Cover -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 - Introduction to Flight Training -- Purpose of Flight Training -- Role of the FAA -- Role of the Pilot Examiner -- Role of the Flight Instructor -- Sources of Flight Training -- Practical Test Standards -- Flight Safety Practices -- Collision Avoidance -- Runway Incursion Avoidance -- Stall Awareness -- Use of Checklists -- Positive Transfer of Controls -- Chapter 2 - Ground Operations -- Visual Inspection -- Inside the Cockpit -- Outer Wing Surfaces and Tail Section -- Fuel and Oil -- Landing Gear, Tires, and Brakes -- Engine and Propeller -- Cockpit Management -- Ground Operations -- Engine Starting -- Hand Propping -- Taxiing -- Before Takeoff Check -- After Landing -- Clear of Runway -- Parking -- Engine Shutdown -- Postflight -- Securing and Servicing -- Chapter 3 - Basic Flight Maneuvers -- The Four Fundamentals -- Effects and Use of the Controls -- Feel of the Airplane -- Attitude Flying -- Integrated Flight Instruction -- Straight-and-Level Flight -- Trim Control -- Level Turns -- Climbs and Climbing Turns -- Normal Climb -- Best Rate of Climb -- Best Angle of Climb -- Descents and Descending Turns -- Partial Power Descent -- Descent at Minimum Safe Airspeed -- Glides -- Gliding Turns -- Pitch and Power -- Chapter 4 - Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins -- Introduction -- Slow Flight -- Flight at Less than Cruise Airspeeds -- Flight at Minimum Controllable Airspeed -- Stalls -- Recognition of Stalls -- Fundamentals of Stall Recovery -- Use of Ailerons/Rudder in Stall Recovery -- Stall Characteristics -- Approaches to Stalls (Imminent Stalls)--Power-On or Power-Off -- Full Stalls Power-Off -- Full Stalls Power-On -- Secondary Stall -- Accelerated Stalls -- Cross-Control Stall -- Elevator Trim Stall -- Spins -- Spin Procedures -- Entry Phase -- Incipient Phase -- Developed Phase.

Recovery Phase -- Intentional Spins -- Weight and Balance Requirements -- Chapter 5 - Takeoffs and Departure Climbs -- General -- Terms and Definitions -- Prior to Takeoff -- Normal Takeoff -- Takeoff Roll -- Lift-Off -- Initial Climb -- Crosswind Takeoff -- Takeoff Roll -- Lift-Off -- Initial Climb -- Ground Effect on Takeoff -- Short-Field Takeoff and Maximum Performance Climb -- Takeoff Roll -- Lift-Off -- Initial Climb -- Soft/Rough-Field Takeoff and Climb -- Takeoff Roll -- Lift-Off -- Initial Climb -- Rejected Takeoff/Engine Failure -- Noise Abatement -- Chapter 6 - Ground Reference Maneuvers -- Purpose and Scope -- Maneuvering by Reference to Ground Objects -- Drift and Ground Track Control -- Rectangular Course -- S-Turns Across a Road -- Turns Around a Point -- Elementary Eights -- Eights Along a Road -- Eights Across a Road -- Eights Around Pylons -- Eights-On-Pylons (Pylon Eights) -- Chapter 7 - Airport Traffic Patterns -- Airport Traffic Patterns and Operations -- Standard Airport Traffic Patterns -- Chapter 8 - Approaches and Landings -- Normal Approach and Landing -- Base Leg -- Final Approach -- Use of Flaps -- Estimating Height and Movement -- Roundout (Flare) -- Touchdown -- After-Landing Roll -- Stabilized Approach Concept -- Intentional Slips -- Go-Arounds (Rejected Landings) -- Power -- Attitude -- Configuration -- Ground Effect -- Crosswind Approach and Landing -- Crosswind Final Approach -- Crosswind Roundout (Flare) -- Crosswind Touchdown -- Crosswind After-Landing Roll -- Maximum Safe Crosswind Velocities -- Turbulent Air Approach and Landing -- Short-Field Approach and Landing -- Soft-Field Approach and Landing -- Power-Off Accuracy Approaches -- 90° Power-Off Approach -- 180° Power-Off Approach -- 360° Power-Off Approach -- Emergency Approahces and Landings (Simulated) -- Faulty Approaches and Landings -- Low Final Approach.

High Final Approach -- Slow Final Approach -- Use of Power -- High Roundout -- Late or Rapid Roundout -- Floating During Roundout -- Ballooning During Roundout -- Bouncing During Touchdown -- Porpoising -- Wheelbarrowing -- Hard Landing -- Touchdown in a Drift or Crab -- Ground Loop -- Wing Rising After Touchdown -- Hydroplaning -- Dynamic Hydroplaning -- Reverted Rubber Hydroplaning -- Viscous Hydroplaning -- Chapter 9 - Performance Maneuvers -- Performance Maneuvers -- Steep Turns -- Steep Spiral -- Chandelle -- Lazy Eight -- Chapter 10 - Night Operations -- Night Vision -- Night Illusions -- Pilot Equipment -- Airplane Equipment and Lighting -- Airport and Navigation Lighting Aids -- Preparation and Preflight -- Starting, Taxiing, and Runup -- Takeoff and Climb -- Orientation and Navigation -- Approaches and Landings -- Night Emergencies -- Chapter 11 - Transition to Complex Airplanes -- High Performance and Complex Airplanes -- Wing Flaps -- Function of Flaps -- Flap Effectiveness -- Operational Procedures -- Controllable-Pitch Propeller -- Constant-Speed Propeller -- Takeoff, Climb, and Cruise -- Blade Angle Control -- Governing Range -- Constant-Speed Propeller Operation -- Turbocharging -- Ground Boosting vs. Altitude Turbocharging -- Operating Characteristics -- Heat Management -- Turbocharger Failure -- Overboost Condition -- Low Manifold Pressure -- Retractable Landing Gear -- Landing Gear Systems -- Controls and Position Indicators -- Landing Gear Safety Devices -- Emergency Gear Extension Systems -- Operational Procedures -- Preflight -- Takeoff and Climb -- Approach and Landing -- Transition Training -- Chapter 12 - Transition to Multiengine Airplanes -- Multiengine Flight -- General -- Terms and Definitions -- Operation of Systems -- Propellers -- Propeller Sychronization -- Fuel Crossfeed -- Combustion Heater.

Flight Director/Autopilot -- Yaw Damper -- Alternator/Generator -- Nose Baggage Compartment -- Anti-Icing/Deicing -- Performance and Limitations -- Weight and Balance -- Ground Operation -- Normal and Crosswind Takeoff and Climb -- Level Off and Cruise -- Normal Approach and Landing -- Crosswind Approach and Landing -- Short-Field Takeoff and Climb -- Short-Field Approach and Landing -- Go-Around -- Rejected Takeoff -- Engine Failure After Lift-Off -- Engine Failure During Flight -- Engine Inoperative Approach and Landing -- Engine Inoperative Flight Principles -- Slow Flight -- Stalls -- Power-Off Stalls (Approach and Landing) -- Power-On Stalls (Takeoff and Departure) -- Spin Awareness -- Engine Inoperative--Loss of Directional Control Demonstration -- Multiengine Training Considerations -- Chapter 13 - Transition to Tailwheel Airplanes -- Tailwheel Airplanes -- Landing Gear -- Taxiing -- Normal Takeoff Roll -- Takeoff -- Crosswind Takeoff -- Short-Field Takeoff -- Soft-Field Takeoff -- Touchdown -- After-Landing Roll -- Crosswind Landing -- Crosswind After-Landing Roll -- Wheel Landing -- Short-Field Landing -- Soft-Field Landing -- Ground Loop -- Chapter 14 - Transition to Turbopropeller Powered Airplanes -- General -- The Gas Turbine Engine -- Turboprop Engines -- Turboprop Engine Types -- Fixed Shaft -- Split Shaft/Free Turbine Engine -- Reverse Thrust and Beta Range Operations -- Turboprop Airplane Electrical Systems -- Operational Considerations -- Training Considerations -- Chapter 15 - Transition to Jet Powered Airplanes -- General -- Jet Engine Basics -- Operating the Jet Engine -- Jet Engine Ignition -- Continuous Ignition -- Fuel Heaters -- Setting Power -- Thrust to Thrust Lever Relationship -- Variation of Thrust with RPM -- Slow Acceleration of the Jet Engine -- Jet Engine Efficiency -- Absence of Propeller Effect.

Absence of Propeller Slipstream -- Absence of Propeller Drag -- Speed Margins -- Recovery from Overspeed Conditions -- Mach Buffet Boundaries -- Low Speed Flight -- Stalls -- Drag Devices -- Thrust Reversers -- Pilot Sensations in Jet Flying -- Jet Airplane Takeoff and Climb -- V-Speeds -- Pre-Takeoff Procedures -- Takeoff Roll -- Rotation and Lift-Off -- Initial Climb -- Jet Airplane Approach and Landing -- Landing Requirements -- Landing Speeds -- Significant Differences -- The Stabilized Approach -- Approach Speed -- Glidepath Control -- The Flare -- Touchdown and Rollout -- Chapter 16 - Emergency Procedures -- Emergency Situations -- Emergency Landings -- Types of Emergency Landings -- Psychological Hazards -- Basic Safety Concepts -- General -- Attitude and Sink Rate Control -- Terrain Selection -- Airplane Configuration -- Approach -- Terrain Types -- Confined Areas -- Trees (Forest) -- Water (Ditching) and Snow -- Engine Failure After Takeoff (Single-Engine) -- Emergency Descents -- In-Flight Fire -- Engine Fire -- Electrical Fires -- Cabin Fire -- Flight Control Malfunction/Failure -- Total Flap Failure -- Asymmetric (Split) Flap -- Loss of Elevator Control -- Landing Gear Malfunction -- Systems Malfunctions -- Electrical System -- Pitot-Static System -- Abnormal Engine Instrument Indications -- Door Opening in Flight -- Inadvertent VFR Flight Into IMC -- General -- Recognition -- Maintaining Airplane Control -- Attitude Control -- Turns -- Climbs -- Descents -- Combined Maneuvers -- Transition to Visual Flight -- Glossary -- Index.