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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-7
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Vestibular Illusions

  turn may cause an illusion that the aircraft is banking in the opposite direction. In response to such an illusion, a pilot may lean in the direction of the original turn in a corrective attempt to regain the perception ... turning or accelerating on an entirely different axis. This action causes the pilot to think the aircraft is performing a maneuver it is not. The disoriented pilot may maneuver the aircraft into a dangerous attitude in an attempt to correct…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-9
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Diving or Rolling Beyond the Vertical Plane

  Diving or Rolling Beyond the Vertical Plane This maneuver may produce extreme disorientation. While in straight-and-level flight, the pilot should sit normally, either with eyes closed or gaze lowered to the floor. The instructor pilot starts a positive ... left, then immediately returns his or her head to an upright position. The instructor pilot should time the maneuver so the roll is stopped as the pilot returns his or her head upright. An intense disorientation is usually produced…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 11-19
  Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Performance Charts

  Performance Charts Performance charts allow a pilot to predict the takeoff, climb, cruise, and landing performance of an aircraft. These charts, provided by the manufacturer, are included in the AFM/POH. Information the manufacturer provides on these charts has been gathered ... piloting skills, and with the aircraft and engine in good working order. Engineers record the flight data and create performance charts based on the behavior of the aircraft during the test flights. By using these performance charts, a pilot…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 5-22
  Chapter 5: Aerodynamics of Flight › Aerodynamic Forces in Flight Maneuvers › Forces in Turns

  turn is separated into two components at right angles to each other. One component, which acts vertically and opposite to the weight (gravity), is called the “vertical component of lift.” The other, which acts horizontally toward the center ... that pulls the aircraft from a straight flight path to make it turn. Centrifugal force is the “equal and opposite reaction” of the aircraft to the change in direction and acts equal and opposite to the horizontal component of lift…

• Risk Management Handbookp. 3-5
  Chapter 3: Identifying Hazards & Associated Risks › Aircraft Hazards › Performance

  intake and supply. Figure 3-3. IMSAFE checklist. Aircraft Hazards “A” hazards can be classified in terms of both performance and equipage. Performance Aircraft performance hazards may include: • Fuel and Range–As previously described, fuel issues continue ... failure to achieve “book” speeds and fuel consumption can lead to an incident or accident. • Takeoff and Landing Performance– Takeoffs and landings become more hazardous when the calculated performance approaches the available runway length. • Altitude Performance–Operating to or from…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 7-17
  Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers › Elementary Eights › Eights on Pylons

  corresponding point was from the first pylon at the beginning of the maneuver. At this point, the pilot should begin a turn in the opposite direction by lowering the upwind wing to the point where the visual reference line aligns ... with the pylon. The pilot should then continue the turn the same way the corresponding turn was performed around the first pylon but in the opposite direction. With prompt correction, and a very fine control pressures, it is possible…