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SkillCorrect for wind drift to maintain the proper ground track.
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- Chapter 16: Navigation › Effect of Wind
flight. (If proper correction has been made for the wind, track and course are identical.) • Drift angle—angle between heading and track. • WCA—correction applied to the course to establish a heading so that track coincides with course. • Airspeed—rate ... rate of the aircraft’s inflight progress over the ground. Figure 16-17. Establishing a wind correction angle that counteracts wind drift and maintains the desired course. Basic Calculations Before a cross-country flight, a pilot should make common calculations…
- Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 6. Potential Flight Hazards › 7-6-4. Obstructions To Flight
particularly important for seaplane and/or float equipped aircraft when landing on, or departing from, unfamiliar lakes or rivers. d. Wind Turbines. The number, size, and height of individual wind turbines and wind turbine farms have increased over time. The locations ... wind turbine farms have also expanded to areas more commonly flown by VFR pilots and to all regions of the United States. VFR pilots should be aware that many wind turbines are exceeding 499 feet AGL in height, which…
- Chapter 16: Navigation › Dead Reckoning › Wind Triangle or Vector Analysis
means of computations based on time, airspeed, distance, and direction. The products derived from these variables, when adjusted by wind speed and velocity, are heading and GS. The predicted heading takes the aircraft along the intended path ... usually used with pilotage for cross-country flying. The heading and GS, as calculated, is constantly monitored and corrected by pilotage as observed from checkpoints. Wind Triangle or Vector Analysis If there is no wind, the aircraft’s ground track…
- Chapter 9: Techniques of Flight Instruction › Integrating Instruction Techniques › Ground Instruction
Integrating Instruction Techniques A flight instructor uses many instructional techniques during ground instruction, when using simulation, and during hands-on aircraft training. Since flight training costs are high and new aircraft are more complex than in the past, the total ... time without sacrificing the quality of the end product. This section looks at teaching techniques in greater detail. Ground Instruction Ground instruction can be highly effective if it follows an overall plan designed to prepare the learner for flight…
- Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Ground Effect
Ground Effect Ever since the beginning of manned flight, pilots realized that just before touchdown it would suddenly feel like the aircraft did not want to go lower, and it would just want to go on and on. This ... trapped between the wing and the landing surface, as if there were an air cushion. This phenomenon is called ground effect. When an aircraft in flight comes within several feet of the surface, ground or water, a change occurs…
- Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Wind and Currents › Low-Level Wind Shear
increasingly turbulent. This tends to push an aircraft into the side of a mountain. The stronger the wind, the greater the downward pressure and turbulence become. Figure 12-16. Turbulence in mountainous regions. Due to the effect terrain ... wind in valleys or canyons, downdrafts can be severe. Before conducting a flight in or near mountainous terrain, it is helpful for a pilot unfamiliar with a mountainous area to get a checkout with a mountain qualified flight instructor…