Sporty's Stage 1, Lesson 15

Preparation for the flight

• Read Sporty's additional study items
• This flight is a review of the material on the previous flight

Briefing and discussion items

• Review and discussion of the previous flight
• Normal landing technique...
• Stabilized approach... airspeed, glidepath and aimpoint
• Aiming point concept (page 9-5 AFH)... the aiming point appears stationary on the windscreen and is prior to the point of intended touchdown
• Integrating pitch and power changes
• Energy trade... discuss:
• high and slow; lower nose, target airspeed - power unchanged
• low and fast; raise nose, target airspeed - power unchanged
• high and fast or low and slow... lead with power; once power has an effect on glidepath, follow with a pitch attitude change
• Round out and flare

ACS standards for completion

• rectangular course, S-turns and turns about a point (there are more maneuvers in the AFH, but these are the ones specified in the private ACS)
• 600-1000 AGL
• +/- 100ft +/-10 kts
• Rectangular pattern: constant ground track
• Turns about a point: constant radius
• S-turns: turn over the ref line

Emergency procedure of the day

• VACUUM SYSTEM FAILURE
• What equipment and instruments are affected?
• What is the source of power for the vacuum pump?
• How many vacuum pumps are there?
• The vacuum annunciator comes on in flight and you notice the vacuum gauge reads 0. What are your next actions?
• Can the PIC decide to fly with an inoperative vacuum pump (see 14 CFR 91.213)?

Conduct of the flight

• Weather, schedule and traffic permitting, we'll try to go to a non-towered airport for the takeoffs and landings

updated: 5/7/2025