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