Words for this chapter
- light-sport aircraft
- LSA — Light-Sport Aircraft
- light-sport airplane
- Transition
- transition training
- FAA — Federal Aviation Administration
- Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association
- ASTM — American Society for Testing and Materials
- gyroplane
- lighter-than-air
- glider
- powered parachute
- 14 CFR part 1, section 1.1
- reciprocating engine
- fixed landing gear
- single reciprocating engine
- seaplane
- fixed pitch or ground adjustable propeller
- fixed pitch propeller
- seaplanes
- Fixed pitch
- ground adjustable propeller
- maximum takeoff weight
- landplane
- calibrated airspeed
- CAS — Calibrated Airspeed
- maximum stall speed
- 120 knots calibrated airspeed (CAS)
- standard airworthiness certificated aircraft
- CAS
- standard airworthiness certificate
- Maximum stall speed of 45 knots
- type certificated
- 14 CFR
- sport pilot certificate
- endorsement
- type certificated aircraft
- 14 CFR part 61, section 61.315(a)
- S-LSA — Special Light-Sport Aircraft
- E-LSA — Experimental Light-Sport Aircraft
- kit or plans-built aircraft
- kit-built aircraft
- 14 CFR part 23
- plans-built aircraft
- airworthiness certification
- quality assurance
- continued airworthiness
- aircraft operating instructions
- designated airworthiness representative
- FAA-accepted industry-developed standards
- maintenance and inspection procedures
- airplane rating
- 14 CFR part 47, section 47.3(b)
- recreational pilot
- aircraft rental
- private pilot
- commercial pilot
- Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft
- ATP — airline transport pilot
- major repairs
- standard airworthiness type certificate
- major alterations
- VFR — Visual Flight Rules
- 14 CFR part 91, section 91.205(c)
- operating limitations
- 14 CFR 61.315(c)(5)
- S-LSA certification
- statute miles
- 14 CFR part 61, section 61.101(i)(3)
- flight instruction
- Experimental Amateur-Built aircraft certification
- medical certificate
- 14 CFR part 61, section 61.303
- PIC — pilot in command
- authorized instructor
- VFR
- flight instructor-S
- 14 CFR part 61, section 61.413
- flight instructor-A
- medical eligibility
- curriculum
- syllabus
- POH — Pilot's Operating Handbook
- surface visibility
- Wake Turbulence
- Crosswind Takeoff
- Cessna 150
- Soft-field takeoff
- short-field takeoff
- go-around
- rejected landing
- steep turns
- airplane multiengine land
- Preflight inspection
- stalls
- soft-field takeoff, climb, approach, and landing
- Spin Awareness
- short-field takeoff, climb, approach, and landing
- systems and equipment malfunctions
- go-around/rejected landing
- LSA Repairman with a Maintenance rating
- A&P — Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
- low fuel usage
- Inspection Authorization
- low maintenance costs
- stalls and spin awareness
- emergency approach and landing
- IA — Inspection Authorization
- LSA instruction
- AD — Airworthiness Directive
- Sport Pilot flight instructor certificate
- service bulletins
- airplane maintenance manual
- safety alerts
- composite
- non-LSA airplane
- aluminum
- lesson plans
- rivets
- CFR review
- fasteners
- corrosion
- LSA maintenance
- delamination
- LSA weather considerations
- Wake turbulence avoidance
- carbon fiber
- Performance and limitations
- ground operations
- Before takeoff check
- RPM — revolutions per minute
- Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
- Normal and crosswind approach and landing
- 4-cycle
- carbureted
- gear-box
- gear-reduction drive
- EFIS — electronic flight instrumentation system
- EFIS — electronic flight instrumentation systems
- attitude
- Airspeed
- altimeter
- standard airworthiness certificated airplane
- vertical speed
- Crosswinds
- moving map
- Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic (A&P)
- terrain awareness
- Turbulence
- personal minimums
- Inspection Authorization (IA)
- convective weather
- Airworthiness Directives (ADs)
- Differential heating
- ADs — airworthiness directives
- flight environment
- weight and balance
- normal procedures
- Emergency Procedures
- adjustable rudder pedals
- rudder pedal position adjustment
- rudder pedals
- airframe
- control stick
- yoke
- stoke
- airframes
- aileron
- aileron control geometry
- adverse yaw
- differential ailerons
- highly differential ailerons
- elevator trim
- trim-run-away
- trim disconnect
- trim-run-away condition
- takeoff trim position
- carburetor heat
- throttle
- mixture
- mixture control
- carburetor preheater
- fuselage halves
- PFD — Primary Flight Display
- EFIS Pilot Guide
- MFD — Multi-Function Display
- FAA-certificated
- reversionary mode
- annunciators
- non-FAA-certificated
- fuel starvation
- ballistic recovery parachute
- ground adjustable pitch
- ground adjustable pitch adjustment
- composite propeller
- cowled
- liquid-cooled engine
- propeller rpm
- radiator
- coolant
- electronic flight instrumentation systems (EFIS)
- expansion tank
- split flaps
- canopy
- gull-wing door
- ignition switch
- full-castoring nose-wheel
- navigation
- steerable nose-wheel
- tailwheel
- Traffic
- conventional gear
- weather
- differential brakes
- engine data
- horsepower-to-weight ratio
- rotation
- climb speeds
- climb rates
- cruise altitude
- pilot-induced oscillations
- hazardous weather
- slow flight
- over-banking tendency
- power-off stalls
- Crosswind landing
- Power-on stalls
- VFE
- propeller forces
- spin entry
- thunderstorm
- uncoordinated
- convection
- Flap limit airspeeds
- crosswind landings
- flap limit airspeed
- standard airworthiness type certificated airplane
- maximum demonstrated crosswind speed
- airspeed tape
- limitations
- trim runaway
- systems
- circuit breaker
- performance
- no-flap landing
- pitching moments
- post-flight inspection
- squawks
- discrepancies
- open flight deck
- high-drag LSA
- inertia
- Drag
- landing flare
- angle of attack
- power-off approach
- control surface
- engine failure
- power-off glide angle
- risk management
- nose-up
- nose-down
- Primary Flight Display (PFD)
- Multi-Function Display (MFD)
- fuel level instrument
- low-fuel alarm capability
- conventional metal propeller
- water-cooled engines
- tightly cowled
- checklists
- centerline
- out of trim
- Shallow banked turns
- cruise speed
- Cruise Checklist
- pitch attitudes
- pattern
- crosswind technique
- rudder and/or aileron control
- Runway Heading
- Touchdown
- float
- stall
- parachutes
- composite construction
- flight risk