Lesson Plans

Lesson 12: Solo Practice

Dual—ground: 0.5
Solo—1.0

Objective: To review flight maneuvers and allow student to feel comfortable when soloing the airplane.

Discussion topics:

  1. Dispatch procedures
  2. Weight and balance computations
  3. Performance computations
  4. Aeronautical decision making
  5. PIC authority and responsibility

Review:

  1. Normal and crosswind takeoff and climb
  2. Radio communications
  3. Traffic patterns
  4. Maneuvering during slow flight
  5. Steep turns
  6. Power-off stall and recovery
  7. Ground reference maneuvers
  8. Normal and crosswind approach and landing

Completion standards:

  1. Successful flight to and return from practice area (otherwise, he gets lost?)
  2. Altitude, airspeed, heading within or approaching PTS standards

Suggested student homework assignments:

  1. Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 8 passages on performance takeoffs and performance landings in the Airplane Flying Handbook.
  2. Review POH procedures for short and soft-field operations.
  3. Begin becoming familiar with the task's practical test requirements in the Practical Test Standards

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