Special Emphasis Areas

Question 1

LAHSO

Answer 1

• Land and hold short operations
• ATC procedure used to increase airport capacity without compromising safety
• weather requirement = basic VFR (3 SM vis/ 1,000 FT ceilings)
• land and hold short of a intersecting runway or taxiway
• pilot must determine if they can land within ALD by determining their RLD
• student pilots not advised to participate in the program
• if accepted, must be adhered to (“cleared to land runway X, hold short X)
• if declined, warn ATC well in advance (“unable”)

Question 2

Temporary Flight Restrictions

Answer 2

• surrounds areas
  that temporarily require increased security or increased safety
• found via NOTAMs with location, effective time period, defined area and attitudes, and any other appropriate information
• ex. president, sporting event, disaster relief

Question 3

What is a spin?

Answer 3

• uncoordinated stall

Question 4

How does a spin occur?

Answer 4

• both wings are stalled, but inside wing is more stalled due to higher AOA and generates less lift
• since high wing produces more lift, rolls aircraft into spin
• at same time low wing also produces more drag causing airplane to yaw into spin

Question 5

How do you recover from a spin?

Answer 5

PARE
Power to idle
Ailerons neutral
Rudder opposite
Elevator forward

Question 6

Explain why we want to move power to idle during a spin?

Answer 6

• adding power makes recovery more difficult
• at high power setting backwards airflow from propeller strikes horizontal stabilizer creating tail down force pointing nose up
• when power is idle you eliminate these factors and makes easier to keep nose down

Question 7

Explain why we want ailerons neutral during a spin?

Answer 7

• helps bring both wings to same AOA reducing yawing and rolling moments
• if try raise inside wing only makes spin worse because you are increasing AOA

Question 8

Explain why we want to use opposite rudder during a spin?

Answer 8

• if left spin = right rudder

- stops rolling and yawing moments

Question 9

Explain why we want to move the elevator forward during a spin?

Answer 9

• breaks the stall

- gets airplane below critical AOA and unstalls wings

Question 10

What should you do after you complete spin recovery?

Answer 10

• bring rudder to neutral

- slowly add power