Realistic Commercial Flying with Flight Simulator
by John Rafferty
Index
ADF (Automatic Direction Finding) 34
approaches 62–63
aerobatics 198–201
airport traffic patterns 16–17
effects of wind on 122–23
airspeed 33, 122
and altitude control 16
reducing 7–8, 214
airspeed indicator 12
altimeter 12
altitude 32
and wind 139
controlling 5–6
approach 8–10
ADF 62–63
ILS 48–49
instrument 47–48
judging 18
missed 48, 240
NDB 62–63
setting up 16
standard configuration 9
VOR 58–61, 112
artificial horizon 13, 62
ATA (Actual Time of Arrival) 33
ATIS (Automated Terminal Information Systems) 63
autocoordination mode 198
barrel roll 199–200
base leg 17
carburetor heat 13
climbing 15–16
compass variation 121
controller
communications with pilot 18–19
sequence 18
course 32–33
cross-country flight planning 32
crosswind 17, 32–33
departing in 121
landing in 123
decision point 48
departure 4–5
clearing for 4–5
in crosswind 121
directional gyro (DG) 13
DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) 30, 209
downwind leg 17
engine failure 214, 217
En-Route Low Altitude charts 47
ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) 33
ETE (Estimated Time En route) 21, 33
FBO (Fixed-Base Operator) 81
final approach fix 48
flap indicator 13
flaps 7–8, 13
lowering 16
flight calculator 139
flight log
form 257
preparing 32
flight plan
filing 47
Flight Simulator 48
glide scope 49
ground speed 33
and wind correction headings 139–42
effects of wind on 121–22
half-standard turns 6
holding pattern 61
icing airframe 113
in the carburetor 13
IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) flight 14
advisories 142–43
and DME 209
clearances 47
en-route altitudes and headings 62
ILS (Instrument Landing System) 48, 58
Immelman maneuver 200
instrument approach plate 48
instrument flying 62
inverted flight 199–200
knot 12
landing 8–10, 17–18
dead-stick 201
in crosswind 123
straight-in 17
localizer 48–49
intercepting 49
loops 198–99
inside 198
magnetic compass 13
interpreting headings 14
magnetic headings 121
magnetic north 121
missed-approach procedure 48
nav needle 28
NDB (NonDirectional Beacon) 34
approaches 62–63
homing on 34
OBS (OmniBearing Selector) 30
pilot's log form 258
preflight planning 20–23
pretakeoff checklist 5, 15
radar vector 45
rate of climb indicator. See vertical speed indicator
relative bearing 34
runway
direction 14, 17
locating specific 14
selection and wind direction 122
saving current flight parameters 2
side view 198
slow flight 7–8
split-S maneuver 200
standard-rate turns 6
tachometer 13
takeoff 15–16
taxiing 14–15
throttle 13
true north 121
turn indicator 13
Unicom frequencies 81
vertical speed indicator 12
VFR (Visual Flight Rules) flight 13, 215
advisories 142–43
en-route altitudes and headings 62
Victor Airways 45–47
Chicago Area Planning Chart 253
Los Angeles Area Planning Chart 254
New York and Boston Area Planning Chart 255
Seattle Area Planning Chart 256
tracking bend in 80–81
VOR (Very-high-frequency Omnidirectional Range) 29
and DME information 29–31
approaches 58–61, 112
homing on 30
passing over 31
VOR radial 29
intercepting and tracking 30–31
vortex 143
wake turbulence 143
wind
and altitude 139
and ground speed 121–22
and keeping on course 28
and runway selection 122
calculating conditions 139–42
direction 121
effects on airport traffic pattern 122–23
wind triangles 139–42
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