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LESSON: #11, Stage check

Ground Work


Suggested student homework assignments:
       -Federal Aviation Regulations on student pilot limitations (61.89)
       -Federal Aviation Regulations – 61.93 (a)(i)(ii)
       -Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge – Chapter 8 – Flight Instruments
        Gold Seal Online Ground School – Section 3, Lessons 1 through 7

Flight Work

LESSON 11 – Stage check
Dual – ground: 0.3, flight: 1.5, simulated instrument: 0.3
Objective: Determine that the student can safely depart the traffic pattern, conduct solo flights in the
practice area, and return to the airport and land with no instructor assistance.

Discussion topics:
       1) boundaries of local practice area – FAR 61.93 (a)(i)(ii)
       2) solo dispatch criteria; limitations placed in student’s logbook

​Review:
       1) airworthiness criteria
       2) human factors checklist
       3) preflight procedures
       4) runway incursion avoidance
       5) wake turbulence avoidance
       6) collision avoidance
       7) normal and crosswind takeoff and climb
       8) maneuvering during slow flight
       9) power-off stall and recovery
       10) power-on stall and recovery
       11) systems and equipment malfunctions
       12) en route emergency procedures
       13) emergency approach and landing
       14) traffic patterns
       15) normal and crosswind approach and landings
       16) go-around
       17) post-flight procedures
       18) forward slips
       19) flight by reference to instruments

Completion standards:
       1) Instructor determines if student is able to competently conduct solo flights in the practice area
       2) Altitude within 150 feet, airspeed within 10 knots, heading within 15 degrees
       3) Demonstrate ability to depart airport, find local practice area, and return to airport with no instructor assistance
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