Domestic, flag and supplemental, fuel and alternates, weather minimums, weight and balance, METAR and TAF, fronts, airspace and the dispatch release: in your notes it's a wall of text. Here every topic fits on one page, with the drawing and what you need to remember. 55 illustrated pages.
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One topic per page, the drawing that shows you how it works and the boxes with what you need to know:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 8 parts and 51 topics.
You've read the weight and balance section three times. You close your notes...
...and you can't remember if you divide the moment by the weight or the weight by the moment. It was just lines of text.
Here weight and balance is a sequence drawn in 4 steps: weight times arm, add the moments, divide by total weight, convert to % MAC. The same numbers in the drawing and in the text.
And on the pages next to it, every topic has its own: domestic fuel, flag fuel, alternates, METAR and TAF, and the dispatch release.
First you understand why it's done that way. Then the order sticks on its own.
The certificate, the regulations, performance and systems, meteorology, navigation and ATC, flight planning, emergencies and human factors, and the final review: 55 pages, all drawn
Picture this:
Instead of rereading half a page on domestic, flag and supplemental fuel without being able to see it...
...you open the page and find three route maps side by side, each one with the operation it applies to and its fuel reserve.
And alternates, weather minimums, weight and balance, METAR and TAF, and airspace turn into drawings and tables you can read at a glance.
You stop rereading and start understanding.
That's exactly what The Aircraft Dispatcher Sketchbook does. It's not “another manual.” It's 8 parts and 55 sketched pages, and at the end the frequent mix-ups side by side and a test day checklist. Because what you see in order is easier to recall.
Because what your brain sees organized, it remembers.
The whole path on one drawing: the 200-hour approved course, the knowledge test with its testing supplement, and the practical test. You always know where you are and what comes next, plus who shares operational control: dispatcher and captain.
The rules you get asked about most, one per page: domestic, flag and supplemental, the release, fuel and alternates, weather minimums, duty and rest, operational control, MEL and CDL, and NTSB 830 reporting. You stop mixing up which rule goes with which operation.
Weight and balance in 4 steps, takeoff and landing performance, climb and obstacle clearance, engine-out driftdown, jet engines and fuel burn, pressurization, oxygen and anti-ice.
The standard atmosphere, air masses and fronts, thunderstorms, icing, turbulence and wind shear, the jet stream, METAR, TAF, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, PIREPs and upper-level charts.
Airspace classes on one drawing, IFR routes and altitudes, RNAV and RNP, departures and arrivals, approaches and minimums, ETOPS, the flight plan form and NOTAMs.
Building a flight plan in 9 steps, time, speed, distance and fuel, wind components and ground speed, choosing alternates and redispatch.
Emergency authority and reporting, hazmat basics, security procedures, CRM and dispatch resource management, and decisions under pressure.
The frequent mix-ups laid out side by side and a test day checklist.
At the end of the book: Frequent mix-ups side by side and a test day checklist.
Practice 40 original exam-style problems on fuel, alternates, wind components and weight and balance, each one worked step by step so you can see exactly where your number went off.
Print them and review anywhere: the term on the front, a one-line definition and a tiny sketch on the back, so look-alike terms stay apart.
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Regulations, weather and weight and balance, one topic per page, to review at night after work and between classes.
A review of every area in the same order, and at the end the frequent mix-ups side by side and a test day checklist.
You skip what you know and go straight to the dispatcher's side: fuel by type of operation, alternates, the release and operational control.
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You have 30 days to try The Aircraft Dispatcher Sketchbook and the two bonus books. If it doesn't work for you, email us, tell us what didn't work, and we'll refund 100% of what you paid. One-time payment, no subscription, no surprises.
By email, to the address you enter at checkout: The Aircraft Dispatcher Sketchbook as a high-resolution PDF, to read on your phone or print. The two bonus books, Flight Planning and Fuel Workbook and 250 Dispatch Terms on Cards, come by email too. If you don't see it, check your spam folder or write to us.
A one-time payment of $27 for the book and the two bonus books. No installments and no subscription. At checkout you'll see a few optional extras: you only pay for them if you check them.
For people studying for the FAA aircraft dispatcher knowledge test: students in an approved course, people moving from crew scheduling, ramp or load planning into dispatch, pilots adding the certificate and anyone retaking the test. If you already fly, the pages on fuel by operation, alternates, the release and operational control are written from the dispatcher's side. Check the index above to see every topic.
It's organized around the knowledge areas the FAA requires for the aircraft dispatcher certificate (14 CFR 65.55) and built on 14 CFR Parts 65, 91, 117 and 121 (eCFR), 49 CFR Part 830 (NTSB), the FAA Aeronautical Information Manual and the FAA Aviation Weather Handbook (FAA-H-8083-28). It covers U.S. rules only. Where a figure depends on the type of operation, the page says so and tells you to check the current 14 CFR or AIM.
No. It's an independent study companion. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA, any airline or any school. All charts are redrawn and marked Not for navigation.
No. It doesn't replace the FAA-approved course of at least 200 hours (14 CFR 65.61), the practical test or the FAA testing supplement, and it doesn't issue a certificate or count toward course hours. It helps you review what you study there, one drawing per concept.
No. The 40 problems in the workbook are original and written for this book. They're not official questions from any exam: they're there for practice.
Yes. It's a high-resolution PDF: print the whole book, a single part, or the 250 term cards to review anywhere.
30-day guarantee: tell us what didn't work and we'll refund 100%.
You don't have to reread the same page hoping it sticks this time.
You don't have to memorize rules you can't picture.
And you definitely don't have to walk into the test not knowing where to start.
One last thing before you decide: it's 55 pages, one topic each, plus the workbook and the term cards, as a PDF by email. Open it, use it, and if it doesn't work for you, you have 30 days to tell us.
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