{"id":899,"date":"2015-03-24T05:20:06","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T05:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/?page_id=899"},"modified":"2026-11-02T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T10:29:54","slug":"members-area","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/?page_id=899","title":{"rendered":"Useful Info"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"899\" class=\"elementor elementor-899\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53271377 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53271377\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f1cd847 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f1cd847\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stav-caa-e1790754016551-1024x628.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stav-caa-e1790754016551-1024x628.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stav-caa-e1790754016551-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stav-caa-e1790754016551-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stav-caa-e1790754016551.jpg 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Useful Info provides general information relevant to IFR training. Anyone is welcome to download and print the PDFs.&nbsp;It will take us a while to really populate this section with good material so pop back and have another look from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>PBN Manual, published by PPL\/IR. Everything you need to know about Performance Based Navigation including approaches based on satellite navigation (GPS).&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/pplir.org\/pbn_manual\/\">PBN Manual Version 3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>G-OMNI Checklist&nbsp;\u2013 coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>IFR Flight log \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the PLOG we use at Rate One.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ROA-IFR-Flight-Log.pdf\">IFR PLOG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IFR Flight Plan form&nbsp;\u2013 Typically superseded by electronic filing.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FPLform-1.pdf\">FPLform&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jepp Chart Legend \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;Serious Instrument pilots have little choice but to use Jepp charts and plates. They contain lots of detail and this document explains what the symbols mean.<u><br><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jepp-chart-legends.pdf\">Jepp Chart Legends<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leaning and EGT&nbsp; \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;The myths still persist. This excellent article explains lean of peak operation.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leaning-EGT.pdf\">Leaning<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Leaning-EGT.pdf\"> EGT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continental Engines \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;A nicely presented detailed&nbsp;explanation of the workings of Continental piston engines. More detail than most people need but good for motor-heads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Continental-engines.pdf\">Co<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Continental-engines.pdf\">ntinental<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Continental-engines.pdf\"> engines<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Continental-engines.pdf\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pre-course knowledge checklist \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;This is an internal Rate One document used by our instructors. It lists what candidates arriving for a 10 hour finish up course should mostly know.<u><br><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Topics-to-be-covered-checklist.pdf\">Final CBM-IR knowledge<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Topics-to-be-covered-checklist.pdf\"> checklist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>USG \/LTR\/ LBS Conversion \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;An Excel spread sheet we find useful to avoid errors in calculation. Maybe print and laminate an A5 copy to keep with your knee board.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/USG-litre-conversions.xls\">USG litre conversions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IR Core Skills \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;Rate One\u2019s own material on the basics of full panel instrument flying.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9-Instrument-Flying-Core-Skills.pdf\">9 Instrument Flying Core<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/9-Instrument-Flying-Core-Skills.pdf\"> Skills<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checklists \u2013&nbsp;&nbsp;Rate One\u2019s own material on the use of checklists.<u><br><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12Checklists.pdf\">12<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/biggles.biz\/rateoneaviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12Checklists.pdf\"> Checklists<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Useful Info provides general information relevant to IFR training. Anyone is welcome to download and print the PDFs.&nbsp;It will take us a while to really populate this section with good material so pop back and have another look from time to time. PBN Manual, published by PPL\/IR. Everything you need to know about Performance Based [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-899","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2301,"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/899\/revisions\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rateoneaviation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}