1. Students will continue to develop airmanship as they log additional flight hours with increased understanding in the following knowledge areas:
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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 3. 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. |
