Flight Instructor for Airplane Category › VIII. Fundamentals of Flight › Task C. Straight Climbs and Climbing Turns

AI.VIII.C.K3

Knowledge

The pilot's visual references when performing the maneuver.

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Get a short, cited explanation of this element written from the FAA handbooks: the core idea, the numbers that matter, common test traps, and a quick self-check.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 10-8
Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Lazy Eight
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…
Aviation Instructor's Handbook p. 9-10
Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Integrated Flight Instruction › Development of Habit Patterns
taught to perform flight maneuvers both by outside visual references and by reference to flight instruments. For this type of instruction to be fully effective, the use of instrument references should begin the first time each new maneuver is introduced ... distinction in the pilot’s operation of the flight controls is permitted, regardless of whether outside references or instrument indications are used for the performance of the maneuver. When this training technique is used, instruction in the control…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 3-6
Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Integrated Flight Instruction
For the first several hours of instruction, flight instructors may choose to…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 17-9
Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Climbing While Turning
1. They teach pilots to understand the susceptibility of the human system…