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Pre Flight Briefing Checklist for Solo Flights

Weather
- “ Big Picture” : The main elements responsible for today’s weather.
- Current Conditions: (METAR, PIREP) Ceiling & visibility VFR/MVFR
- Are conditions stable or changing rapidly?
- Total wind, crosswind, gustiness, turbulence
- Forecast Conditions: (GFA, TAF) Ceiling & visibility VFR/MVFR
- Is the forecast accurate? Is the timing in the forecast accurate?
- Potential for severe weather:
- Narrow temperature/dewpoint spread, potential low ceilings/visibility
- Strong upper winds, potential for windshear
- Thunderstorms, Icing, Lake effect snow
- Escape route
- Your Personal Weather Limits
- Ceiling/visibility/total wind/crosswind
- When was the last time you experienced these conditions?
- NOTAMs for departure, destination and alternate aerodromes

The Flight
Local Flight
- What exercises?
- When did you last practice these exercises (Dual/Solo)
Cross Country
- Where?
- Departure time
- What airports/route/altitude?
- ETA(s)
- Where are you going to park at the airport?
- Time enroute, fuel calculations
- Radio frequencies and procedures:
- ATIS, AWOS, LWIS?
- MF, ATF, UNICOM, controlled?
- Circuit joining procedures:
- other traffic?
- wind sock?
Currency
- When was the last flight?
- When was the last review of slow flight, stalls, forced approach, engine failure after takeoff, bad landing
recovery?
Documentation
- Licence/medical/radio licence
- Logbook
- Aircraft documentation checked, all required publications current
Threat and Error Management

Revision 3 August 2016


Pre Flight Briefing Checklist for Solo Flights
Weather Trainee Instructor #1 Instructor #2
(XC)

“ Big Picture”

Current Conditions

Forecast Conditions

Potential for severe weather

Escape route

Your Personal Weather Limits

The Flight
Local Flight

Cross Country

Currency
Last Flight

Airwork currency

Documentation
Licence/medical/radio licence

Logbook

Aircraft documentation and publications checked

Threat and Error Management

Comments: Overall Assessment: SE SM M US

Date:

Trainee Name: Trainee Signature:

Authorizing Instructor Signature:

Authorizing Instructor Signature:


(If required)

Revision 3 August 2016

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