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Types of Aircraft Maneuvers Every Student Pilot Should Learn

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Stalls and Stall Recovery No list of essential maneuvers would be complete without stalls, as they teach you to recognize and recover from the aircraft losing lift, a situation every pilot must handle safely. Normal Takeoff and Landing: Students learn the standard procedures to smoothly lift off and touch down.

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Why I Returned to Stick and Rudder

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From then until my checkride, I would stick strictly to what I needed to know to pass the FAA’s standards. On checkride day, I faked the language well enough to pass the oral exam. To maintain altitude in the turn, the airplane needs extra lift, which increases the load on the wings. And that meant memorizing vocabulary.

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Airline Pilots Are the Most Scrutinized Profession

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These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation. Checkrides are serious business, and failures can results in termination.

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How to Fly Perfect Lazy Eights

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Lazy eights sound like the least challenging commercial checkride maneuver to learn. The higher speed creates extra lift, causing the airplane to bank further into the turn. The aileron on the right wing deflects down, increasing the camber and creating more lift. The left wing’s aileron deflects up, decreasing lift.

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Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

They are also one of the most feared maneuvers during the private pilot checkride. Will you need a crosswind correction? Reducing lift puts more weight on the wheels. If conducting a checkride, you might blow past the stopping point, which could result in a failure. Almost every landing is a crosswind landing, after all.

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How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

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Going into a checkride (or a grass strip) without solid soft field skills is asking for trouble. A faster, reduced-flaps approach improves aircraft control during strong crosswinds or gusts. The sudden loss of lift can cause the wheels to dig into the ground. Soft field landings are widely misunderstood. Well, not exactly.

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How to Perform a Go-Around (The Right Way)

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For instance, if an aircraft is on the crosswind leg, they’ll ask you to extend the upwind If you don’t have the time, that’s okay. Reducing the flaps all at once will result in a large loss of lift, which can cause the aircraft to settle on the runway or stall. Radio Calls When you perform a go-around, you must inform ATC.