LESSON: #8, Traffic Pattern/Normal & Crosswind Takeoff & Landings

GROUND WORK

Suggested student homework assignments:

        Operations at non-towered Airports
http://flighttrainmonroe.com/uploads/Operations_at_Non-Towered_Airports.pdf
        Operations at Towered Airports
http://flighttrainmonroe.com/uploads/Operations_at_Towered_Airports.pdf
        Airplane Flying Handbook – Chapter 5 – Takeoff and Departure Climbs
        Airplane Flying Handbook – Chapter 7 – Airport Traffic Patterns
        Airplane Flying Handbook – Chapter 8 – Approached and Landings
        Gold Seal Online Ground School – Section 2
              -Airports and Airspace
              -Airport Operations
              -Airport Signs and Runway Markings

FLIGHT WORK

LESSON 8 – Traffic Pattern/Normal & Crosswind Takeoff & Landings

Dual – ground: 0.5, flight: 1.0
Objective: Review and perfect traffic pattern operations, practice takeoffs and landings

Discussion topics:
       1) traffic pattern operations and radio phraseology (upwind/crosswind/downwind/base/final)

​Review:
       1) normal and crosswind takeoff and climb
       2) traffic pattern operations
       3) normal and crosswind approach and landing

Introduce:
       1) traffic pattern engine-out procedures
       2) controlled/uncontrolled field operations
       3) no-flap landings
       4) forward slips to landing
       5) go-arounds from rejected landings

Completion standards:
       1) Ability to perform takeoffs and landings with no instructor input
       2) Stays within traffic pattern and maintains adequate ground track