Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating for Airplane Category › IV. In-flight Maneuvers › Task A. Steep Turns

AA.IV.A.K1

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Energy management concepts.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 4-19
Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control › Chapter Summary
landing accidents. The objectives of this chapter are for pilots to: 1) gain an understanding of basic energy management concepts; 2) learn the energy role of the controls for managing the airplane’s energy state; and 3) develop the ability…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. G-19
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through proportional counter-response Recovery Accelerated stalls Accelerate-go distance Accelerate-stop distance After-landing After-landing roll Aircraft energy management Airframe and systems Airplane-based UPRT Airplane configuration Airplane equipment and lighting Airport and navigation lighting aids Airport traffic ... sink rate control Attitude flying Autoland systems Ballistic parachute systems Ballooning during round out Bank control Basic safety concepts…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 4-17
Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control › Mitigating Risks from Mismanagement of Energy › Preventing Irreversible Deceleration and/or Sink Rate
Figure 4-16. The energy loss scenario recovery viewed in the energy map. Specific excess power (PS) contours are labeled in units of feet per minute. The above rising terrain scenario is just one example illustrating the risk of irreversible ... deceleration and/or sink rate. Pilots need to be aware that unintentional depletion of mechanical energy can happen in various instances, especially as the airplane approaches the slow edge of its energy envelope at low altitude, where available specific excess power…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 2-4
Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Single-Pilot Resource Management
Crew Resource Management (CRM) and Single-Pilot Resource Management While CRM focuses on pilots operating in crew environments, many of the concepts apply to single-pilot operations. Many CRM principles have been successfully applied to single-pilot aircraft ... development of Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM). SRM is defined as the art and science of managing all the resources (both on-board the aircraft and from outside sources) available to a single pilot (prior to and during flight…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 4-2
Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control › Viewing the Airplane as an Energy System › A Frame of Reference for Managing Energy State
Likewise, the indicated airspeed displayed in the airspeed indicator and its associated kinetic energy are based on the speed of the airplane relative to the air, not on the speed relative to the ground below, which varies with changes ... varying terrain elevation and wind, which the pilot cannot alter. Of course, the pilot should manipulate the airplane’s energy in such way as to minimize any risks associated with terrain or wind. For example, the pilot may seek…