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Chapter 3 — Basic Flight Maneuvers
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1
attitude awareness
2
Basic Flight Maneuvers
3
bank
4
pitch
5
yaw
6
straight-and-level flight
7
six motions of flight
8
turns
9
climbs
10
descents
11
ground roll
12
navigation fix
13
GA — general aviation
14
Final Approach
15
takeoff
16
Touchdown
17
FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
18
ACS — Airman Certification Standards
19
PTS — Practical Test Standards
20
elevator control
21
control stick
22
mixture
23
control wheel
24
yoke
25
flight controls
26
back pressure
27
pitch (lateral) axis
28
forward pressure
29
aileron control
30
instrument panel
31
elevator pitch control
32
rudder pedal
33
control surface
34
streamlined
35
Elevator/stabilator
36
mechanical linkage
37
roll
38
yaw (vertical) axis
39
control surfaces
40
Airspeed
41
semicircular canals
42
IMC — Instrument Meteorological Conditions
43
disorientation
44
flight control pressures
45
fixed-pitch propeller
46
pitch attitude
47
load factor
48
feel of the airplane
49
G force
50
kinesthesis
51
airframe
52
proprioception
53
velocity
54
attitude
55
fixed-pitch propeller airplanes
56
natural horizon
57
false horizon
58
longitudinal axis
59
acceleration
60
cruise flight
61
lateral axis
62
vertical axis
63
VMC — Visual Meteorological Conditions
64
cowling
65
bank attitude
66
direction of flight
67
throttle
68
thrust setting
69
adverse yaw
70
integrated flight instruction
71
whiteouts
72
mechanically-generated instruments
73
electronically-generated instruments
74
visible horizon
75
flight instruments
76
pitch control
77
attitude indicator
78
bank control
79
heading indicator
80
instrument lag
81
power control
82
gyroscopic precession
83
trim control
84
yaw control
85
slow flight
86
cruise configuration
87
coordinated use of ailerons and rudder
88
propeller
89
situational awareness
90
integrated or composite method of flight instruction
91
magnetic direction indicator
92
flight attitudes
93
magnetic heading
94
attitude flying
95
instrument attitude references
96
pitching moments
97
flaps
98
landing gear
99
reference point
100
heading
101
instrument covers
102
spoilers
103
Altitude
104
overcontrolling
105
flightpath
106
chasing the instruments
107
trim control surfaces
108
flight deck
109
left turning tendencies
110
straight flight
111
high wing
112
windshield
113
low wing
114
vertical lift component
115
horizontal lift component
116
vertical reference lines
117
vertical fin
118
VFR — Visual Flight Rules
119
coordinated flight
120
horizontal reference lines
121
airport traffic pattern
122
level flight
123
shallow turns
124
nose reference
125
power setting
126
wingtips
127
lateral stability
128
overbanking
129
resultant
130
centrifugal force
131
perpendicular
132
trimmed
133
AOA — angle of attack
134
elevator trim
135
induced drag
136
compass
137
rudder trim
138
aileron trim
139
magnetic heading indication
140
turn radius
141
rate of turn
142
bank angle
143
True Airspeed
144
increase pitch attitude
145
inertia
146
decrease pitch attitude
147
engine cowling
148
roll rate
149
adjustable trim systems
150
steep turns
151
excess thrust
152
trim axes
153
climb rate
154
normal climb
155
Cruise Climb
156
elevator trim wheel
157
best rate of climb
158
coordinated turn
159
elevator trim indicator
160
uncoordinated flight
161
VY — best rate of climb airspeed
162
best angle of climb
163
slip
164
horizontal lift
165
skid
166
VX — best angle of climb airspeed
167
AFM/POH — Airplane Flight Manual/Pilot's Operating Handbook
168
spin
169
absolute ceiling
170
climb power setting
171
slipstream
172
horizontal stabilizer
173
controllable-pitch propeller
174
Propeller Control
175
cowl flaps
176
rollout
177
normally aspirated
178
roll-in
179
radius of turn
180
RPM — revolutions per minute
181
manifold pressure
182
power lever
183
P-factor
184
asymmetric thrust
185
outside wing
186
inside wing
187
propeller disc
188
outboard wing
189
torque
190
nose-up elevator trim
191
parallax error
192
FPM — feet per minute
193
VY — best rate of climb
194
cruise airspeed
195
VX — best angle of climb
196
cruise power setting
197
climbing turns
198
service ceiling
199
vertical component of lift
200
climb attitude
201
shallow bank angles
202
partial power descent
203
En Route Descent
204
descent at minimum safe airspeed
205
1.3 VSO
206
air density
207
VSO
208
climb profile
209
mushing
210
emergency descent
211
power-off accuracy landings
212
straight climb
213
forced landing
214
glide ratio
215
stabilized climb attitude
216
best glide airspeed
217
descending propeller blade
218
yawing moment
219
L/DMAX
220
best glide speed
221
propeller rotation
222
glide angle
223
groundspeed
224
propeller effects
225
propeller slipstream
226
minimum sink airspeed
227
ditching
228
descent profile
229
normal glide
230
abnormal glides
231
climb indications
232
descent rate
233
gliding turns
234
power-off landing approach
235
aerodynamic
236
climb angle
237
emergency descent airspeed
238
glide
239
cruise or en route descent
240
prolonged descent
241
engine failure
242
nose-high, power-assisted descent condition
243
short runway
244
L/D - lift-to-drag ratio
245
glide path
246
propellers forward
247
flaps retracted
248
Tailwind
249
descent indications
250
headwind
251
L/D — lift-to-drag ratio
252
propeller lever
253
tail-down force
254
engine-related emergencies
255
stall
256
stretch a glide
257
altimeter
258
downward inertia
259
flat approaches
260
rate of descent
261
basic airmanship
262
floating
263
overruns
264
low-level gliding steep turn
265
principles of flight
266
practice glide
267
target altitude
268
unrecoverable spin
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