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IL.XV.A.S7

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Track the selected approach path at an acceptable approach angle and rate of closure to the termination point.

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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

    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 to and record ... 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. If using…

  • Appendix C: Certificates, Ratings, and Endorsements › Flight Instructor Endorsements

    training and make logbook endorsements for pilots who are already certificated such as sport, recreational, private, commercial, and instrument rated pilots, as well as for other flight instructors. Typical endorsements include but are not limited to flight reviews, instrument proficiency ... additional training required for high performance, high altitude, and tail wheel aircraft, and types of glider launches. Additional rating applicants (e.g., multiengine add-on, seaplane add-on, glider add-on, helicopter add-on) are rated pilots and not considered student…

  • 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…

  • 14 CFR § 61.413 What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating?

    What are the privileges of my flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating? (a) If you hold a flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating, you are authorized, within the limits of your certificate and rating, to conduct ... seeking a sport pilot certificate; (2) A sport pilot certificate; (3) A flight instructor certificate with a sport pilot rating; (4) A powered parachute or weight-shift-control aircraft rating; (5) Sport pilot privileges; (6) A flight review or operating…