Commercial Pilot for Airplane Category › X. Multiengine Operations › Task B. VMC Demonstration (AMEL, AMES)

CA.X.B.R1

Risk management

Configuring the airplane.

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Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-19
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Accelerated Stalls
this type of stall, and how to execute the appropriate recovery should one occur. At the same gross weight, airplane configuration, CG location, power setting, and environmental conditions, a given airplane consistently stalls at the same indicated airspeed provided…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 18-4
Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Basic Safety Concepts › Airplane Configuration
Airplane Configuration Since flaps improve maneuverability at slow speed, and lower the stalling speed, their use during final approach is recommended when time and circumstances permit. However, the associated increase in drag and decrease in gliding distance call for caution ... available, a gear-up landing on level, but soft terrain or across a plowed field may result in less airplane damage than a gear-down landing. [Figure 18-3] Deactivation of the airplane’s electrical system before touchdown reduces…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 18-4
Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures › Basic Safety Concepts › Approach
airplane systems. Positive airplane control during the final part of the approach has priority over all other considerations, including airplane configuration and checklist tasks. The pilot should attempt to exploit the power available from an irregularly running engine; however…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 6-1
Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs › Introduction
airplanes (tail-wheel) are discussed in Chapter 14: Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes. The manufacturer’s recommended procedures pertaining to airplane configuration, airspeeds, and other information relevant to takeoffs and departure climbs in a specific make and model airplane are contained…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 9-1
Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings › Use of Flaps
section in this chapter may help. When needed, additional flight instruction enhances safety. The manufacturer’s recommended procedures, including airplane configuration and airspeeds, and other information relevant to approaches and landings in a specific make and model airplane are contained…
Airplane Flying Handbook p. 5-18
Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training › Stalls › Full Stalls, Power-On
should normally be in the takeoff configuration; however, power-on stalls should also be practiced with the airplane in a clean configuration (flaps and gear retracted) to ensure practice with all possible takeoff and climb configurations. When practicing takeoff stall ... entry for power-on stalls, the pilot establishes the airplane in the takeoff or climb configuration and slows the airplane to normal lift-off speed while continuing to clear the area of other traffic. Upon reaching the desired speed…