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IL.XV.A.S6

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Select a suitable approach path, termination point, and departure path.

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  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › En Route › Vortex Avoidance Procedures

    given scenario. • Landing behind a larger aircraft on the 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 ... than 2,500 feet—consider the possibility of 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…

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

    most common errors is failing to move to lower levels of automation 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 ... record the Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS), retrieve and load an instrument approach procedure, prepare for the instrument approach, and accomplish the appropriate checklists. These tasks will increase workload and divert pilot attention from monitoring and controlling the flight path…

  • Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

    effect. Tension. Maintaining an excessively strong grip on the control column, usually resulting in an overcontrolled situation. Terminal aerodrome forecast (TAF). A report established for the 5 statute mile radius around an airport. Utilizes the same descriptors and abbreviations ... METAR report. Terminal arrival area (TAA). A procedure to provide a new transition method for arriving aircraft equipped with FMS and/or GPS navigational equipment. The TAA contains a “T” structure that normally provides a NoPT for aircraft using the approach…

  • Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions

    TERPS—terminal instrument procedures TFAC—to facility TFC—traffic TFR—temporary flight restriction TGL—touch-and-go landings TH—threshold THN—thin THR—threshold THRU—through THU—Thursday TIL—until TIMS—telecommunications information management system TIPS—terminal information processing system ... telecommunications management and operations TMA—Traffic Management Advisor TMC—Traffic Management Coordinator TMC/MC—Traffic Management Coordinator/Military Coordinator TMCC—terminal information processing system; Traffic Management Computer Complex TMF—Traffic Management Facility TML—television microwave link TMLI—television microwave link indicator TMLR…

  • Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations › Approach

    Fixing the departure azimuth or heading on the compass is a good technique to use. This ensures that the pilot is able to take off over the preselected departure path when it is not visible while sitting in the confined ... knots or greater, expect updrafts on the windward side and downdrafts on the lee side of obstacles. Plan the approach with these factors in mind, but be ready to alter plans if the wind speed or direction changes. Approach…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › F

    preplanned delays at points/areas along the route of flight which require special flight plan filing and handling techniques. a. Terminal Area Delay. A delay within a terminal area for touch-and-go, low approach, or other terminal area activity ... representative without any subsequent changes or clearances. FINAL- Commonly used to mean that an aircraft is on the final approach course or is aligned with a landing area. (See FINAL APPROACH COURSE.) (See FINAL APPROACH-IFR.) (See SEGMENTS…