Free Aviation Stuff

Below are some free things we hope you will find usefull.

Cessna Single Engine POHs

The following is a collection of aircraft flight manuals from the Cessna single engine range, including pilots operating handbooks (POH), owners manuals, and POH supplements and popular Supplemental Type Certificate.

If you have an electronic copy please email us the file or the link and so help us in making this a comprehensive free source for pilots everywhere.

Cessna Single Engine Maintenance Manuals

These files are samples of the Cessna Maintenance Manuals used by aircraft engineers.

They are provided for the specific purpose of improving pilot's technical knowledge and may not be used for any operational or maintenance purposes.

Current and valid Cessna Maintenance Manuals must be purchased from an approved supplier, as information in maintenance manuals is subject to change.

Miscellaneous Cessna Resources

The following articles include model histories and average peformance figures (a model can have a range of speeds) from RSV's Cessna Training Manuals and a couple for other sources, Type Data Certificates from the FAA which summarise each models variants basic data (approval date, airspeed limitations, weights, and a few other items), informative articles about Cessnas.

Checklists

Here is a collection of checklists by RSV. Note Checklists NEED to be customised for your aircraft or operation. The odf files are provided for this purpose, pdf files are provided for formatting since for reasons unknown this sometimes changes between computers. If you fly a couple of different aeroplanes and there is no checklist provided, we recommend the generic or type generics, but take note of the caution.

Cessna 208 Load Sheet

Cesna 208 Load Sheet Cesna 208 Load Sheet

A Cesna 208 Load sheet, available in pdf, or in original Open Office format if you would like to modify it.

Namibian Radio Procedures

Namibian Radio Procedures

A Guide for those wishing to complete the Namibian Radio License, a requirement of the Namibian PPL.

PPL Validations

PPL Validations Course Outline

PPL Airlaw Cover This document has been designed to assist with study for Namibian PPL validation, to provide practical information for safe flying within Namibian airspace. This is an abbreviated version of PPL Air Law and does not contain licensing information. A Validation is ideal for pilots wishing to come to namibia for self hire and fly tours for short periods. See more information on validations on our foreign license packages.

The files here have been included as part of the essential great truth that shared knowledge improves aviation safety. It is provided for use as a free training resource for pilots and instructors.

Some of these files are produced by Red Sky Ventures, others are a collection of resources found at various places on the web, often without links to the author or creator, which have simply been collated and indexed by us.

If any author or owner of the content herein objects to free distribution of this material for safety enhancement purposes, please contact Red Sky Ventures for removal of said document.

Unless stated, none of the information here may be used for commercial distribution without permission.

Cessna Training Manuals

Operating in Mexico
Flying in the airspace of America's southern neighbor has become routine -- and there's plenty of support for business aviation on the ground.

Delta Goes Long on Charter
Yes, it's the airline, and yes, they own a charter company.

Hidden Tax Liabilities for Business Aircraft Operators
The IRS fires a triple salvo over the nose of closely held companies.

The Doctor Is In
Changes at the FAA flight surgeon's office parallel those in the larger medical community - except when they don't.

Alternative Fuels for Jet Engines
Operating your business jet on coal, palm nuts and pond scum

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