Airplane Flying Handbook (2023): FAA-H-8083-3C (ASA FAA Handbook Series)

Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. has been the industry’s trusted source for official FAA publications for over 80 years. Look for the ASA wings to ensure you’re purchasing the latest authentic FAA release. This handbook FAA-H-8083-3C is current in 2023. The FAA’s Airplane Flying Handbook has been required reading for all pilots for more than 40 years and introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes. It benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors as well as pilots who are preparing for additional certificates and ratings or who want to improve their flying proficiency, and it is useful for flight instructors engaged in teaching pilots of all skill levels. This handbook provides information and guidance on the procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. Chapters are dedicated to ground operations, basic flight maneuvers, slow flight, stalls, spins, takeoff and departure climbs, performance and ground reference maneuvers, airport traffic patterns, approaches and landings, night operations, emergency procedures, and transitions to different types of aircraft including complex, multi-engine, tailwheel, turboprop, and jets. The latest edition expands and updates the material that is a key reference in FAA testing and Airman Certification Standards (ACS), and it incorporates new areas of safety concerns and technical information, such as loss-of-control upset prevention and recovery training and energy management. The Airplane Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly and for many of the test questions in the FAA Knowledge Exams for pilots. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs, it also includes a glossary and index. Preface Acknowledgments Major Revisions Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to Flight Training Introduction Role of the FAA Role of the Pilot Examiner Role of the Flight Instructor Sources of Flight Training Airman Certification Standards (ACS) and Practical Test Standards (PTS) Safety Considerations Continuing Education Chapter Summary Chapter 2: Ground Operations Introduction Preflight Assessment of the Aircraft Risk and Resource Management Ground Operations Engine Starting Hand Propping Taxiing Before-Takeoff Check Takeoff Checks After-Landing Clear of Runway and Stopped Parking Engine Shutdown Post-Flight Chapter Summary Chapter 3: Basic Flight Maneuvers Introduction The Four Fundamentals Effect and Use of Flight Controls Attitude Flying Integrated Flight Instruction Straight-and-Level Flight Trim Control Level Turns Climbs and Climbing Turns Descents and Descending Turns Glides Chapter Summary Chapter 4: Energy Management: Mastering Altitude and Airspeed Control Introduction Importance of Energy Management Viewing the Airplane as an Energy System Role of the Controls to Manage Energy State Rules of Energy Control Mitigating Risks from Mismanagement of Energy Review of Terms and Definitions Chapter 5: Maintaining Aircraft Control: Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Introduction Upset Prevention and Recovery Slow Flight Stalls Chapter Summary Chapter 6: Takeoffs and Departure Climbs Introduction Prior to Takeoff Normal Takeoff Crosswind Takeoff Ground Effect on Takeoff Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb Soft/Rough-Field Takeoff and Climb Rejected Takeoff/Engine Failure Noise Abatement Chapter Summary Chapter 7: Ground Reference Maneuvers Introduction Maneuvering by Reference to Ground Objects Drift and Ground Track Control Rectangular Course Turns Around a Point S-Turns Elementary Eights Chapter Summary Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns Introduction Airport Traffic Patterns and Operations Standard Airport Traffic Patterns Non-Towered Airports Safety Considerations Chapter Summary Chapter 9: Approaches and Landings Introduction Use of Flaps Normal Approach and Landing Go-Arounds (Rejected Landings) Intentional Slips Crosswind Approach and Landing Turbulent Air Approach and Landing Short-Field Approach and Landing Soft-Field Approach and Landing Power-Off Accuracy Approaches Faulty Approaches and Landings Hydroplaning Chapter Summary Chapter 10: Performance Maneuvers Introduction Steep Turns Steep Spiral Chandelle Lazy Eight Chapter Summary Chapter 11: Night Operations Introduction Night Vision Night Illusions Pilot Equipment Airplane Equipment and Lighting Airport and Navigation Lighting Aids Training for Night Flight Preparation and Preflight Starting, Taxiing, and Run-up Takeoff and Climb Orientation and Navigation Approaches and Landings How to Prevent Landing Errors Due to Optical Illusions Chapter Summary Chapter 12: Transition to Complex Airplanes Introduction Controllable-Pitch Propeller Turbocharging Retractable Landing Gear Transition Training Chapter Summary Chapter 13: Transition to Multiengine Airplanes Introduction General Terms and Definitions Operation of Systems Performance and Limitations Weight and Balance Ground Operation Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb Short-Field Takeoff and Climb Rejected Takeoff Level Off and Cruise Slow Flight Spin Awareness and Stalls Normal Approach and Landing Crosswind Approach and Landing Short-Field Approach and Landing Go-Around Engine Inoperative Flight Principles Low Altitude Engine Failure Scenarios Engine Failure During Flight Engine Inoperative Approach and Landing Multiengine Training Considerations Chapter Summary Chapter 14: Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes Introduction Landing Gear Angle of Attack Taxiing Weathervaning Visibility Directional Control Normal Takeoff Roll Liftoff Crosswind Takeoff Short-Field Takeoff Soft-Field Takeoff Landing Touchdown After-Landing Roll Crosswind After-Landing Roll Short-Field Landing Soft-Field Landing Ground Loop Chapter Summary Chapter 15: Transition to Turbopropeller-Powered Airplanes Introduction Gas Turbine Engine Turboprop Engines Turboprop Engine Types Reverse Thrust and Beta Range Operations Turboprop Airplane Electrical Systems Operational Considerations Training Considerations Chapter Summary Chapter 16: Transition to Jet-Powered Airplanes Introduction Ground Safety Jet Engine Basics Operating the Jet Engine Jet Engine Efficiency Absence of Propeller Effects Speed Margins Mach Buffet Low-Speed Flight Stalls Drag Devices Thrust Reversers Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying Jet Airplane Takeoff and Climb Jet Airplane Descent and Approach Jet Engine Landing Jet Airplane Systems and Maintenance Chapter Summary Chapter 17: Transition to Light Sport Airplanes (LSA) Introduction Light-Sport Aircraft Background Light-Sport Airplane Synopsis Sport Pilot Certificate Transition Training Considerations LSA Maintenance Airframe and Systems Weather Considerations Flight Environment Key Points Chapter Summary Chapter 18: Emergency Procedures Introduction Emergency Landings Basic Safety Concepts Terrain Types Engine Failure After Takeoff (Single-Engine) Emergency Descents In-Flight Fire Flight Control Malfunction/Failure System Malfunctions Door Opening In-Flight Inadvertent VFR Flight Into IMC Emergency Response Systems Chapter Summary Glossary Index "The FAA Airplane Flying Handbook introduces the basic pilot skills and knowledge essential for piloting airplanes and has been pilots' required reading for more than 40 years. This book benefits student pilots just beginning their aviation endeavors as well as pilots who are preparing for additional certificates and ratings or who want to improve their flying proficiency, and it is useful for flight instructors engaged in teaching pilots of all skill levels. This handbook provides information and guidance on the procedures and maneuvers required for pilot certification. Chapters are dedicated to ground operations, basic flight maneuvers, energy management (mastering altitude and airspeed control), maintaining aircraft control (upset prevention and recovery training), takeoff and departure climbs, ground reference maneuvers, airport traffic patterns, approaches and landings, performance maneuvers, night operations, emergency procedures, and transitions to different types of aircraft including complex, multi-engine, tailwheel, turboprop, turbojet, and light sport aiplanes (LSA). Last updated in 2016, this new edition expands and updates the material that is a key reference in FAA testing and Airman Certification Standards (ACS), and it incorporates new areas of safety concerns and technical information ... The Airplane Flying Handbook is the official FAA source for learning to fly and for many of the test questions in the pilot FAA Knowledge Exams. Complete with chapter summaries and illustrated throughout with detailed, full-color drawings and photographs, it also includes a glossary and index."--Page [4] of cover