
Complete Advanced Pilot
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Content
- Intro
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- About the Author
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 The Flight Instruments
- You and Your Flight Instruments
- Pitot-Static Instruments
- Gyroscopic Instruments
- Magnetic Compass
- Slaved Gyro Systems
- Systems
- Flight Instrument Failures
- Autopilots, Flight Directors, and Flight Control Systems
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 2 Aerodynamics
- Pitch, Power, and Trim Relationship
- Turn Dynamics
- Speed, Bank Angle, Radius of Turn
- What Controls What?
- Spatial Disorientation
- Scanning
- Control and Performance Instruments
- The Selected Radial Scan
- Primary/Supporting Instruments
- Pitch Instruments
- Initial Climb
- Constant Airspeed Climb
- Enroute Climbs and Descents
- Constant Rate Climb
- Leveling Off
- Pitch Control on Partial Panel
- Using the Vertical Speed Indicator
- Use of Trim
- Bank Instruments
- Transition to Banked Flight
- Maintaining a Level Turn
- The Efficient Scan
- Heading Indicator
- Focus on the Attitude Indicator
- Straight and Level Flight Scan
- Partial Panel
- Using the Power Instruments
- Aerodynamics for Commercial Pilot Students
- Commercial Versus Instrument
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 3 Performance
- "Can We Get Off the Ground Safely?"
- Weight and Balance Calculations
- Zero Fuel Weight
- Graphic Solutions
- Weight and Balance for Commercial Pilots
- Weight and Balance Data
- Predicting Performance
- Density Altitude
- Takeoff Performance Charts
- Rate-of-Climb/Maximum Climb Charts
- Climb Gradient
- Single-Engine Rate of Climb
- Time, Fuel, and Distance to Climb
- Cruise Performance
- Normal Landing Distance
- Instrument Pilots: Ice Adds Weight
- Turbulence and Maneuvering Speed
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 4 Navigation
- Basic VOR Navigation
- Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
- Intercepting and Tracking with an HSI
- The Localizer
- ADF Orientation
- Intercepting ADF Bearings
- Tracking Inbound to a Radio Beacon
- Tracking a Bearing Outbound
- Service Volume
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- A Final Word on the Use of Navaids
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 5 Weather
- Aviation Weather Center
- Inflight Aviation Weather Advisories
- Winds and Temperature Aloft Forecast (FB)
- Skew-T Charts
- Surface Analysis Charts
- Radar Coded Message (RCM)
- Constant Pressure Charts
- Freezing Level Data
- Weather Depiction Chart
- Satellite Images
- Data Link
- Doppler Radar
- "Center, Are You Showing Any Weather on My Route?"
- "Approach, Are You Painting Any Weather...?"
- Automated Observations
- Pilot Reports
- Other Sources of Weather Information
- Icing
- Icing Certification
- Turbulence
- Fog
- Weather Detection
- Wind Shear and Turbulence for the Commercial Pilot
- Microbursts
- Estimating Cloud Bases
- Summary of Weather Reports and Forecasts
- A Review of Weather Basics
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 6 Charts and Publications
- Chart Supplement U.S. and the Airport/Facility Directory
- Enroute Low-Altitude Charts
- Area Charts
- Minimum Operational Network (MON)
- Departure Procedures and STARs
- Instrument Approach Procedure Charts
- Notices to Airmen
- Aeronautical Information Manual
- For Commercial Students Only
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 7 The IFR System and Departures
- Understanding the System
- Charts
- The Flight Plan Form
- GPS Departures
- Special Planning Considerations
- Departure Procedures (DPs)
- Visual Climb Over Airport (VCOA)
- Getting Your Clearance
- From the Terminal Area to the Enroute Structure
- IFR Flight Planning List
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 8 En Route
- Enroute Operations
- Altitudes
- Minimum Enroute Altitude
- The Snitch
- Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitude
- Minimum Crossing Altitude
- Minimum Reception Altitude
- Checking In
- Enroute Altitude Changes
- VFR-On-Top
- Cruise Clearances
- VFR Climb/Descent
- Pilot's Discretion
- Operating in a Non-Radar Environment
- Popping Up
- Flying Direct Routes Without GPS
- Random Route Navigation
- Bells and Whistles
- Let's Get Practical
- Lost Communication Procedures
- Holding Patterns
- Standard Terminal Arrival Routes
- Entering the Terminal Area
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 9 Arrivals
- Destination
- Transitions
- Altimeter Setting?
- No Approach?
- Approach Segments
- Procedure Turns
- Mandatory Holding Pattern Course Reversal
- DME Arcs
- The GPS Terminal Arrival Area (TAA)
- Summary
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 10 Instrument Approaches
- In the Terminal Area
- The Numbers
- Precision vs. Nonprecision
- The Final Authority
- Types of RNAV (GPS) Approaches
- The Instrument Landing System
- VOR on Airport with no Final Approach Fix
- VOR on Airport with Final Approach Fix
- VOR off Airport with Final Approach Fix
- Missed Approach Procedures
- Other Types of Approaches
- Runway Markings
- Visual Approach Aids
- General Airport Information
- Getting the Weather
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 11 Cockpit Organization and Procedures
- Getting Organized
- Clearance Copying
- Mandatory Reports
- Communication
- Expectation-of-Landing Syndrome
- IFR Proficiency
- The Aviation Safety Reporting Program
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 12 Regulations
- Part 61
- Part 91
- Airspace Review
- Regulations for the Commercial Pilot
- A Little of This, a Little of That
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 13 For Commercial Students
- Mixture Control
- Carburetor Heat
- Fuel Injection
- Ignition
- Detuning
- Propellers
- Diesel Engines
- Turbine Engines
- Winter Operations
- Preheat
- Complex Airplane
- Retractable Landing Gear
- Environmental System
- Turbocharging
- Pressurization
- Airport Operations
- Helpful Hints
- Single-Pilot Resource Management
- Review Questions
- Answers
- CHAPTER 14 Preparing for the Practical Tests
- For Instrument Students Only
- Preparing for the Commercial Flight Test
- Guidelines for the Commercial Flight Test
- Review Questions
- Answers
- APPENDIX A Glossary
- APPENDIX B Aviators Model Code of Conduct
- APPENDIX C Approach Chart Legend Excerpts
- APPENDIX D FAA-ICAO Flight Planning Quick Guide
- Index
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