Things needed to qualify me

  • pilot certificate

  • medical

  • IACRA 8710 form

  • Personal Mins

  • Written exam results

  • Ground school signoff

  • Checklist for checkride qualifications

  • Logbook with endorsements

Things needed to qualify the airplane

Logbooks with tabs for:

  • Annual

  • Pitot / Static / Transponder test

  • copy of airworthiness certificate

  • copy of registration

  • copy of operational limitations

  • copy of weight and balance

  • AD compliance worksheet

Things for the cross country flight

  1. flight plan with time and fuel estimates

  2. charts

  3. e6b / plotter / pen / highlighter

  4. current weather reports

  5. weight and balance takeoff, landing calculations

  6. weight and balance chart with w&b takeoff and landing plotted

(thanks to Mark H. for the binder framework!)