
Commercial Pilot
Flight Maneuvers
by Brad Deines
The purpose of this manual is to help in the explanation, visualization and execution of the flight maneuvers required for the Commercial Pilot Practical Flight Test. Students preparing for their oral and flight test will find this manual helpful. Any pilot preparing for a Biennial Flight Review (BFR), can use this manual as a refresher on maneuvers that you may not have executed in quite some time. Flight Instructor applicants and Certified Flight Instructors will find this manual a beneficial teaching aid.
- The manual breaks down each maneuver required on the Commercial Practical Test in six parts:
- FAA objective for the maneuver
- FAA completion standards
- General description of the maneuver
- Detailed step by step textual description on how to execute the maneuver as recommended by the FAA
- References to FAA publications where the information was compiled from
- Detailed graphic profiles summarizing the procedure in a visual format
Also included are airspeeds, pitch attitudes, bank angles, power settings and configurations for a Cessna 172P plus room to add the same information for up to three additional aircraft.
- Benefits of this manual over other flight maneuver manuals:
- Certified Flight Instructors can use this teaching aid as an excellent resource for preflight briefings.
- Only detailed maneuvers manual with a spiral binding. Easy to lay book open flat in the classroom or in the cockpit.
- Several flight schools use this manual as a standardization tool for all their instructors and students.
- There is no other source that details the Commercial Pilot Maneuvers like this book.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- ORAL SUBJECTS
- certificates and documents
- airworthiness requirements
- weather information
- cross country flight planning
- national airspace system
- performance and limitations
- operation of systems
- aeromedical factors
- preflight inspection
- cockpit management
- radio communication and ATC light signals
- airport, runway, and taxiway signs, markings, and lighting
- pilotage and dead reckoning
- spin awareness
- radio communication, navigational facilities, and radar services
- systems and equipment malfunction
- emergency equipment and survival gear
- supplemental oxygen
- pressurization
- PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES
- engine starting
- taxiing
- before takeoff check
- TAKEOFFS, LANDINGS, GO-AROUNDS and TRAFFIC PATTERN OPERATION
- normal takeoff and climb
- crosswing takeoff and climb
- short field takeoff and maximum performance climb
- soft field takeoff and climb
- traffic pattern operations
- normal appraoch and landing
- crosswing approach and landing
- short field approach and landing
- soft field approach and landing
- power-off 180 degree accuracy approach and landing
- go-around
- PERFORMANCE MANEUVERING
- steep turns
- steep spiral
- chandelles
- lazy eights
- GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS
- eights on pylons
- NAVIGATION
- intercepting and tracking a VOR, GPS, or LORAN
- intercepting and tracking NDB bearings
- intercepting and tracking navigational systems profiles
- diversion
- lost procedures
- SLOW FLIGHT AND STALLS
- maneuvering during slow flight
- power-off stalls
- power-on stalls
- EMERGENCY OPERATIONS / POST FLIGHT PROCEDURES
- emergency approach and landing
- after landing, parking and securing
- APPENDIX
- abbreviations
- weight and balance / performance
- ATIS
- diversion checklist
RELATED LINKS:
- ...from the 'commercial' Category
- > Commercial Test Guide
- > Professional Pilot Logbook
- > Commercial Flight Manuevers
- > Inst/Comm Syllabus
- > Flying High Performance Singles & Twins
- > Instrument / Commercial Jeppesen Part 61 Kit
- > Commercial Test Guide
- > Commercial Oral Exam Guide
- > Commercial Computer Testing Supplement
- > Commercial FAA Exam Pack
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