| The purpose of this manual is to help in the explanation, visualization and execution of the flight maneuvers required for the Private Pilot Practical Flight Test. Students preparing for their oral and flight test will find this manual helpful. Any pilot preparing for a Biennial Flight Review (BFR), can use this manual as a refresher on maneuvers that you may not have executed in quite some time. Flight Instructor applicants and Certified Flight Instructors will find this manual a beneficial teaching aid. The manual breaks down each maneuver required on the Private Practical Test in six parts:
- FAA objective for the maneuver
- FAA completion standards
- General description of the maneuver
- Detailed step by step textual description on how to execute the maneuver as recommended by the FAA
- References to FAA publications where the information was compiled from
- Detailed graphic profiles summarizing the procedure in a visual format
- Also included are airspeeds, pitch attitudes, bank angles, power settings and configurations for a Cessna 172P plus room to add the same information for up to three additional aircraft.
Benefits of this manual over other flight maneuver manuals:
- Certified Flight Instructors can use this teaching aid as an excellent resource for preflight briefings
- Several flight schools use this manual as a standardization tool for all their instructors and students
- There is no other source that details the Private Pilot Maneuvers like this book
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
ORAL SUBJECTS
Certificates and documents
Airworthiness requirements
Weather information
Cross country flight planning
National airspace system
Performance and limitations
Operation of systems
Aeromedical factors
Preflight inspection
Cockpit management
Radio communication and ATC light signals
Airport, runway, and taxiway markings and lighting
Pilotage and dead reckoning
Spin awareness
Radio communications, navigation systems, and radar services
Systems malfunction
Emergency equipment and survival gear
Night preparation PREFLIGHT PROCEDURES
Engine starting
Taxiing
Before takeoff check TAKEOFF, LANDING, GO-AROUNDS, & TRAFIC PATTERN
Normal takeoff and climb
Crosswind takeoff and climb
Short field takeoff
Soft field takeoff and climb
Traffic pattern operation
Normal approach and landing
Crosswind approach and landing
Short field approach and landing
Soft field approach and landing
Forward slip to landing
Go-around PERFORMANCE MANEUVERS
Steep turns GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS
Rectangular course
S-turns across a road
Turns around a point NAVIGATION
Intercepting and tracking a VOR, or GPS radial
Intercepting and tracking NDB bearings
Intercepting and tracking navigational systems profiles
Diversion
Lost procedures SLOW FLIGHT & STALLS
Maneuvering during slow flight
Power off stalls
Power on stalls BASIC INSTRUMENT MANEUVERS
Straight and level flight
Constant airspeed climbs
Constant airspeed descents
Turns to headings
Recovery from unusual flight attitudes EMERGENCY OPERATION / POST FLIGHT PROCEDURES
Emergency approach and landing
After landing, parking and securing | 
