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AA.VII.G.K1

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Airplane flight characteristics when flaps, leading edge devices, and other similar devices malfunction or become inoperative.

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  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Radio Communications › Lost Communication Procedures

    that a pilot might experience a malfunction of the radio. This might cause the transmitter, receiver, or both to become inoperative. If a receiver becomes inoperative and a pilot needs to land at a towered airport, it is advisable ... signals from the tower. Light signal colors and their meanings are contained in Figure 14-42. If the transmitter becomes inoperative, a pilot should follow the previously stated procedures and also monitor the appropriate ATC frequency. During daylight hours…

  • Glossary › Numbers and Symbols

    minimum flight speed at which a twin-engine airplane can be satisfactorily controlled when an engine suddenly becomes inoperative and the remaining engine is at takeoff power. VMD. Minimum drag speed. VMO. Maximum operating speed expressed in knots. VNE. Never…

  • Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

    minimum flight speed at which a light, twin-engine airplane can be satisfactorily controlled when an engine suddenly becomes inoperative and the remaining engine is at takeoff power. VMC. See visual meteorological conditions. VNE. The never-exceed speed. Operating above…

  • Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Instrument Check › Blockage of the Pitot-Static System

    minimum flight speed at which a light, twin-engine aircraft can be satisfactorily controlled when an engine suddenly becomes inoperative and the remaining engine is at takeoff power. Instrument Check Prior to takeoff, the ASI should read zero. However…

  • Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Mach Buffet

    airplanes capable of operating in the Mach ranges use some form of automated Mach tuck compensation. If the system becomes inoperative, the airplane is typically limited to a reduced maximum Mach number. Mach Buffet Mach buffet arises when airflow separates ... speed of the airplane, and the shock wave strength, rather than a stall, creates the airflow separation. Mach buffet may result from two different conditions in cruise. At high-speed cruise, a shock wave that becomes too strong…

  • Chapter 7: Aircraft Systems › Heating System › Bleed Air Heating Systems

    engine and when full power is required, and engine sensors to eliminate the bleed system if the engine becomes inoperative…