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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 10-1
  Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Introduction

  Introduction Basic flight maneuvers taught to pilots include: straight-and-level, turns, climbs, and descents. As training advances, other performance maneuvers serve to further develop piloting skills. Performance maneuvers enhance a pilot’s proficiency in flight control application, maneuver planning ... situational awareness, and division of attention. To further that intent, performance maneuver design allows for the application of flight control pressures, attitudes, airspeeds, and orientations that constantly change throughout the maneuver. Deficiencies during execution of performance maneuvers often occur when…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 3-8
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Straight-and-Level Flight › Common Errors

  such as spoilers. Exposure to the effect of the various configurations should be covered in any specific airplane checkout. Common Errors A common error of a beginner pilot is attempting to hold the wings level by only observing the airplane ... attitude. This technique also helps eliminate the potential for flying the airplane with one wing low and correcting heading errors with the pilot holding opposite rudder pressure. A pilot with a bad habit of dragging one wing low and compensating…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-13
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Common Errors

  banks are when the airplane is headed directly upwind and the groundspeed is lowest. As in other ground reference maneuvers, the rate at which the bank angle changes depends on the wind velocity. If the airplane proceeds diagonally from ... made around the other pylon. The straight-and-level flight segments should be tangent to both circular patterns. Common Errors Common errors in the performance of elementary eights are: 1. Failure to adequately clear the surrounding area for safety hazards…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 10-8
  Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Lazy Eight

  Poor flight control coordination 10. Stalling at any point during the maneuver 11. Execution of a steep turn instead of a climbing maneuver 12. Not scanning for other traffic during the maneuver 13. Performing by reference to the flight instruments ... rather than visual references Performance maneuvers are used to develop a pilot’s skills in coordinating the flight control’s use and effect while enhancing the pilot’s ability to divide attention across the various demands of flight. Performance maneuvers…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-2
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Maneuvering by Reference to Ground Objects

  ensure that a pending situation, such as decreasing oil pressure, does not turn into an unexpected incident. Ground reference maneuvers place the airplane in a low altitude environment with associated hazards. Pilots should look for other aircraft, including helicopters ... clearing turns looking to the left and the right, as well as above and below the airplane. The maneuver area should not cause disturbances and be well away from any open air assembly of persons, congested areas of a city…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 5-6
  Chapter 5: The Teaching Process › Preparation of a Lesson › The Importance of the ACS in Aviation Training Curricula

  Content validity means that a particular maneuver or procedure closely mimics what is required in actual flying. Criterion validity means that the completion standards for the test are reflective of acceptable standards. For example, in flight training, content validity ... reflected by a particular maneuver closely mimicking a maneuver required in actual flight, such as the learner pilot being able to recover from a power-off stall. Criterion validity means that the completion standards for the test are reflective…