AV3300

Students will continue to develop airmanship as they log additional flight hours with increased understanding in the following knowledge areas: 

1. Science: Describe basic principles of physical science as they relate to aviation, including: Properties of air, Four forces of flight, Lift and Bernoulli’s principle, Newton’s laws of motion. 

2. Aircraft: Describe the major parts of an aircraft, including: Control surfaces (ailerons, rudder, elevators), Airfoil (leading edge, trailing edge, chord, and camber), Fuselage, empennage, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, Flaps, strut, spinner, propeller. Yoke, rudder pedals, throttle. 

3. Instruments: Identify by sight and describe the function of major flight instruments, including: Airspeed Indicator Compass, Attitude Indicator Tachometer, Altimeter Turn-and-Slip Indicator, Vertical speed indicator  

4. Flight Maneuvers: Explain how pilots perform basic flight maneuvers to include roll, pitch, and yaw. Explain the manner in which control surfaces are manipulated during roll, pitch, and yaw. Summarize basic procedures used during take-offs and landings. 

5. Weather: Discuss characteristics of VFR weather. Identify basic cloud types, Discuss how gliders soar using thermals, ridge and slope soaring, sea breeze soaring, and mountain wave soaring, Discuss how air currents affect lighter-than-air aircraft.