Description

I. Preflight Preparation

Click here for some scenarios that you may encounter as a new commercial pilot

A. Pilot Qualifications
B. Airworthiness Requirements
C. Weather Information
D. Cross-Country Flight Planning
E. National Airspace System
F. Performance and Limitations
G. Operation of Systems
H. Human Factors

II. Preflight Procedures

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Why does manifold pressure drop during the prop check? Click here for the answer.

A. Preflight Assessment
B. Flight Deck Management
C. Engine Starting
D. Taxiing (ASEL, AMEL)
E. Before Takeoff Check

III. Airport and Seaplane Base Operations
A. Communications, Light Signals, and Runway Lighting Systems
B. Traffic Patterns

IV. Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds
A. Normal Takeoff and Climb
B. Normal Approach and Landing
C. Soft-Field Takeoff and Climb (ASEL)
D. Soft-Field Approach and Landing (ASEL)
E. Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb (ASEL, AMEL)
F. Short-Field Approach and Landing (ASEL, AMEL) On the mark, plus 100 feet.
G. Power-Off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing (ASEL, ASES)
H. Go-Around/Rejected Landing

V. Performance and Ground Reference Maneuvers

Click here for some FAA material on Eights On Pylons

Click here for some our material on Eights On Pylons

A. Steep Turns
B. Steep Spiral (ASEL, ASES)
C. Chandelles (ASEL, ASES)
D. Lazy Eights (ASEL, ASES)
E. Eights on Pylons (ASEL, ASES)

VI. Navigation
A. Pilotage and Dead Reckoning
B. Navigation Systems and Radar Services
C. Diversion
D. Lost Procedures

VII. Slow Flight and Stalls

Airplane Flying Handbook chapter on slow flight and stalls

Harry's video on slow flight

Harry's video on power off stalls

Click here for our material on spins

A. Maneuvering During Slow Flight
B. Power-Off Stalls
C. Power-On Stalls
D. Accelerated Stalls
E. Spin Awareness

VIII. High Altitude Operations

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A. Supplemental Oxygen
B. Pressurization

IX. Emergency Operations
A. Emergency Descent
B. Emergency Approach and Landing (Simulated) (ASEL, ASES)
C. Systems and Equipment Malfunctions
D. Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear

X. Postflight Procedures
A. After Landing, Parking and Securing (ASEL, AMEL)

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