Recommended Reading
Citabria Operation Guide
by Travis Morton
A free ebook written by Travis Morton, explaining how we operate the Citabria. A great read for new students, or tailwheel transition students that want to start out ahead of the curve.
VFR Radio Guide
by Travis Morton
A short guide to radio calls for students, written by Travis. This is the perfect way to get more comfortable on the radio, before you need to use it in the air.
Stick and Rudder
by Wolfgang Langewiesche
It’ll teach you everything about the basics of flying that you won’t learn from the textbooks.
Taming the Taildragger Pilot
by Budd Davisson
A must read article for every tailwheel pilot. A concise explanation on landing a taildragger. Read it before you start flying and save yourself some frustration.
Photos
Citabria Panel
A very high resolution of the Citabria panel. Use it with the Operation Guide for studying.
Free Study Materials for your Private License
Airspace Flashcards
These flashcards are meant for memorizing all of the memory items for airspace. You can use them as flashcards, or just fill in the blank sheet over and over again until it sticks. Make sure to copy from the filled in sheet the first few times, instead of guessing.
Aeromedical Factors
All of the information you could possibly need to know about medical factors for the private license, one one piece of paper.
Pilot Controller Glossary
The most common words and phrases used on the radio, mostly copied from the official Pilot/Controller Glossary in the Aeronautical Information Manual.
Links
Flight Schedule Pro
The online schedule for Sonoma Valley Flying Club. New students can create an account on this signup page.
Jetcareers
A great resource for professional pilot hopefuls. The home page includes perspectives of different pilots. Be sure to check out the forums, you can find me there, posting as Wolfy.
Aviation Weather
Online digital weather, provided by NOAA.