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IP.II.B.K1a

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Operation of the aircraft’s applicable flight instrument system(s), including:

Pitot-static instrument system and associated instruments

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Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 8-1
Chapter 8: Flight Instruments
pitot-static system and associated instruments, the vacuum system and related instruments, gyroscopic instruments, and the magnetic compass. When a pilot understands how each instrument works and recognizes when an instrument is malfunctioning ... safely utilize the instruments to their fullest potential. The pitot-static system is a combined system that utilizes the static air pressure and the dynamic pressure due to the motion of the aircraft through the air. These combined pressures…
Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge p. 8-28
Chapter 9: Flight Manuals and Other Documents
pilot, it is important to become very familiar with the operational aspects of the pitot-static system and associated instruments, the vacuum system and associated instruments, the gyroscopic instruments, and the magnetic compass. Chapter 9: Flight Manuals…
Instrument Flying Handbook p. G-14
Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual
pressure used to measure airspeed. Pitot-static head. A combination pickup used to sample pitot pressure and static air pressure. Plan view. The overhead view of an approach procedure on an instrument approach chart. The plan view depicts ... instrument approach procedure to a missed approach point more than 2,600 feet from an associated helicopter landing area. Position error. Error in the indication of the altimeter, ASI, and VSI caused by the air at the static system…