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- Basic Empty Weight (GAMA): the standard empty weight plus the weight of optional and special equipment that have been installed.
- Standard Empty Weight (GAMA): aircraft weight that consists of the airframe, engines, and all items of operating equipment that have fixed locations and are permanently installed in the aircraft, including fixed ballast, hydraulic fluid, unusable fuel, and full engine oil.
- Licensed Empty Weight (Pre-GAMA): the empty weight that consists of the airframe, engine(s), unusable fuel, and un-drain-able oil plus standard and optional equipment as specified in the equipment list. Some manufacturers used this term prior to GAMA standardization.
- Payload (GAMA): the weight of occupants, cargo, and baggage.
- Useful Load: the weight of the pilot, copilot, passengers, baggage, usable fuel, and drain-able oil. It is the basic empty weight subtracted from the maximum allowable gross weight. This term applies to general aviation (GA) aircraft only.
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Doing it on the map:
- Locate the fix (or simply draw a fix on a paper)
- Draw N-S and E-W lines
- Draw a line 290-110.
- This creates a 70° segment in NW, 110° NE-SE and 180° W-SW.
- Use direct entry if entering the fix anywhere in the 180° (W-SW) segment.
- Use parallel entry if entering the fix anywhere in the 110° (NE-SE) segment.
- Use tear drop entry if entering the fix anywhere in the 70° (NW) segment.
On the map, the standard pattern is right hand, keep right hand down. For non-standard, keep the right hand up!
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Doing it on the HI (heading indicator):
- Assume the airplane is the fix.
- Draw up-down line (extend the heading upward and downward).
- Draw a line that make 70° on the right, 110° to the left.
- This is the opposite of the map; keep the right hand (standard) up!
- Draw the inbound line, from the center outward
- Use direct entry if the inbound leg is in the 180° segment.
- Use parallel entry if the inbound leg is in the 110° segment.
- Use tear drop entry if the inbound leg is in the 70° segment.
On the HI, the standard pattern is right hand up. For non-standard, keep the right hand down!
- Max 6 seats in the aircraft (max 5 passengers)
- Aircraft max certified weight of 6000lb
- Max altitude FL018 (no class A)
- Max speed 250 knots
- Procedure Turn Basics
- Procedure Turns
- Youtube: gear up, no!
- Gear up landing
- MDA/H
- VOR VOT Check
- tune in
- center CDI with FROM
- should read 180
- Takeoff Min, Part 91
- 1000 3sm
- What are standard takeoff minimums?
- IFR in Class G
- An appropriately rated, current pilot, in an appropriately equipped aircraft, may fly IFR in class G airspace without either a clearance or a flight plan.
- When class G is overlaid by controlled airspace, like class E, the pilot will need a clearance before entering controlled airspace.
- IFR Recency
- Part 61, within the preceding 6 calendar months from the month of the flight, log and perform
- 6 instrument approaches, holding procedures and tasks, and intercepting and tracking courses
- through the use of navigational electronic systems
- CHECKRIDE-CIRCLE-TO-LAND APPROACHES
- VOR deflection
- @ 60NM, full deflection is 12 degrees
- In 5-dot VOR, 1 dot becomes 2.4NM off course
- @ 30NM, 1 dot, 1NM off course
- Where's the f-ing missed approach point?
- Fly the Aircraft First
- Flight Risk Assessment Tools
- U.S. Airspaces 1
- U.S. Airspaces 2
- Parts
- 25: airworthiness
- 61: airman certificates and ratings
- 91: general flight rules (GA)
- 121: scheduled air carrier ops (regional airlines)
- 133: external load and helicops
- 135: commuter & on demand ops (corporate, government)
- 141: flight schools
- 142: training centers
- Ground Base Navigation
- minutes from station = (time in seconds between bearings) / degree of bearing change
- distance NM from station = (TAS * minutes flown) / degrees of bearing change
- AC 120-12 Private Carriage Versus Common Carriage
- AC 61-98 GA pilots, flight instructors complying with the flight reviews required 14CFR61
- Commercial Pilot Maneuver Cards
- AC 00-45 Aviation Weather Services
- Flying by the numbers
- Private and Commercial Standard Operating Procedures
- FICON
- FICONs will contain percentages within the NOTAM for each third of the runway, along with the contaminants on that runway. In the text of the FICON, the thirds are separated by commas.
- Is Flying Through Snow Considered 'Known Icing'?
- Ice Is Not Nice
- Staying Alive: What Oxygen System You Need When Flying Above 12,500'
- If you're flying a pressurized aircraft, you won't normally need to wear a mask - but you'll carry one for emergencies.