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  • Chapter 10: Teaching Practical Risk Management during Flight Instruction › Notes on Instructional Risk Management in the Flight Deck › Managing Risk while Teaching Takeoffs

    learner. The instructor should conduct the majority of their teaching (e.g. airspeeds, pitch attitudes, visual references, flight control inputs, engine parameters) prior to contacting tower or announcing their intentions on the CTAF at a non-towered airport. This will avoid…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › Automation › Results of the Study

    flown EFIS for several years were required to fly various maneuvers manually, the aircraft parameters and flight control inputs clearly showed some erosion of flying skills. During normal maneuvers, such as turns to headings without a flight director, the EFIS…

  • Glossary › Chart Supplement U.S. (formerly Airport/Facility

    required flight deck panels. Controllability. A measure of the response of an aircraft relative to the pilot’s flight control inputs. Controllable-pitch propeller (CPP). A type of propeller with blades that can be rotated around their long axis ... reversing without the need of changing the direction of shaft revolutions. Controlled airspace. An airspace of defined dimensions within which ATC service is provided to IFR and VFR flights in accordance with the airspace classification. It includes Class A, Class…

  • Chapter 6: Flight Controls › Flight Control Systems › Primary Flight Controls

    airplane or relieve the pilot of excessive control forces. Primary Flight Controls Aircraft control systems are carefully designed to provide adequate responsiveness to control inputs while allowing a natural feel. At low airspeeds, the controls usually feel soft and sluggish ... applications. At higher airspeeds, the controls become increasingly firm and aircraft response is more rapid. Figure 6-3. Helicopter flight control system. Movement of any of the three primary flight control surfaces (ailerons, elevator or stabilator, or rudder), changes…

  • Chapter 7: Automation & Flight Path Management › Balancing Automated & Manual Flight

    suitable to a changing environment. 12292 For example, a pilot may track an approach course adequately using manual control inputs. However, the pilot may also need to listen to and record the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), retrieve and load ... will increase workload and divert pilot attention from monitoring and controlling the flight path. If using an autopilot to track the approach, the automation performs the control inputs and allows the pilot to complete other tasks quickly and efficiently…

  • Chapter 2: Aeronautical Decision-Making › RISK › Automation

    flight instrument system (EFIS) and a flight management system (FMS). The pilots were evaluated in maintaining aircraft parameters, such as heading, altitude, airspeed, glideslope, and localizer deviations, as well as pilot control inputs. These were recorded during a variety…