AA.III.J.S2
SkillApply the appropriate power setting for the flight condition and establish a pitch attitude necessary to obtain the desired performance.
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- LANDING › GLASSY WATER LANDING
feet of the water surface. When adequate visual references are not available, make glassy water landings by establishing a stable descent in the landing attitude at a rate that will provide a positive, but not excessive, contact with the water ... Recognize the need for this type of landing in ample time to set up the proper final approach. Always perform glassy water landings with power. Perform a normal approach, but prepare as though intending to land at an altitude well…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Go-Arounds (Rejected Landings) › Attitude
pilot should resist any impulse to pitch-up for a climb if airspeed is insufficient. In some circumstances, it may be desirable to lower the nose briefly to gain airspeed and not be on the backside of the power curve ... time a pilot decides to go around, a trim setting for low airspeed is in place. The sudden addition of power tends to raise the airplane’s nose and causes left yaw. Allowing the nose to rise too early could…
- Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Integrated Flight Instruction
pilot visually controls the airplane’s attitude in reference outside to the natural horizon. Approximately 90 percent of the pilot’s attention should be devoted to outside visual references and scanning for airborne traffic. The process of visually evaluating pitch ... bank attitude comes from a continuous stream of attitude information. When the pilot perceives that the attitude is other than desired, the pilot should make precise, smooth, and accurate flight control corrections to return the airplane to the desired attitude…
- EMERGENCY LANDING UNDER INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS
Establish a powered approach with a 200 f.p.m. rate of descent and airspeed 10 percent to 20 percent above stall speed with flaps down, as if for a glassy water landing. 6. Maintain the landing attitude until water contact ... reduce power to idle after touchdown. Do not use landing lights during the approach unless considerable whitecaps are present. The landing lights may cause a false depth perception. [Figure 8-9] EMERGENCY LANDING UNDER INSTRUMENT CONDITIONS When surface visibilities…
- Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Go-Arounds (Rejected Landings) › Power
proper execution of a go-around maneuver includes three cardinal principles: 1. Power 2. Attitude 3. Configuration Power Power is the pilot’s first concern. The instant a pilot decides to go around, full or maximum allowable takeoff power should ... applied smoothly, without hesitation, and held until flying speed and controllability are restored. An airplane that is settling toward the ground has inertia that needs to be overcome, and sufficient power is needed to stop the descent. The application…
- Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying
effective slipstream over the lifting and control surfaces, and the lack of propeller torque effect. Even though moving the power levers has less effect at low power settings, the pilot should change power settings smoothly. To slow the airplane ... transitioning pilot may also need to learn when to use available drag devices appropriately. Transitioning pilots should learn power setting management for different situations. Power settings for desired performance vary because of significant changes in airplane weight as fuel…