The Airplane Flying section provides basic knowledge that is essential for pilots It provides information on transition to other airplanes and the operation of various airplane systems. Below articles are published to assist student pilots learning to fly airplanes. It is also beneficial to pilots who wish to improve their flying proficiency and aeronautical knowledge, those pilots preparing for additional certificates or ratings, and flight instructors engaged in the instruction of both student and certificated pilots. It introduces the future pilot to the realm of flight and provides information and guidance in the performance of procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification.
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1. Introduction to Flight Training
2. Ground Operations
- Airplane Ground Operations
- Visual Preflight Assessment
- Outer Wing Surfaces and Tail Section
- Fuel and Oil
- Landing Gear, Tires, and Brakes
- Engine and Propeller
- Risk and Resource Management
- Ground Operations
- Engine Starting
- Hand Propping
- Taxiing
- Before Takeoff Check and Takeoff Checks
- After Landing, Clear of Runway and Stopped, Parking, Engine Shutdown and Post-Flight
3. Basic Flight Maneuvers
4. Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training
- Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training
- Defining an Airplane Upset, Coordinated Flight and Angle of Attack
- Slow Flight
- Stall Recognition
- Stall Characteristics and Fundamentals of Stall Recovery
- Stall Training and Approaches to Stalls (Impending Stalls), Power On or Power-Off
- Full Stalls, Power-Off and Power-On
- Secondary Stall and Accelerated Stalls
- Cross-Control Stall and Elevator Trim Stall
- Common errors in the performance of intentional stalls
- Spin Awareness and procedures
- Intentional Spins, Weight and Balance Requirements and Common Errors
- Upset Prevention and Recovery (Part 1)
- Upset Prevention and Recovery (Part 2)
5. Takeoffs and Departure Climbs
6. Ground Reference Maneuvers
7. Airport Traffic Patterns
8. Approaches and Landings
- Approaches and Landings
- Normal Approach and Landing (Part 1)
- Normal Approach and Landing (Part 2)
- Intentional Slips
- Go-Arounds (Rejected Landings) and Ground Effect
- Crosswind Approach and Landing
- Turbulent Air Approach and Landing
- Short-Field Approach and Landing
- Soft-Field Approach and Landing
- Power-Off Accuracy Approaches
- Emergency Approaches and Landings (Simulated)
- Faulty Approaches and Landings (Part 1)
- Faulty Approaches and Landings (Part 2)
- Hydroplaning
9. Performance Maneuvers
10. Night Operations
11. Transition to Complex Airplanes
12. Transition to Multiengine Airplanes
- Transition to Multiengine Airplanes
- Terms and Definitions
- Operation of Systems
- Performance and Limitations
- Weight and Balance
- Ground Operation
- Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb
- Level Off and Cruise
- Normal Approach and Landing
- Crosswind Approach and Landing
- Short-Field Takeoff and Climb
- Short-Field Approach and Landing
- Go-Around
- Rejected Takeoff
- Engine Failure After Lift-Off
- Engine Failure During Flight
- Engine Inoperative Approach and Landing
- Engine Inoperative Flight Principles
- Slow Flight
- Stalls
13. Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes
14. Transition to Turbopropeller-Powered Airplanes
15. Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes
- Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes
- Jet Engine Basics
- Operating the Jet Engine
- Jet Engine Efficiency
- Absence of Propeller Effect, Slipstream and Drag
- Jet Airplane Speed Margins
- Recovery From Jet Airplane Overspeed Conditions
- Mach Buffet Boundaries
- Low Speed Flight
- Stalls
- Drag Devices
- Thrust Reversers
- Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying
- Jet Airplane Takeoff and Climb
- Jet Airplane Approach and Landing
- Key Points