotionally fit to make a safe flight.
center of
gravity effects
This content is covered in the Weight and Balance Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand how improper loading of an aircraft can lead to center of gravity issues and how to deal with those issues and load the aircraft properly to avoid them.
3 stages of
thunderstorms
This content is covered in the Weather Theory Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand and differentiate between the various stages of a Thunderstorm. Including the weather phenomenon associated with each stage.
the 5 types
of fog
This content is covered in the Weather Theory Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students differentiate between the different types of fog that may be encountered in flight and how they form.
parasite vs
induced drag
This content is covered in the Principles of Flight Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand the different types of drag (and their sub-types) and how it affects an aircraft in flight.
4 types of
hypoxia
This content is covered in the Aeromedical Factors Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to differentiate between the different types of hypoxia that may be encountered in the flight environment, what causes them, and the appropriate corrective actions to be taken.
2 guarantees
of the mea
This content is covered in the IFR En-Route Procedures Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand the Minimum En-Route Altitude and the assurances that are granted to them while flying at or above this altitude in the IFR Environment.
commercial
pilot pay
This content is covered in the Commercial Pilot Pay Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video incorporates a flow chart that helps students to understand the requirements that must be met if they wish to be compensated for their Commercial Flying.
ifr lost
communications
This content is covered in the IFR Lost Communications Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand the proper procedures that should be taken by a pilot when he/she loses radio communications with ATC on an Instrument Flight Plan.
8 defense
mechanisms
This content is covered in the Fundamentals of Instruction Lessons in the Premium Courses. This video helps flight instructors to understand, differentiate, and cope with the different Defense Mechanisms they may face when teaching their aviation students.
decoding the
metar
This content is covered in the Weather Reports Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand how to decode a METAR weather report. This includes the different symbols and abbreviations associated with the report.
the 3 gps
sensitivity modes
This content is covered in the Navigation Aids: GPS Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand and differentiate between the various GPS Sensitivity Modes and if and when the GPS will automatically sequence between them.
6 magnetic
compass errors
This content is covered in the Magnetic Compass Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand the different errors that can be experienced by the Magnetic Compass, what causes them, and the corrective actions that can be taken.
4 types of
vor checks
This content is covered in the Navigation Aids: VOR Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand the different types of VOR checks pilots can perform in their aircraft and how to properly accomplish those checks.
4 types of
airspeed
This content is covered in the Performance and Limitations Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to differentiate between the different types of airspeed that are used in the flight environment and the intentions behind them.
class b
airspace rules
This content is covered in the National Airspace Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand what is required of pilots in order to enter Class B Airspace and how to meet those requirements prior to entry.
7 ifr preflight
actions
This content is covered in the Instrument Preflight Procedures Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video explains the different items a pilot must check and the differing actions they must take prior to beginning an IFR flight in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations.
3 oxygen
altitudes
This content is covered in the High Altitude Operations Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand when supplemental oxygen must be used in the flight environment in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations.
required vfr
instruments
This content is covered in the Airworthiness Lessons in the Premium Courses. This video helps students to understand and memorize the instrumentation that is required to perform VFR flight operations during the day.
7 things
about lahsos
This content is covered in the Runway Incursion Avoidance Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand key tips about performing Land and Hold Short Operations, how they can decline and/or accept a Land and Hold Short Clearance.
right of
way rules
This content is covered in the Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance Lesson in the Premium Courses. This video helps students understand the Right of Way Rules that are to be followed by all pilots in flight to help avoid the possibilities of mid-air collisions.