Above: Developing a course for a new maneuver as a CFI requires some knowledge and effort. Used in this plot from our turnaround maneuver course: published Cessna 172 aerodynamic data (John McIver 2003), theory from flight test/training research (Jett 1982), Python, Gaussian process interpolation using the scikit-learn machine learning package, matplotlib package for plotting, and personally collected Cessna 172 flight test data for verification of the theoretical calculations.
Advanced CFI Training and Professional Course Development
This course is for CFIs who are already certificated and want to improve their theoretical knowledge, training materials, and flying skills.
Learn how to design new courses for critical new performance maneuvers like the turnaround maneuver after engine failure after takeoff, using in-flight data collection and analysis methods. Develop the professional vocabulary needed to enable you to discuss flight with precision, like engineers do, rather than conflating terms and concepts in a handwaving fashion. Typeset professionally looking instruction manuals with LaTeX, including vector graphics generated with TikZ.
In the air, become familiar with the expanded performance envelope of the airplane in which you teach, including full stalls from 45-degree-bank-angle slipping and skidding turns. Build confidence in recovering the aircraft from any situation, prevent spin departure, and improve your teaching. Spin training (including accelerated, flat, and inverted spins) can also be included in appropriately approved aircraft.