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Flight Performance - Level 3

This chapter sets out and discusses the various issues that are critically important to the conduct of a well planned, safe and organized flight, as well as the health and physiological appropriateness of the flight crew, in all flight environments, but particularly in IMC environments.

Sections in this Chapter:

	Airplane Performance- You will learn about handling an airplane under different conditions Section 1 - Temperature/Altitude Effects on Performance                          TakeOff/Climb/Cruise/Landing Performance Charts Section 2 - Landing/TakeOffs at Unimproved Airstrips Cross-Wind Landings and TakeOffs Section 3 - Cruising Speeds Use of Performance Charts Wake Turbulence and its Avoidance Jet Blast Hazard Section 4 - Airmanship Preparation for Flight Pilot's Inspection Prior to Flight Section 5 -Cockpit Check Prior to Flight Section 6 - TakeOff Procedures-Uncontrolled/controlled Airports TakeOff Considerations En Route Procedures Section 7 - Landing Procedure Post Flight Inspection Braking Technique Landing Errors Section 8 - Wind Shear Ground Effect Critical Surface Contamination Gust Conditions Low Flying Scanning Collision Avoidance Section 9 -Good Airmanship
	Human Factors-You will learn how your health affects your flying           Section 1 -           General Health           Hypoxia           Stagnant Hypoxia           Prevention of Hypoxia           Section 2 -           Ozone Sickness           Carbon Monoxide (CO)           Cigarettes           Hyperventilation           Decompression Sickness           Section 3 -           Vision           Noise, Vibration and Temperature           Sensory Illusions           Spatial Disorientation           Section 4 -           Alcohol           Drugs           Blood Donations           Fatigue           Eating           Section 5 -           Stress           Panic           Physical Fitness           Section 6 -           Pilot Decision Making           Human Factors-Summary
	Weight and Balance-You will learn how to load and balance your aircraft Section 1 - Weight Computing the Load Balance Limits Definitions Section 2 - Finding Balance by Computation Method Finding Balance by Graph Method Weight and Balance and Flight Performance

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