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• Risk Management Handbookp. 7-2
  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…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-33
  Glossary › Pilot’s Operating Handbook/Airplane Flight Manual

  through several navigation aids or intersections); used to establish a known route for en route procedures between terminal areas. Visual approach slope indicator (VASI). A visual aid of lights arranged to provide descent guidance information during the approach ... runway. A pilot on the correct glideslope will see red lights over white lights. Visual descent point (VDP). A defined point on the final approach course of a nonprecision straight-in approach procedure from which normal descent from…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 14-28
  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…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. B-9
  Appendix B: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and NOTAM Contractions

  packet assembler/disassembler PAEW—personnel and equipment working PAM—peripheral adapter module PAPI—precision approach path indicator PAR—precision approach radar; preferential arrival route PARL—parallel PAT—pattern PATWAS—Pilots Automatic Telephone Weather Answering Service PAX—passenger PBCT—proposed boundary crossing ... positive control airspace PCL—pilot controlled lighting PCM—pulse code modulation PD—Pilot Deviation PDAR—preferential arrival and departure route PDC—pre-departure clearance; program designator code PDN—Public Data Network PDR—preferential departure route PERM—permanent/permanently PFC—passenger facility…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 10-18
  Chapter 10: IFR Flight › Approach to an Airport With an Operating Tower, With an Approach Control › Radar Monitoring of Instrument Approaches

  Radar service is automatically terminated at the completion of a radar approach. No-Gyro Approach is available to a pilot under radar control who experiences circumstances wherein the directional gyro or other stabilized compass is inoperative or inaccurate. When this ... occurs, the pilot should so advise ATC and request a no-gyro vector or approach. The pilot of an aircraft not equipped with a directional gyro or other stabilized compass who desires radar handling may also request a no-gyro…

• Helicopter Flying Handbookp. 10-10
  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…