NEXT LESSON: #12, Solo practice
Suggested student homework assignment:
Review POH
Research in AIM any flight operations questions that arose during solo.
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge – Chapter 10 – Weight & Balance
o Principles of weight & balance computations
o Determining loaded weight and CG
Gold Seal Online Ground School – Review all lessons in Sections 1, 2 & 3.
Gold Seal Online Ground School – Section 5, Lesson 5 – Weight & Balance
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) weight and balance computations
2) performance computations
3) aeronautical decision making
4) PIC authority and responsibility
Review (solo):
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
2) Altitude, airspeed, heading within or approaching PTS standards
Suggested student homework assignment:
Review POH
Research in AIM any flight operations questions that arose during solo.
Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge – Chapter 10 – Weight & Balance
o Principles of weight & balance computations
o Determining loaded weight and CG
Gold Seal Online Ground School – Review all lessons in Sections 1, 2 & 3.
Gold Seal Online Ground School – Section 5, Lesson 5 – Weight & Balance
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) weight and balance computations
2) performance computations
3) aeronautical decision making
4) PIC authority and responsibility
Review (solo):
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
2) Altitude, airspeed, heading within or approaching PTS standards