Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › III. Takeoffs and Landings › Task A. Normal Takeoff and Climb

AA.III.A.R4

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Configuring or setting the aircraft (e.g., trim, flaps, autobrakes, etc.).

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. G-34
Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
vertical speed indicator. VS0. The stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration. In small airplanes, this is the power-off stall speed at the maximum landing weight in the landing configuration (gear and flaps down ... limit of the white arc. VS1. The stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed obtained in a specified configuration. For most airplanes, this is the power-off stall speed at the maximum takeoff weight in the clean configuration (gear…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-18
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Full Stalls, Power-On
trying to clear an obstacle. Airplanes equipped with flaps or retractable landing gear should normally be in the takeoff configuration; however, power-on stalls should also be practiced with the airplane in a clean configuration (flaps and gear retracted ... ensure practice with all possible takeoff and climb configurations. When practicing takeoff stall recovery, the airplane should be at maximum power, although for some airplanes it may be reduced to a setting that will prevent an excessively high pitch attitude…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. G-18
Glossary › Numbers and Symbols
Stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed in the landing configuration. In small airplanes, this is the power-off stall speed at the maximum landing weight in the landing configuration (gear and flaps down). The lower limit ... white arc. VS1. Stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed obtained in a specified configuration. For most airplanes, this is the power-off stall speed at the maximum takeoff weight in the clean configuration (gear up, if retractable…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-31
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Low Altitude Engine Failure Scenarios › Configuration
Configuration The memory items from the engine failure after takeoff checklist should be promptly executed to configure the airplane for climb. [Figure 13-21] The specific procedures to follow are found in the AFM/POH and checklist for the particular airplane…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 13-3
Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Terms and Definitions
went into effect on December 30, 2016. This includes certification of normal category airplanes with passenger seating configuration of 19 or less and a maximum certificated takeoff weight of 19,000 pounds or less (section 23.2005(a)). Current ... certification rules (section 23.2005(b)) classify airplanes into certification levels 1 through 4 based on maximum passenger seating configuration. For example, a level 2 airplane has a passenger seating configuration between two and six passengers. The rule further divides airplanes…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-11
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight › Performing the Slow Flight Maneuver
speed approaches the target slow flight speed, which is an airspeed just above the stall warning in the desired configuration (i.e., approximately 5–10 knots above the stall speed for that flight condition), additional power will be needed to maintain ... elevator, which will make precise control difficult. Slow flight is typically performed and evaluated in the landing configuration. Therefore, both the landing gear and the flaps should be extended to the landing position, as applicable. It is recommended the prescribed…