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• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 10-2
  Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Steep Turns

  wings are steeply banked 4. Substantial pitch control pressures 5. The need for increased additional power to maintain altitude at a constant airspeed during the turn As discussed in previous chapters, when banking an airplane for a level turn ... total lift divides into vertical and horizontal components of lift. In order to maintain altitude at a constant airspeed, the pilot increases the angle of attack (AOA) to ensure that the vertical component of lift is sufficient to maintain altitude…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-7
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Vestibular Illusions

  alert for the coriolis illusion. Graveyard Spiral As in other illusions, a pilot in a prolonged coordinated, constant-rate turn may experience the illusion of not turning. During the recovery to level flight, the pilot will then experience the sensation ... turning in the opposite direction causing the disoriented pilot to return the aircraft to its original turn. Because an aircraft tends to lose altitude in turns unless the pilot compensates for the loss in lift, the pilot may notice…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-16
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights on Pylons

  pilot continues the descent below the pivotal altitude, the projected visual reference line with respect to the pylon will begin to move forward. The altitude at which the visual reference line ceases to move across the ground is the pivotal ... altitude. If the airplane descends below the pivotal altitude, the pilot should increase power to maintain airspeed while regaining altitude to the point at which the projected reference line moves neither backward nor forward but actually pivots on the pylon…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 10-3
  Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers › Steep Spiral

  Spiral The objective of the steep spiral is to provide a flight maneuver for rapidly dissipating substantial amounts of altitude while remaining over a selected spot. This maneuver may be useful during an emergency landing. A steep spiral ... gliding turn wherein the pilot maintains a constant radius around a surface-based reference point—similar to the turns around a point maneuver, but in this case the airplane is rapidly descending. The maneuver consists of the completion…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 8-6
  Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Altimeter Operation

  altimeter indicates an altitude above the actual field elevation. If the barometric pressure setting is reset to the current altimeter setting of 29.68 "Hg, then the field elevation is again indicated on the altimeter. This pressure change ... easily noticed in flight since aircraft fly at specific altitudes. The aircraft steadily decreases true altitude while the altimeter is held constant through pilot action as discussed in the previous section. Knowing the aircraft’s altitude is vitally important…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 3-16
  Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers › Level Turns › Establishing a Turn

  steeper turns, additional power may be required to maintain airspeed. If altitude is not being maintained during the turn, the pitch attitude should be corrected in relation to the natural horizon and cross-checked with the flight instruments to verify ... performance. Steep turns require accurate, smooth, and timely flight control inputs. Minor corrections for pitch attitude are accomplished with proportional elevator back pressure while the bank angle is held constant with the ailerons. However, during steep turns…