IL.XI.A.S4
SkillApply adequate wind-drift correction during straight and turning flight to maintain a constant ground track around a rectangular reference area, or to maintain a constant radius turn on each side of a selected reference line or point.
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- Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Load Factors › Vg Diagram
damage is incurred. Operation above the limit load factor must be avoided in normal operation. There are two other points of importance on the Vg diagram. One point is the intersection of the positive limit load factor and the line ... maximum positive lift capability. The airspeed at this point is the minimum airspeed at which the limit load can be developed aerodynamically. Any airspeed greater than this provides a positive lift capability sufficient to damage the aircraft. Conversely, any airspeed…
- Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › The Decision-Making Process › The 5 Ps Check
first decision point is preflight in the flight planning room, where all the information is readily available to make a sound decision, and where communication and Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services are readily available to make alternate travel plans ... second easiest point in the flight to make a critical safety decision is just prior to takeoff. Few pilots have ever had to make an “emergency takeoff.” While the point of the 5P check is to help the pilot…
- Chapter 1: Risk Management and Single-Pilot Resource Management › Single-Pilot Resource Management (SRM) › SRM and the 5P Check
concept relies on the pilot to adopt a scheduled review of the critical variables at points in the flight where decisions are most likely to be effective. For instance, the easiest point to cancel a flight due to bad weather ... before the pilot and passengers walk out the door to load the aircraft. So, the first decision point is preflight in the flight planning room, where all the information is readily available to make a sound decision, and where communication…
- Chapter 14: Airport Operations › En Route › Vortex Avoidance Procedures
same runway— stay at or above the larger aircraft’s approach flight path and land beyond its touchdown point. [Figure 14-47A] • Landing behind a larger aircraft on a parallel runway closer than 2,500 feet—consider the possibility ... drift and stay at or above the larger aircraft’s final approach flight path and note its touchdown point. [Figure 14-47B] • Landing behind a larger aircraft on crossing runway— cross above the larger aircraft’s flight path. • Landing…
- Chapter 10: Weight and Balance › Control › Principles of Weight and Balance Computations
distributing this weight in such a manner that the entire mass of the loaded aircraft is balanced around a point (CG) that must be located within specified limits. The point at which an aircraft balances can be determined by locating ... which is, as stated in the definitions of terms, the imaginary point at which all the weight is concentrated. To provide the necessary balance between longitudinal stability and elevator control, the CG is usually located slightly forward of the center…
- Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Aircraft Design Characteristics › Longitudinal Stability (Pitching)
level flight. The line CG-CL-T represents the aircraft’s longitudinal axis from the CG to a point T on the horizontal stabilizer. Most aircraft are designed so that the wing’s CL is to the rear ... upward force at CL and two downward forces balancing each other, one a strong force at the CG point and the other, a much lesser force, at point T (downward air pressure on the stabilizer). To better visualize this physics…