Piloting Basics Handbook

845 Pages·2000·9.03 MB·English

by  Lewis Bjork

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Piloting Basics Handbook
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Piloting Basics
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Contents
Introduction xvii
Part one: AVIATE 1
1 The total preflight 3
Fatigue 3
Illness 5
Medication 6
Alcohol 7
Mental preparedness 8
Anxiety 8
Vertigo 9
Pilot licenses 10
Logbooks 11
General overall look 12
Aircraft documents 13
Interior preflight 14
Exterior preflight 15
Mistakes 21
The weather 22
Drug testing 24
The decision and flight plan 25
Flight training 25
Aircraft safety 27
2 Flying 29
Drag 29
Lift 30
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Airfoil types 34
Lift enhancement devices 34
Trim tabs 45
Center of gravity 47
V-speeds 47
Stall speeds 48
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3 Mastering the maneuvers 51
Using the flight instruments 52
Straight-and-level flight 56
Climbs 58
Left-turning tendencies 60
Descents 63
Turns 65
Steep turns 70
Slow flight 72
Slow flight entry 73
Slow flight recovery 76
Stalls 76
Normal, power-off stall 78
Normal, power-on stall 81
The accelerated stall 83
Takeoff and departure stall 85
Approach-to-landing stall 85
Stall avoidance 87
Spins 89
Spin definition 89
Stall/spin relationship 90
Spin versus spiral 90
Spin phases 91
Exotic spins 100
Emergency spin recovery 100
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4 Ground reference maneuvers 103
Turns about a point 103
S-turns 105
Rectangular patterns 108
Advanced ground reference maneuvers 110
Eights around pylons 110
Pylon eights 111
Advanced flight maneuvers 115
Chandelle 115
Lazy 8 117
Steep power turns 121
5 Takeoffs and landings 123
Ground operations 123
Taxi procedures 124
Normal takeoff 124
The traffic pattern 127
Preparation for pattern entry 128
Pattern exits 134
Normal landing 134
Cotter-pin approach 137
Crosswind landing 140
Soft-field takeoff and landing 144
Short-field takeoff and landing 148
Go-around 151
Ground effect 153
Night landings 154
Approach planning 154
Height judgment/flare 155
6 Basic instrument flying 157
Instruments 157
Basic instrument scan 160
Climbs by reference to instruments 161
Straight-and level flight and turns 161
Descent by reference to instruments 162
Instrument navigation 162
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7 Emergency procedures 163
Glide 164
Cockpit check 164
Turn into the wind 165
Emergency landings 165
Power failure 167
Zone of decision 168
Accuracy landings 170
Spiral 171
Lost 173
Weather-related emergencies 174
Accident avoidance 175
Three mental processes of safe flight 177
Five hazardous attitudes 177
Weighing the risks 178
8 Transitioning to multiengine airplanes 181
Normal multiengine procedures 183
Performance characteristics 186
Slow flight 189
Approaches and landings 190
Multiengine engine-out procedures 193
Normal takeoff procedures 209
Part two: NAVIGATE 221
9 Chart History 223
Pilot’s directions 223
Sectional charts 228
Wartime 232
Postwar 232
Simplified navigation 233
The 1990’s 235
10 Projections and limitations 237
Projections 238
Mercator projection 239
Transverse Mercator projection 241
Lambert conformal conic projection 241