ACRONYMS FOR THE PRIVATE PILOT
ARROW (Required Documents)
- A - Airworthiness Certificate
- R - Radio Station License
- R - Registration Certificate
- O - Operation Limitations
- W - Weight and Balance
AV1ATE (Airworthiness)
- A - Annual Inspection (12 Calender Months)
- V - VORs (30 Calendar Days)
- 1 - 100 Hour Inspection (100 Hours)
- A - Altimeter / Pitot Static (24 Calender Months)
- T - Transponder (24 Calender Months)
- E - Emergency Location Transmitter (12 Calendar Months or 1/2 Battery or 1 Hour of Cumulative Use)
A TOMATO FLAMES (Equipment for VFR day)
- A – airspeed indicator
- T – tachometer (for each engine)
- O – oil pressure gauge (for each engine using a pressure system)
- M – manifold pressure gauge (for each altitude engine)
- A – altimeter
- T – temperature gauge (for each liquid-cooled engine)
- O – oil temperature gauge (for each engine)
- F – fuel gauge
- L – landing gear position indicator
- A – anti-collision lights
- M – magnetic compass
- E – ELT
- S – safety belts
FLAPS (Equipment for VFR night)
- F - Fuel Gauge
- L - Landing Gear Indicator
- A - Anti Collision Lights
- M - Manifold Pressure Gauge
- E - Emergency Equipment
- S - Seat Belts
GRABCARD (Equipment for IFR)
- G - Generator/Alternator
- R - Radios
- A - Altimeter
- B - Ball
- A - Attitude Indicator
- R - Rate of Turn
- D - Directional gyro
BFR
- B - Biennial
- F - Flight
- R - Review
IM SAFE (Risk Management)
- I - Illness
- M - Medication
- S - Stress
- A - Alcohol
- F - Fatigue
- E - Emotions/Eating
NW KRAFT (XC Pre-Flight)
- N - NOTAMSs
- W - Weather
- K - Known ATC Delays
- R - Runway Lengths
- A - Alternate
- F - Fuel
- T - Takeoff and Landing Distances
PAVE (Risk Management)
- P - Pilot
- A - Aircraft
- V - Environment
- E - External Pressures
SAFETY (Passenger Briefing)
- S - Seat Belts
- A - Air Ventilation
- F - Fire Extinguisher
- E - Emergency Procedure
- T - Traffic
- Y - "Your Questions"