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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-5
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance › Straight-and-Level Flight

  Straight-and-Level Flight All of the principal components of flight performance involve steady-state flight conditions and equilibrium of the aircraft. For the aircraft to remain in steady, level flight, equilibrium must be obtained by a lift equal ... powerplant thrust equal to the aircraft drag. Thus, the aircraft drag defines the thrust required to maintain steady, level flight. As presented in Chapter 4, Aerodynamics of Flight, all parts of an aircraft contribute to the drag, either induced (from…

• 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. 3-8
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Straight-and-Level Flight › Level Flight

  controls without the pilot excessively referring to instrument or outside references for each minor correction. The pitch attitude for level flight is first obtained by the pilot being properly seated, selecting a point toward the airplane’s nose ... checked against the flight instruments to determine if the pitch attitude is correct. If trending away from the desired altitude, the pitch attitude should be readjusted in relation to the natural horizon and then the flight instruments crosschecked to determine…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 3-1
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › The Four Fundamentals

  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers Introduction Airplanes operate in an environment that is unlike an automobile. Drivers tend to drive with a fairly narrow field of view and focus primarily on forward motion. Beginning pilots tend to practice the same ... airplane rotates in bank, pitch, and yaw while also moving horizontally, vertically, and laterally. The four fundamentals (straight-and-level flight, turns, climbs, and descents) are the principal maneuvers that control the airplane through the six motions of flight…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 5-10
  Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight › Performing the Slow Flight Maneuver

  Performing the Slow Flight Maneuver Slow flight training includes: ⦁ Slowing the airplane smoothly and promptly from cruising to approach speeds without changes in altitude or heading, while increasing the angle of attack and setting the required power and trim. ⦁ Configuration ... changes, such as extending the landing gear and adding flaps, while maintaining heading and altitude. ⦁ Turning while maintaining altitude. ⦁ Straight-ahead climbs and climbing medium-banked (approximately 20 degrees) turns, and straight-ahead power-off gliding descents and descending turns…

• 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…