Flightpath syllabus with thanks to Pilot Friend
Southend flying club ground school
See how it flies a site by John S. Denker
A mathematical technical summary from AppliedAero
Some Qs and As from Aerospaceweb.org
FAA online flight handbook
Langley Flying school groundschool resources
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Les Colibris French pilots on tour with pilotlist
Touring in Scotland with Alan Moar
Flight Level 350 commercial aviation videos
Flight plan GAR form AICs Calais customs
France RTBA active RTBA Red Arrows AOPA advice Europe
met office BBC wx Brize Norton Topkarten Propilot wx UK webcams
surfcams Euro webcams France Navigeo
Kidlington Enstone Enstone cam Kemble Caernarfon Perth Headcorn Calais Le Touquet Lausanne Annecy St Johann
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Military flying
France Mirage 2000
Low flying Chad
Formation Blue Angels 2 Frecce
Dogfighting Mustangs
Harrier mission BBC
Ground attack Warthogs
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Aerobatics
Eric Vazeille CAP
Ramon Alonso Sukhoi
Jim LeRoy+: Pitts special Pitts special
Patty Wagstaff: Extra 300 Extra 300
Xavier de Lapparent: Sukhoi 26 Breitling
Svetlana Kapanina: Sukhoi 26
Vazeille and Cooper: CAP 232 CAP
Besenyei gyroscopic manoeuvres Extra 300
Sukhoi 26 video
World Aerobatics championship 2009 WAC
Glider aeros video
Military aeros Mirage 2000
Aresti notation Aresti
Pylon racing Reno
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Weather issues
The atmosphere atmosphere
Adiabatic lapse rate
Warm and cold air masses
cyclones and anticyclones
Coriolis effect
frontal systems fronts
cloud types clouds
visibility VFR requirements
CAVOK
free weather services Skylink weather
Subscription services UK Met office
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En route navigation
Charts: CAA 500,000 series
Pilotage
ground features
dead reckoning : heading, speed and time
route planning CAA VFR videos
obstructions and awareness
NOTAMs
altitude, local QNH
quadrantal rule semi-circular rule
transition levels / Flight Levels
route planning on computer
whizz wheels (circular sliderules)
creating Flight Plans for international flights flightplan form
GPS Garmin G1000
FlightSim 2002: view mode / replay mode / slew mode
Controlled and uncontrolled airspace
The Air Navigation Order: CAP 393 CAP 393
A/G (air / ground) stations Dunkeswell radio
Flight Information Service stations Kemble Information
The airfield, runway direction airfield sense
Wind sock / wind Tee / signal square
The circuit and rejoin the circuit
Radio calls radio sense CAP 413
The commercial airfield, the tower
Holding points, taxyways, the apron
ATIS (air traffic information system)
Approach control: Luton Approach / Brize Radar London VHF
Clearances and permissions
Transponders mode A, C, S mode S
7000 / 7500 / 7600 / 7700 codes
Squawk ident
TCAS warning system
Airspace classes A/C, D, E/G classification
The London TMA (terminal manoeuvring area)
the MATZ (military air traffic zone)
danger / prohibited zones Timothy Allen Ppt
Instrumentation
VFR and IMC VFR guide
Altimeter settings, QNH / QFE altimetry
The standard atmosphere 1013.25 millibars
Flight levels and the transition level
AI attitude indicator (artificial horizon) AI
ASI (airspeed indicator) and markings / limitations ASI
DI (direction indicator) and compass DI compass
VSI (vertical speed indicator) VSI
TC (turn coordinator) or turn and slip indicator TC
Vacuum systems and problems gyros precession
Pitot and static systems pitot / static
FlightSim 2002: setting instruments
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Flight controls
Free flight chevaliers
ailerons and bank, elevator and pitch, rudder and yaw animations intro
adverse yaw video
effect of controls (interconnection)
straight and level flight, forces thrust, drag, lift and gravity forces acting
takeoff King video C152 747
VASI and PAPI
extreme landings: Tegucigalpa, Honduras ground air view
747 at St Maartens ground cockpit
sideslipping and crabbing Hamburg 45 kts
Getting it wrong at Kai Tak … Kai Tak
… and at St Barts St Barts
throttle changes and retrimming
fixed and retractable undercarriage undercarriage
aerobatic flight limits aeros 13g
g forces, human limitations
Red Bull military Cessna dog Cessna cat Bob Hoover 2
FlightSim 2002 simulation
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Power plants
power to weight ratio heli heli2 blimp
Martin jetpack video
The 4 stroke engine the Otto cycle
flat 4 Lycoming / Continental inline engines
V12s and radials radials animation
rotaries rotary engines
stoichiometric ratio 14:1 leaning at altitude
turbocharging and supercharging development
diesels in aviation diesel engine
propellers: fixed pitch, constant speed (recognition) props manufacture
complex aircraft and difference training Learjet takeoff
jets explanation video
turbine blades manufacture
military afterburners SR71
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