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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 13-26
  Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes › Engine Inoperative Flight Principles › VMC Demo

  slows the airplane to approximately 10 knots above VSSE or VYSE (whichever is higher) and trims for takeoff. For the remainder of the maneuver, the trim setting remains unaltered. The pilot selects an entry heading and sets high ... 5° (a right bank in this case) may be established as appropriate for the airplane make and model. While maintaining entry heading, the pitch attitude is slowly increased to decelerate at a rate of 1 knot per second (no faster…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 4-2
  Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control › Viewing the Airplane as an Energy System › A Frame of Reference for Managing Energy State

  Likewise, the indicated airspeed displayed in the airspeed indicator and its associated kinetic energy are based on the speed of the airplane relative to the air, not on the speed relative to the ground below, which varies with changes ... wind speed and direction. Note that changes in indicated altitude and airspeed are attained through forces resulting from the pilot’s direct manipulation of the controls. These direct control inputs determine the airplane’s ability to climb/descend or accelerate/decelerate…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 3-21
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Glides

  above the desired level-off altitude to begin raising the nose and adding power to stop the descent and maintain airspeed. Although glides are directly related to the practice of power-off accuracy landings, they have a specific operational purpose ... feet forward while descending 1,000 feet, its glide ratio is 10 to 1. The best glide airspeed is used to maximize the distance flown. This airspeed is important when a pilot is attempting to fly during an engine failure…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 5-9
  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 ... appropriate to takeoffs, climbs, descents, approaches to landing, and go-arounds. Slow flight should be introduced with the target airspeed sufficiently above the stall to permit safe maneuvering, but close enough to the stall warning for the pilot to experience…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 17-15
  Chapter 17: Transition to Light Sport Airplanes (LSA) › Key Points

  avoid loss of control, maintain airspeed during the approach. When power is reduced, it may be necessary to lower the nose of the aircraft to a fairly low pitch attitude in order to maintain airspeed. If the pilot makes ... flare will need to be close to the ground with minimum float. This is because the aircraft will lose airspeed quickly in the flare and will not float like a more efficiently designed aircraft. Too low of an airspeed during…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-5-5
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 5. Pilot/Controller Roles and Responsibilities › 5-5-9. Speed Adjustments

  When complying with speed adjustment assignments, maintains an indicated airspeed within plus or minus 10 knots or 0.02 Mach number of the specified speed. b. Controller. 1. Assigns speed adjustments to aircraft when necessary but not as a substitute ... decreases and increases. 4. Assigns speed adjustments to a specified IAS (KNOTS)/Mach number or to increase or decrease speed using increments of 5 knots or multiples thereof. 5. Terminates ATC-assigned speed adjustments when no longer required by issuing…