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  2. Eights on pylons - Wikipedia

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    The FAA Airplane Flying Handbook FAA-H-8083-3A gives detailed instructions on flying Eights on Pylons. Eights on pylons or pylon eights is a ground reference maneuver where an aircraft is flown in a figure eight pattern around two selected points on the ground (the pylons). [1]

  3. Chandelle - Wikipedia

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    Chandelle from the FAA Publication FAA-H-8083-3A (Airplane Flying Handbook) The chandelle is an aircraft control maneuver where the pilot combines a 180° turn with a climb. [1] [2] It is now required for attaining a commercial flight certificate in many countries. The Federal Aviation Administration in the United States requires such training.

  4. Power-off accuracy approach - Wikipedia

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    The Airplane Flying Handbook of the Federal Aviation Administration lists common mistakes pilots make when performing power-off accuracy approaches. A few of these errors are listed below. [3] Force landing to avoid overshooting designated landing spot

  5. Instrument flight rules - Wikipedia

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    In aviation, instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR). The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration 's (FAA) Instrument Flying Handbook defines IFR as: "Rules and regulations established by the FAA to govern flight under ...

  6. Aircraft flight manual - Wikipedia

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    An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a paper book or electronic information set containing information required to operate an aircraft of certain type or particular aircraft of that type (each AFM is tailored for a specific aircraft, though aircraft of the same type naturally have very similar AFMs). The information within an AFM is also referred ...

  7. Pivotal altitude - Wikipedia

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    Pivotal altitude is the height for a given ground speed at which the line of sight from the cockpit directly parallel to the lateral axis of the aircraft will remain stationary on an object on the ground. A good rule of thumb for estimating the pivotal altitude is to square the groundspeed, then divide by 15 (if the groundspeed is in miles per ...