A VFR kneeboard reference card

As part of my teaching toolkit, I offer PPL students a VFR reference card which fits on the kneeboard. A few people have expressed interest in it, so I am posting a copy here. Other handy planning aids can be found here and downloaded from here.

One side is for Planning with, for example, a checklist of items to be checked prior to a cross-country flight, the CAA take-off and landing performance factors, some Meteo rules of thumb and common conversion factors.

The other side is an In-flight aide memoire, with handy reminders of VOR intercept techniques, the standard closing angle for regaining track, checklist mnemonics, descent planner and a cross wind / drift estimator.

It’s written for a 90 kt training aeroplane, so will serve well for a Cessna 152 and PA28 Warrior. The original form is customisable for other aircraft speeds through an inbuilt spreadsheet.