TP 12880
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- General
- Examinations
- Air Law
- Navigation
- Meteorology
GENERAL
1 | Pilot-In-Command responsibilities | |
2 | Winter operations | |
3 | Thunderstorms avoidance | |
4 | Mountain flying operations | |
5 | Collision avoidance - use of landing lights | |
• | 6 | Runway numbering |
7 | Airport rotating beacon | |
8 | VASIS/PAPI | |
9 | Obstruction marking and lighting | |
10 | Units of measurements and conversion | |
11 | Radio communications | |
• | 12 | Wheelbarrowing |
• | 13 | Hydro-planning |
• | 14 | Taxiing |
• | 15 | Effects of wind and wind shear |
• | 16 | Side-slips |
USE OF PERFORMANCE CHARTS
• | 1 | Take-off charts |
• | 2 | Cross-wind charts |
• | 3 | Canadian Runway Friction Index (CRFI) |
• | 4 | Cruise charts |
5 | Fuel burn charts | |
• | 6 | Landing charts |
7 | Performance (V) speeds - Va, Vno, Vfe, Vlo, Vne, Vs, Vx, Vy | |
8 | Effect of ice, snow, frost, slush, water on take-off and landing distance | |
9 | Effect of various runway surfaces on take-off and landing distance | |
10 | Upslope, downslope runway |
AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE
• | 1 | Effects of aircraft critical surface contamination |
2 | Lift/drag ratio | |
• | 3 | Effects of density altitude and humidity |
4 | Attitude plus power equals performance | |
5 | Normal, short, soft and rough field take-offs and landing | |
• | 6 | Ground effect |
• | 7 | Best angle of climb (Vx) |
• | 8 | Best rate of climb (Vy) |
• | 9 | Manoeuvring speed (Va) |
10 | Normal operating limit speed (Vno) | |
11 | Never exceed speed (Vne) | |
12 | Maximum flap speed (Vfe) | |
13 | Maximum gear operating speed (Vlo) | |
14 | Gliding for range | |
15 | Flying for range | |
16 | Flying for endurance | |
• | 17 | Slow flight |
• | 18 | Stalls |
• | 19 | Indicated and true stalling speed |
• | 20 | Stall speed vs altitude |
• | 21 | Spins |
• | 22 | Spirals |
23 | Recommended safe recovery altitudes | |
24 | Bank/speed vs rate/radius of turn | |
• | 25 | Effects of change of weight or centre of gravity (CG) on performance |
26 | Use of aircraft flight manual and approved operational information | |
27 | Use of unapproved operational information |
WEIGHT AND BALANCE
1 | Terms - e.g. datum, arm and moment | |
• | 2 | Locating CG |
• | 3 | CG limits |
4 | Empty weight and gross weight | |
5 | Load adjustment | |
6 | Cargo tie-down and passenger loading | |
• | 7 | Normal and utility category |
WAKE TURBULENCE
• | 1 | Causes |
• | 2 | Effects |
• | 3 | Avoidance |
SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR)
(AIM Canada - SAR Information)
1 | Types of service available | |
• | 2 | ELT (exclude categories) |
3 | Aircraft emergencies | |
4 | Survival - basic techniques |
AIRCRAFT CRITICAL SURFACE CONTAMINATION
1 | Clean aircraft concept | |
2 | Frozen contaminants and removal techniques | |
3 | Cold soaking phenomenon | |
4 | Pre-take-off contamination inspection | |
5 | De-ice/Anti-ice fluids - Type I, II, III, IV | |
6 | Correct use of fluids |