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Ground operations

How to preflight an airplane
Perfecting preflights
Refueling procedures
Checking fuel samples
Engine starting

 

Starting a hot engine
Taxiing
Before-takeoff checklist
Postflight procedures

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Airport operations

Normal takeoff and climb

Operations at nontowered airports
(Online version)
Operations at nontowered airports
(PDF version)

See also the Operations at towered airports video in the Solo section.

 

Entering the traffic pattern
Normal approach and landing
Go-around
Avoiding midair collisions

Collision avoidance (Video)
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Basic maneuvers

Climbs, descents, turns, and stalls
All types of turns

   
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Flight maneuvers

Slow flight
Power-on stalls

   
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Ground reference maneuvers

Rectangular course
S-turns
Turns about a point

   
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Emergency procedures

Loss of engine power
Carburetor icing
Flight control failures

   
 
       
 
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