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Flight Desk

Learning library

The whole flight desk, organized.

Follow the sequence from certification through continuing compliance, or jump directly to the operating question in front of you.

Foundation

FAA source content

What the FAA, IACRA, and ACS sources require—and how to keep them current.

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Get certified

Certification roadmap

A stepwise path from eligibility and FTN through testing, IACRA, and currency.

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Learn

ACS study guide

The complete knowledge blueprint organized across all five ACS Areas.

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Prepare

14-day study plan

A focused schedule that moves from rules to full mock-exam readiness.

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Operate

Field operations

Mission planning, preflight, crew, flight, and postflight checklists.

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Review

Glossary & memory sheet

High-value terms, limits, weather codes, and memory aids.

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Register

Registration processes

Applicant, test, certificate, aircraft, and Remote ID data workflows.

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Master

Domain knowledge handbook

Airspace, weather, performance, night, OOP, airport, and emergency knowledge.

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Tools

Study CLI

Local command-line study, exam, review, history, and compliance workflows.

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Reference

Parts 89 & 107 index

Direct routes from operational questions to current controlling regulations.

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Practice

Flight-training syllabus

Eight progressive field lessons with proficiency gates and signoff rubric.

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Apply

Registration scenarios

Ten realistic applicant, aircraft, ownership, and Remote ID cases.

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Sustain

Operational compliance

A practical control cycle for records, approvals, incidents, and changes.

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Publish

GitHub Pages website

Develop, validate, and deploy the Astro learning site through GitHub Actions.

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Practice

Worked exercises

Twelve applied chart, weather, runway, performance, and night scenarios.

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Review

Study-card deck

The original ACS-coded question-and-answer learning deck.

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Improve

Review & remediation

A repeatable scoring, spaced-review, and remediation process.

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Test

Mock-exam workflow

How to take, score, review, and remediate the two fixed exam forms.

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Operate

Mission SOPs

How to adopt and tailor the six mission-specific operating procedures.

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SOP

Photography & video SOP

Controls for media capture around clients, subjects, property, and bystanders.

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SOP

Mapping & photogrammetry SOP

Controls for grid missions, overlap, positioning, and data quality.

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SOP

Infrastructure inspection SOP

Standoff, obstruction, RF, and asset-owner controls for inspections.

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SOP

Construction & real-estate SOP

People, vehicles, active worksite, and property coordination controls.

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SOP

Agriculture SOP

Low-level rural-flight, equipment, worker, and adjacent-property controls.

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SOP

Public-safety SOP

Incident-command, emergency-airspace, evidence, and responder coordination.

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Template

Mission record

Document planning, approvals, crew, weather, risk, flight activity, and postflight evidence.

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Template

Pilot & aircraft record

Maintain certificate, registration, Remote ID, category, and aircraft configuration evidence.

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Template

Incident record

Preserve facts and route FAA, NTSB, client, insurer, or other reporting decisions.

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