[Ref VFRG, Air Pilot’s Manual 1-Flying P.242] Green On ground – Authorised to take off In flight – Authorised to land Flashing Green On ground – Authorised to taxi In flight – Return for landing Red On ground – STOP In flight – Give way to other aircraft Continue circling Flashing Red On ground – Taxi clear of landing area In use In flight […]
Category: Maneuver
FREDA in-flight check
[Ref Air Pilot’s Manual 1 – Flying P.240] FREDA in-flight check F – Fuel Fuel on and sufficient Fuel tank usage monitoried Mixture rich or leaned as required Fuel pump on and Fuel pressure R – Radio Radio frequency correctly selected Radio volume satisfactory Radio squelch satisfactory Any necessary radio calls E – Engine Oil […]
How to enter, maintain and exit Turning Maneuver?
[Ref FTA material 2016] TEM Turning into unseen traffic behind: Lookout behind before and throughout turn Airspace violation: Orientate position before each successive turn To enter a turn TEM: Ask yourself – trim or not? If not, do it first! T – Trimmed, checked L – Lookout, using right turn an example, shake the wing to clear […]
How to enter, maintain and exit Descending Maneuver?
[Ref FTA material 2016] To enter a Glide descent TEM: If not an engine failure case, before entering a descent, ask yourself – have you trim your aircraft in straight-and-level? – do it first! Two more thing – what’s the minimum safe altitude (MSA)? AAI set? “CFM” check – carburetor heat on, Fuel pump on, […]
Descent
[Ref RPL Instruction Kit (502) 8th Edition P. 81-84] 4 Forces in a Desent (Descending Maneuver) Lift is titled and which should still be perpendicular to the flight path through the CP. Weight acts vertically downwards toward the earth Thrust acts forward along the propeller shaft – acts forward and parallel to the flight path Drag acts […]
How to enter, maintain and exit Climb Maneuver?
[Ref FTA material 2016] To enter a climb Notes: before entering a climb, ask yourself – have you trim your aircraft in straight-and-level? – do it first! One more thing – what’s the maximum climbing altitude? AAI set? Look out – clear left, center below and above and right (do this by temporarily banking wing […]