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1
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Chart supplements

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Airport diagram for KADS

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What is a hot spot

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An area where a runway incursions likely to occur

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Alpha airspace

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Must be IFR rated, 18000 + MSL

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Bravo airspace

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  • Need to be cleared into the bravo
  • ADSB out
  • transponder (mode c)
  • top usually up to 10000’ MSL
  • 30nm mode C veil
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Charlie airspace

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  • 2 way communication
  • ADSB out
  • Transponder (mode)
  • tops 4000’ AGL
  • 5nm inner ring
  • 10nm outer ring
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Delta airspace

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  • 2 way communication
  • tops 2500 AGL
  • 5sm ring (4.4nm)
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Echo airspace

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Start 1200’ AGL - 18000’ MSL, within vignette 700’ AGL to 18000’ MSL

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Golf airspace

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Below 1200’ AGL, within vignette below 700’ AGL

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(TRSA)

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Terminal radar service area
- Acts like a hybrid between Charlie and delta
- voluntary radar services provided, not required
- has an approach control
- actual airport is a delta

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Cloud clearances bravo

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3sm, clear of clouds

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Cloud clearance Charlie/ delta

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3sm, 1000’ above, 500’ below, 2000’ horizontal

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Cloud clearance echo below 10000’ MSL

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3sm, 1000’ above, 500’ below, 2000’ horizontal

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Cloud clearance echo above 10000’ MSL

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5sm, 1000’ above, 1000’ below, 1 Mile horizontal

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Cloud clearance golf below 1200’ AGL

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Day- 1sm, clear of clouds
Night- 3sm, 1000’ above, 500’ below, 2000’ horizontal

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Cloud clearance golf above 1200’ AGL

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Day- 1sm, 1000’ above, 500’ below, 2000’ horizontal
Night- 3sm, 1000’ above, 500’ below, 2000’ horizontal

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Special use airspace

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Airspace where activities are confined to their nature, or where limits are imposed on aircraft that are not part of those activities

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Military operations area

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-Separates IFR traffic from military activity
- freedom to fly through

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Controlled firing area

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  • similar to MoA and not depicted on sectional
  • uses spotters to advise cease fires
  • freedom to fly through
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Prohibited

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Not allowed to fly through

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Restricted

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  • includes temporary flight restrictions (TFR)
  • airspace is temporarily closed to general public, see not as
  • reasons include to protect general public or security area such as football games, president in town
    Need permission to enter
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Alert

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  • Area where increased situational awareness is needed
  • example: high amount of flight training occurs
  • free to fly through
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Warning area

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  • can be hazardous to non-participating aircraft
  • usually over international waters
  • freedom to fly though
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National security area

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Asked to voluntarily avoid this area for security reasons

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Special flight rules area (SFRA)

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  • requires special training in order to operate
  • examples: Washington, DC and Grand Canyon
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VFR altitudes

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  • Must be above 3000’ AGL
  • east is odd 1000s + 500
  • west is even 1000s + 500
  • alternate airports
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Pilotage and dead reckoning

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If we lose our GPS we still have a means of navigation
-pilotage - knowing where you are by reading a map
Dead reckoning- knowing where you are by using time, ground speed, and distance

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METAR

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Meteorological aerodrome report
- current/observed weather unplayed every 50 mins past the hour

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Dew point

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-Temperature at which air becomes fully saturated
- When temperature/ dew point within 2 Celsius, expect fog

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TAF

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Terminal aerodrome forecast
- forest valid 24 hours, updated every 6 hours
- only acceptable to use within 5sm of airport
- if no TAF, use graphical for art area

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GFA

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Graphical forecast area
- available on aviation weather.gov
- gives weather info that may impact flight
- use when airport does not have a TAF
- can see could coverage, ceiling, winds, storms, etc

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LIRF

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Low instrument flight rules
Color- magenta
Ceiling- below 500 feet AGL
And/or
Visibility - less than 1 mile

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IFR

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Instrument flight rules
Color- red
Ceiling - 500 to below 1000 feet AGL
And/or
Visibility- 1 mile to less than 3 miles

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MVFR

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Marginal visual flight rules
Color- blue
Ceilings- 1000 to 3000 feet AGL
and or
Visibility- 3 to 5 miles

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VFR

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Visual flight rules
Color- green
Ceilings- greater than 3000’ feet AGL
And
Visibility- greater than 5 miles

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Why would the airport beacon be lit

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Indicates IFR weather during daytime or nighttime

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What is a winds aloft

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  • A forecasts wind speed and direction at various altitudes
  • absence of winds
    *airport elevation within 1500’ of listed altitude
  • absence of temp
  • airport elevation within 2500’ of listed altitude
    -temps assumed negative above 24000’ MSL
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High pressure

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  • Clockwise, outwards, and downwards
  • poor visibility
  • brings higher pressure/ density
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Low pressure

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  • counterclockwise, inwards, and upwards ( think tornados)
  • good visibility
  • includes precipitation because of higher humidity
  • lower pressure/ density
39
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Warm front

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-slow moving, so a change in weather gradual
- stratiform clouds
- poor visibility because air is stable and calm
- steady precipitation

40
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Cold front

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  • cumulus clouds
  • possible thunderstorms
  • showery precipitation
41
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Stationary front

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-when cold and warm masses meet and stop movement
- lingers for a long time
- weather: days of rain

42
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Occluded front

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-when one front catches up to another front moving in the same direction
- usually cold front catches up to a warm font
- weather: thunderstorms
- color: purple

43
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Isobars

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  • lines on the map that show areas with the same pressure altitude
  • when close together expect higher winds
  • pressure measured in millibars
  • winds goes across the bars
44
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Airmets

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Airmen’s meteorological information
- valid for 6 hours
- contains moderate weather conditions
- tango - turbulence, 30kts winds , low level wind shear
- sierra - IFR conditions, mountain obscurations ( can’t see shit )
- Zulu - freezing ( zero below )

45
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Types of ice

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  • clear
  • rime
  • mixed
46
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Sigmet

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Significant meteorological information
- valid for 4 hours
- stronger weather phenomena that will affect safety of all aircraft
- severe or greater turbulence
- dust or sandstorms, volcanic ash
- severe or greater icing

47
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Convective sigmet

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Sigmet related to convective activity
- valid for 2 hours
- thunderstorms
- winds > 50 kt winds
- hail 3/4” diameter or greater
- tornados

48
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3 ingredients for a thunderstorm

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  • moisture
  • uplifting action
  • unstable air
49
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3 stages of a thunderstorm

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  • Cumulus
  • mature
  • dissipating
50
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Cumulus

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  • large updrafts
  • clouds are building in form and height
51
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Mature

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Most dangerous
- both up/ downdrafts
- extreme precipitation
- lightning

52
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Dissipating

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  • mostly downdrafts
  • microburst is localized and can reach downdrafts of up to 6000’ a minute
  • storm weakens in intensity
53
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Weather resources for preflight

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  • Aviationweather.gov
  • 1800wxbrief.com
  • third party sources
  • ForeFlight
    *weather channel
  • look outside
54
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Weather resources inflight

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  • ATIS, AWOS, ASOS
  • onboard equipment
  • ADSB-in
  • XM radio
  • FSS
  • ATC workload permitting
  • phone with cell service in emergency situations
55
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PIREPs

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Pilot reports
- reported by pilots
- can report anything
- example - wind shear
* must include location, altitude which experienced, airspeed gained/lost

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ISA

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International standard atmosphere
At sea level
- standard pressure 29.92” inHg
- standard temperature 15 Celsius

57
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Pressure altitude

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Altitude at which barometer shows if set to standard pressure

58
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Density altitude

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Pressure altitude corrected for non standard temperature
- effects of density altitude on aircraft performances

59
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Indicated airspeed ( IAS )

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indicated by airspeed indicator on PFD

60
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Calibrated airspeed ( CAS )

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Corrects IAS for instrument position error

61
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True airspeed ( TAS )

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Corrects CAS for nonstandard temperature
- the amount of air molecules the airplane is actually flying though

62
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When does a stall occur

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When you exceed the critical angle of attack
- can occur at any airspeed or attitude

63
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How to recovery from a spin

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REAP
- rudder full opposite
- Elevator forward
- Ailerons neutral
- power idle

64
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Fuel requirements

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Day - origin to destination + 30 mins at normal cruise
Night - origin to destination + 45 mins at normal cruise
School - origin to destination +1 hour at normal cruise

65
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GPS

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Global Positioning System
- uses satellites to triangulate position and altitude in space

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VOR

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Very high frequency omnidirectional range
- short range radio navigation equipment used to determine relative position and bearing to/from

67
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Distance measuring equipment

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  • uses slant range (lines of sight) to determine distance
  • most inaccurate when directly over the top of an object
  • inaccuracy negligible for every 1 mile away and 1000’ high
68
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Compass errors

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VDMONA
- Variation
- deviation
- magnetic dip
- oscillation
- northerly turning errors
- acceleration errors

69
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Variation

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  • isotonic lines on sectional depict differences between true north and magnetic north
70
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Deviation

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Electronic equipment interfere with compass to provide inaccurate readings

71
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Magnetic dip

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As a compass approaches magnetic poles, compass wants to dip towards the ground

72
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Oscillation

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Mixture of all other errors

73
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Northerly turning errors

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UNOS
-undershoot north
- overshoot south
- a result of magnet dip
-compass is a magnet, it’s attracted to and wants to stay with the other magnet (pole)
- start rollout at 1/2 latitude + 15 degrees

74
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Acceleration errors

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ANDS
- accelerate north
- decelerate south
- a result of magnetic dip
- compass is magnet, it’s attracted to and wants to stay with the other magnet (pole)

75
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Preflight planning required when flying outside vicinity of home airport

A

NWKRAFT
- notams
- weather
- known traffic delays (IFR)
- runway length of intended use
- alternate routes
- fuel requirements
- take off and landing distances

76
Q

Personal minimums

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  • conditions you personally need to operate a safe flight
  • PAVE
  • IMSAFE
77
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Flight preparation
Preflight

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  • bring weather briefing
  • thorough preflight inspection/walk around
  • identify location and placement of required documents
  • utilize proper risk management and aeronautical decision making
78
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Flight preparation
Taxi

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  • properly brief LSA/BRS/ passengers
  • obtain weather and taxi instructions
  • apply appropriate wind correction techniques
  • complete taxi checks and perform run-up check
  • load flight plan and brief route
79
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Flight preparation
Flight

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  • utilize timer in conjunction with navlog
  • fly to checkpoints using pilotage and dead reckoning
  • verbalize any deviation from navlog and what impact that has on ETA or fuel burn
  • VOR navigation
  • unusual attitudes
  • adequate use of checklist
  • make appropriate radio calls
  • emergency
  • diversion
  • proper pattern entry
  • takeoffs/landings utilizing proper
    • soft field technique
    • short field technique
80
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Weight and balance
Forward characteristics

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  • less range
  • more fuel burn
  • lower airspeed
  • higher stall recovery
  • lower landing flare
  • higher stability
81
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Weight and balance
Aft characteristics

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  • higher range
  • lower fuel burn
  • higher airspeed
  • lower stall recovery
  • higher landing flare
  • lower stability
82
Q

Why do hotspots exist

A

High level traffic cross in that area
In Addison lots of student training
There are big jets and little archers using the same space

83
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How does density altitude effects aircraft performance

A

adversely affects aerodynamic performance and decreases the engine’s horsepower output

84
Q

How is Clear ice formed

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The water it’s the airplane and while it rolls back on the plane it freezes

85
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How is rime ice created

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The water freezes as soon as it hits the airplane trapping in all the air and dust making it milky or opaque

86
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Towers hours of operation

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Changes with each airport
Addison: 6-10
Becomes golf/echo after hours

87
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Winds aloft when there is no wind shown

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Means the airports elevation is within 1500’ of the listed altitude

88
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Winds aloft when there is no temperature shown

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Means the airports elevation is within 2500’ of listed altitudes

89
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Non standard airspace

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McPRAWNS
- military
- controlled firing area
- prohibited
- restricted
- alert area
- warning area
- national security area
- special flight rules area

90
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Soft field take off

A
  • flaps 25
  • line-up on runway with full aft elevator (pull towards you)
  • apply full power (relief back pressure as needed)
  • lift off at lowest possible airspeed
  • reduce pitch to remain in ground effect
  • accelerate to VX 64 KIAS
  • climb at VX 64 KIAS till 50ft, then flaps 10 and lower nose to climb at VY 76 KIAS
  • above 200ft, flaps 0
  • perform cruise checklist when appropriate
91
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Soft field landing

A
  • regular landing
  • slowly increase back pressure to full elevator
  • maintain back pressure until off “soft” surface
92
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Short field takeoff

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  • flaps 25
  • request short delay
  • hold brakes, apply full power ( make sure all in the green ) release brakes
  • rotate 55 KIAS
  • pitch for 60 KIAS until over 50ft obstacles
  • pitch for Vx 64 KIAS when clear of obstacles, flaps to 10
  • above 200ft flaps 0
  • pitch for Vy 76
  • cruise checklist when appropriate
93
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Short field landing

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  • regular landing
  • final 66 KIAS
  • enter ground effect 500ft prior to touchdown point
  • close throttle 200ft prior to touchdown point
  • slowly bring nose to the runway, apply maximum braking
94
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Unusually attitudes

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Pointed down - power idle, level wings, then pull up
Pointed up - full power, level wings and while going down at the same time

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