Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category › VII. Slow Flight and Stalls › Task A. Maneuvering During Slow Flight

CA.VII.A.R2

Risk management

Range and limitations of stall warning indicators (e.g., aircraft buffet, stall horn, etc.).

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-9
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Slow Flight
further increase in angle of attack, increase in load factor, or reduction in power, will result in a stall warning (e.g., aircraft buffet, stall horn, etc.), and pilots should react to and correct for any stall indication. Note that stall ... upon the knowledge and skill acquired from the slow flight maneuver and encompasses the period of time from the stall warning (e.g., aircraft buffet, stall horn, etc.) to the stall. The objective of maneuvering in slow flight is to develop…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-17
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Approaches to Stalls (Impending Stalls), Power-On or Power-Off
These maneuvers require flight in which the airplane approaches a stall, but the pilot initiates recovery at the first indication, such as by a stall warning device activation. Impending stalls may be entered and performed in the same attitudes ... configurations as the full stalls or other maneuvers described in this chapter. However, instead of allowing the airplane to reach the critical AOA, the pilot should immediately reduce AOA once the stall warning device goes off, if installed, or recognizes…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-14
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Angle of Attack Indicators
Figure 5-9. A conceptual representation of an AOA indicator. It is important to become familiar with the equipment installed in a specific airplane. Installation of AOA indicators not required by type certification in GA airplanes has been streamlined ... updated information on this, please reference the FAA website at www.faa.gov. If airplane equipment includes an angle of attack indicator, the pilot should know how the particular device determines AOA, what the display indicates, and the appropriate response…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 1-13
Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training › Safety Considerations › Stall Awareness
understand that there are several flight maneuvers that may produce an increase in the wing’s AOA, but the stall does not occur until the AOA becomes excessive. This critical AOA varies from 16°–20° depending on the airplane design ... Figure 1-15] Figure 1-14. All student pilots receive and log flight training in stalls and stall recoveries prior to their first solo flight. Figure 1-15. Stalls occur when the airfoil's angle of attack reaches the critical…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-19
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Accelerated Stalls
Accelerated Stalls While pilots may understand the cause of an accelerated stall, it takes training to experience how these stalls develop and occur. The objectives of demonstrating an accelerated stall are to determine the stall characteristics of the airplane, experience ... stalls at speeds greater than the +1G stall speed, and develop the ability to instinctively recover at the onset of such stalls. This is a maneuver only commercial pilot and flight instructor applicants may be required to perform…