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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-26
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  radio aids to navigation, airports, controlled airspace, restricted areas, obstructions and related data. SDF. See simplified directional facility. Selective availability (SA). A satellite technology permitting the Department of Defense (DOD) to create, in the interest of national security, a significant ... set to any desired level. Service ceiling. The maximum density altitude where the best rate-of-climb airspeed will produce a 100-feet-per-minute climb at maximum weight while in a clean configuration with maximum continuous power. Servo…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 11-26
  Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › VFR Flight into Instrument Meteorological Conditions

  Attitude – set a climb attitude that achieves a safe climb speed appropriate to your type of helicopter. This is often no more than 10° of pitch up on the attitude indicator. 3. Airspeed – verify that the attitude selected has achieved ... large control inputs and will decrease stability, making recover impossible while in UIMC. 4. Power – adjust to a climb power setting relative to the desired airspeed. This should be executed concurrent with steps 2 and 3. 5. Heading and Trim…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 7-6
  Chapter 7: Aircraft Systems › Adjustable-Pitch Propeller

  power output, and the propeller control regulates engine rpm. This regulates propeller rpm, which is registered on the tachometer. Once a specific rpm is selected, a governor automatically adjusts the propeller blade angle as necessary to maintain the selected ... example, after setting the desired rpm during cruising flight, an increase in airspeed or decrease in propeller load causes the propeller blade angle to increase as necessary to maintain the selected rpm. A reduction in airspeed or increase in propeller…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-10
  Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Confined Area Operations › Common Errors

  obstacle, maintain the power setting and accelerate to the normal climb speed. Then, reduce power to the normal climb power setting. Common Errors 1. Failure to perform, or improper performance of, a high or low reconnaissance. 2. Approach angle that ... shallow for the existing conditions. Failing to maintain proper rpm. Failure to consider emergency landing areas. Failure to select a specific landing spot. 6. Failure to consider how wind and turbulence could affect the approach. 7. Improper takeoff and climb…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 16-11
  Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes › Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying

  engine, however, selecting idle reverse produces very little reverse thrust. In a jet airplane, the pilot should select reverse, apply reverse thrust as appropriate, and remain within any AFM limitations. It is essential that pilots understand not only the normal ... throttle settings also may affect acceleration. Finally, the clean aerodynamic design of a jet can result in more gradual deceleration when thrust is reduced. The lack of propeller effects results in less drag at low power settings. Other changes…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 7-60
  Chapter 7, Section II: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Instrument Takeoff

  Set the heading to the nearest 5 degree mark closest to the runway heading. This allows the pilot to quickly detect any deviations from the desired heading and allows prompt corrective actions during the takeoff roll. Using the omnibearing select ... power to generate sufficient rudder authority for directional control. Release the brakes and continue to advance the power to the takeoff setting…