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TP 13462 - Flight Test Guide - Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane

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Third Edition, April 2010

• Introduction
• Definitions
• Changes in this Edition

General

• Admission to the Flight Test
• Admission to a Partial Flight Test
• Letters of Recommendation
• Aircraft and Equipment Requirements
• Liability Insurance
• Flight Test
• Repeated Flight Test Item
• Incomplete Flight Test
• Failure of a Flight Test
• Partial Flight Test
• Use of Flight Simulator or Flight Training Device
• Complete Re-Test
• Pre-Flight Briefing
• Flight Management
• Airmanship
• Errors and Deviations
• 4-Point Marking Scale
• Flight Test Results
• Assessment of Flight Test Performance

Flight Test Items

• Ex. 2 Aeroplane Familiarization and Preparation for Flight
  • A. Documents and Airworthiness (Ground Item)
  • B. Aeroplane Performance (Ground Item)
  • C. Weight and Balance, Loading (Ground Item)
  • D. Pre-Flight Inspection (Air Item)
  • E. Engine Starting and Run-up, Use of Checklists
  • F. Operation of Aircraft Systems
• Ex. 4 Taxiing
• Ex. 9 Steep Turns
• Ex. 11 Slow Flight
• Ex. 12 Stall
• Ex. 13 Spinning
• Ex. 15 Slipping
• Ex. 16 Takeoff
  • A. Soft-Field Takeoff
  • B. Short-Field Takeoff (Maximum Performance)
• Ex. 17 Circuit
• Ex. 18 Approach and Landing
  • A. Power-off 180° Accuracy Approach and Landing
  • B. Short-field and Soft-field Landings
  • B.1 Short-field Approach and Landing Over an Obstacle
  • B.2 Soft-field Approach and Landing
  • C. Overshoot
• Ex. 21 Precautionary Landing
• Ex. 22 Forced Landing
  • A. Control/Approach
  • B. Cockpit Management
• Ex. 23 Pilot Navigation
  • A. Pre-Flight Planning Procedures (Ground Item)
  • B. Departure Procedure
  • C. En Route Procedure
  • D. Diversion to an Alternate
• Ex. 24 Instrument Flying and Use of Radio Navigation Aids
  • A. Full Panel
  • B. Limited Panel
  • C. Recovery from Unusual Attitude
  • D. Radio Navigation
• Ex. 29 Emergency Procedures/Malfunctions
• Ex. 30 Radio Communication

Recommendation for Flight Test

Recommendation for Partial Flight Test

Date modified:

2012-01-16

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