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  • Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Glides

    The purpose of pitch control during the glide is to maintain the…

  • Glossary › Domestic Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum

    opening near the leading edge of a wing that ducts air onto the top surface of the wing. Its purpose is to increase lift at higher angles of attack. FL. See flight level. Flameout. A condition in the operation ... Basic maneuvers, flown by reference to the instruments rather than outside visual cues, for the purpose of practicing basic attitude flying. The patterns simulate maneuvers encountered on instrument flights such as holding patterns, procedure turns, and approaches…

  • Chapter 6: Flight Controls › Flight Control Systems › Primary Flight Controls

    control column and/or rudder pedals may be limited. The purpose of these design limits is to prevent the pilot from inadvertently overcontrolling and overstressing the aircraft during normal maneuvers…

  • Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight

    pilot training and testing purposes, slow flight includes two main elements: ⦁ Slowing to, maneuvering at, and recovering from an airspeed at which the airplane is still capable of maintaining controlled flight without activating the stall warning—5 to 10 knots…

  • Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Assessment of Piloting Ability › Postflight Evaluation

    flight instructor to keep the learner informed of progress. This may be done as each procedure or maneuver is completed or summarized during postflight critiques. Postflight critiques should be in a written format, such as notes to aid the flight ... during the SBT. Collaborative assessment includes learner self-assessment and a detailed assessment by the aviation instructor. The purpose of the self-assessment is to stimulate growth in the learner’s thought processes and, in turn, behaviors. The self-assessment…

  • CHAPTER 4. FLIGHT REVIEW › 4.1 Intent and Structure of the Flight Review › 4.1.1 Intent of Flight Review

    CHAPTER 4. FLIGHT REVIEW 4.1 Intent and Structure of the Flight Review 4.1.1 Intent of Flight Review. The purpose of the flight review required by 14 CFR part 61, § 61.56 is to provide for a regular evaluation of pilot skills ... flight instructors should fully understand that § 61.56(a)(2) requires the instructor to conduct “a review of those maneuvers and procedures that, at the discretion of the person giving the review, are necessary for the pilot to demonstrate the safe…