Aviation Flight Academy™

Private Pilot Program

Aviation Flight Academy™

Flight 6 - Performance Maneuvers

To review previous lessons to gain proficiency and to introduce the student to steep turns and ground reference maneuvers.

1. Flight Lesson 5 complete? Yes

Copy of lesson placed in student’s folder? Yes

2. Preflight briefing

3. Review items

Normal and crosswind takeoff and landing, Emergency descent, Systems and equipment malfunctions, Emergency approach and landing

4. New items

Steep turns -FM 26

Rectangular course -FM 27

S-turns -FM 27

Turns around a point -FM 27

Wake turbulence avoidance -PH 3

Additional items at CFI’s discretion

5. Postflight critique and preview of next lesson

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the student demonstrates the proper entry procedures and understands how to maintain a specific ground track during the performance of ground reference maneuvers. Additionally, the student will demonstrate increased proficiency in emergency procedures. The student will be able to maintain altitude, ±200 ft.; airspeed, ±15 kt.; and heading, ±20°.