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  • Chapter 11: Aircraft Performance › Takeoff and Landing Performance › Landing Performance

    approaching the extended centerline of runway 27. The turn is tight and the pilot must descend (dive) to get to runway 27. After becoming aligned with the runway and at 50 feet AGL, the pilot is already 1,000 feet ... down the 3,500 feet runway. The airspeed is still high by about ten percent (should be at 70 knots and is at about 80 knots). The wind of ten knots is blowing from behind. First, the airspeed being high…

  • Chapter 10: Advanced Flight Maneuvers › Maximum Performance Takeoff › Technique

    when departing from an area that does not allow for a takeoff with forward airspeed is to perform a vertical takeoff. This technique allows the pilot to descend vertically back into the confined area if the helicopter does not have ... performance to clear the surrounding obstacles. During this maneuver, the helicopter must climb vertically and not be allowed to accelerate forward until the surrounding obstacles have been cleared. If not, a situation may develop where the helicopter does not have…

  • 14 CFR § 91.176 Straight-in landing operations below DA/DH or MDA using an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) under IFR.

    zone elevation of the runway of intended landing, any approach light system or both the runway threshold and the touchdown zone are distinctly visible and identifiable to the pilot using an EFVS. (A) The pilot must identify the runway threshold ... landing surface; (2) The threshold lights; or (3) The runway end identifier lights. (B) The pilot must identify the touchdown zone using at least one of the following visual references— (1) The runway touchdown zone landing surface; (2) The touchdown…

  • Chapter 14: Airport Operations › En Route › Vortex Avoidance Procedures

    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 runway closer than 2,500 feet—consider the possibility ... 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 above the larger aircraft’s flight path. • Landing…

  • Chapter 11: Helicopter Emergencies and Hazards › Autorotation › Technique (How to Practice)

    helicopter is more nose-low than that attitude. Limiting the flare to that attitude may result in slightly faster touchdown speeds but will eliminate the possibility of tail rotor impact on level surfaces. The landing gear height at this time ... should be approximately 3–15 feet AGL, depending on the altitude recommended by the manufacturer. As the apparent groundspeed and altitude decrease, the helicopter must be returned to a more level attitude for touchdown by applying forward cyclic. Some helicopters…

  • Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 3. En Route Procedures › 5-3-1. ARTCC Communications

    LVLD-1 Request to fly at the specified level or vertical range. Y LVLD-1 Request to fly at the specified level or vertical range. DM7 REQUEST BLOCK (altitude) TO (altitude) Note – Used for a vertical range. Y LVLD ... Request for a climb to the specified level or vertical range. Y LVLD-3 Request for a descent to the specified level or vertical range. N LVLD-11 Confirmation that the assigned level or vertical range is the specified level…