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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 5-38
  Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Load Factors › Vg Diagram

  speed, do not exceed the limit load factor, and cannot exceed the maximum lift capability. The aircraft must be operated within this “envelope” to prevent structural damage and ensure the anticipated service lift of the aircraft is obtained ... airspeeds and load factors for safe operation. Any maneuver, gust, or gust plus maneuver outside the structural envelope can cause structural damage and effectively shorten the service life of the aircraft…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR Part 91, Appendix G to Part 91—Operations in Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) Airspace

  RVSM altitude limit); (ii) The maximum certificated altitude for the aircraft; or (iii) The altitude limited by cruise thrust, buffet, or other flight limitations. (2) The airspeed flight envelope extends: (i) From the airspeed of the slats/flaps-up maximum endurance ... whichever is lower; (ii) To the maximum operating airspeed (Vmo/Mmo), or airspeed limited by cruise thrust buffet, or other flight limitations, whichever is lower. (3) All permissible gross weights within the flight envelopes defined in paragraphs…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 10-3
  Chapter 10: Weight and Balance › Balance, Stability, and Center of Gravity › Stability

  Gravity Limits for the location of the CG are established by the manufacturer. These are the fore and aft limits beyond which the CG should not be located for flight. These limits are published for each aircraft ... aircraft specification and the AFM or pilot’s operating handbook (POH). If the CG is not within the allowable limits after loading, it will be necessary to relocate some items before flight is attempted. The forward CG limit…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. 6-3
  Chapter 6: Multiengine Aircraft Weight and Balance Computations › Determine the Loaded CG › The Chart Method Using Weight and Moment Indexes

  Figure 6-10. Sample moment limits versus weight envelope. Chapter 7: Center of Gravity Change After a Repair or Alteration The largest weight changes that occur during the lifetime of an aircraft are those caused by alterations and repairs ... work to accurately document the weight change and record it in both the maintenance records and the Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Aircraft Flight Manual (POH/AFM…

• Aircraft Weight and Balance Handbookp. G-2
  Glossary

  trailing edge. Curtailment. An operator created and FAA-approved operational loading envelope that is more restrictive than the manufacturer’s CG envelope. It ensures that the aircraft will be operated within limits during all phases of flight Curtailment typically…

• 14 CFR Part 61 — Certification: Pilots, Flight Instructors, and Ground InstructorsOpen
  14 CFR § 61.1 Applicability and definitions.

  simulator, or in a flight training device. Set of aircraft means aircraft that share similar performance characteristics, such as similar airspeed and altitude operating envelopes, similar handling characteristics, and the same number and type of propulsion systems. Student ... privileges from a certificated flight instructor with a sport pilot rating; or (ii) That includes a limitation for the operation of an aircraft specified in § 61.89(c) issued by a certificated flight instructor with other than a sport pilot…