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• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-4
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Leading Accident Causes › Identifying Hazards

  hazards before the next person flies the aircraft. Common items include condition of tires and brakes, security of access panels and latches, and leaking operating fluids. Properly securing the aircraft may prevent damage, which could affect the next flight…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.1091 Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).

  Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator). (a) For the purposes of this section and § 91.1095: (1) A flight instructor (aircraft) is a person who is qualified to instruct in an aircraft, in a flight simulator ... flight training device for a particular type, class, or category aircraft. (2) A flight instructor (simulator) is a person who is qualified to instruct in a flight simulator, in a flight training device, or in both, for a particular type…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.1089 Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).

  Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator). (a) For the purposes of this section and § 91.1093: (1) A check pilot (aircraft) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks in an aircraft, in a flight simulator ... flight training device for a particular type aircraft. (2) A check pilot (simulator) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks, but only in a flight simulator, in a flight training device, or both, for a particular type…

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

  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 to the aircraft ... weight and a 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…

• Standard Operating Procedures and Pilot Monitoring Duties for Flight Deck Crewmembersp. 5-4
  Chapter 5. DEVELOPING CHECKLISTS › 5.2 Methods for Managing Checklist Accomplishment › 5.2.4 Representative Items

  Callouts 5.2.2.5 Critical Items 5.2.3 Interruptions 5.2.4 Representative Items Callouts. A callout should be made by the pilot if he or she is accomplishing a task that requires him or her to be “heads down.” This helps ensure the other ... pilot is not heads down at the same time. 5.2.2.5 Critical Items. Critical items should be verified by both the PF and PM. 1. In the before-start phase, flight guidance and navigation items are considered critical items. Concurrence should…

• 14 CFR Part 91 — General Operating and Flight RulesOpen
  14 CFR § 91.326 Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing.

  Exception to operating certain aircraft for the purposes of flight training, flightcrew member checking, or flightcrew member testing. (i) The authorized instructor, designated examiner, person receiving flight training or being checked or tested, or persons essential for the safe operation ... aircraft; and (ii) Notwithstanding any operating limitation applicable under § 91.9(a) that prohibits the carriage of passengers for compensation or hire, up to two persons enrolled in a LODA training course for the same aircraft may observe the flight training…