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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 16-10
  Chapter 16: Navigation › Effect of Wind

  flight. (If proper correction has been made for the wind, track and course are identical.) • Drift angle—angle between heading and track. • WCA—correction applied to the course to establish a heading so that track coincides with course. • Airspeed—rate ... rate of the aircraft’s inflight progress over the ground. Figure 16-17. Establishing a wind correction angle that counteracts wind drift and maintains the desired course. Basic Calculations Before a cross-country flight, a pilot should make common calculations…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-7
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Turns Around a Point

  managing the quickly-changing bank angles. ⦁ Establishing and adjusting the wind correction angle in order to maintain the track over the ground. ⦁ Developing the ability to compensate for drift in quickly-changing orientations. ⦁ Developing further awareness that the radius ... turn; however, to properly assess wind direction, velocity, bank required, and other factors related to turns in wind, the pilot should complete two or more turns. As in other ground reference maneuvers, when wind is present, the pilot adjusts…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 3-6
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Straight-and-Level Flight › Straight Flight

  Straight Flight Maintaining a constant direction or heading is accomplished by visually checking the relationship of the airplane’s wingtips to the natural horizon. Depending on whether the airplane is a high wing or low wing, both wingtips should ... level and equally above or below the natural horizon. Any necessary bank corrections are made with the pilot’s coordinated use of ailerons and rudder. [Figure 3-7] The pilot should understand that anytime the wings are banked, the airplane…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 7-6-3
  Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 6. Potential Flight Hazards › 7-6-4. Obstructions To Flight

  particularly important for seaplane and/or float equipped aircraft when landing on, or departing from, unfamiliar lakes or rivers. d. Wind Turbines. The number, size, and height of individual wind turbines and wind turbine farms have increased over time. The locations ... wind turbine farms have also expanded to areas more commonly flown by VFR pilots and to all regions of the United States. VFR pilots should be aware that many wind turbines are exceeding 499 feet AGL in height, which…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-2
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Drift and Ground Track Control › Correcting Drift During Straight-and-Level Flight

  reduced gliding distance before a forced landing. ⦁ What specific altitude or altitude range does the testing standard call for? Correcting Drift During Straight-and-Level Flight When flying straight and level and following a selected straight-line direct ground track ... preferred method of correcting for wind drift is to angle the airplane sufficiently into the wind to cancel the effect of the sideways drift caused by the wind. The wind’s speed, the angle between the wind direction…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-1
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Introduction

  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers Introduction During initial training, pilots learn how various flight control pressure inputs affect the airplane. After achieving a sufficient level of competence, the pilot is ready to apply this skill and maintain the airplane ... only at the correct attitude and power configuration, but also along an appropriate course relative to objects on the ground. This skill is the basis for traffic patterns, survey, photographic, sight-seeing, aerial application (crop dusting), and various other flight…