Professional Pilot is about decision making: that is, the element that sets the captain apart from the rest of the crew. It is filled with the kind of insightful tips, stories, facts and mythbusting that will change how you operate as PIC. Far from your typical textbook on aerodynamics and systems, Professional Pilot takes you right up front to learn from a master turbine pilot who's been there.John Lowery combines 50 years of experience as a corporate pilot and pilot examiner with fluid discussions that probe the details all career aviators must understand. Along the way you will find a new level of understanding about day-to-day, real-world flying you thought you long understood, and gain a full indoctrination into the topics that matter when flying heavy, high, and fast.This third edition includes up-to-date cockpit and airport procedures and recent upgrades in communications and navigation equipment. FITS (FAA/Industry Training Standards) are now included, and information has been added to prepare pilots for today's state-of-the-art "TAA" (technically-advanced aircraft) and VLJs (very-light jets).Within this collection of impressive know-how, you'll uncover the vital story behind such topics as:Takeoff V-speeds, runway length requirements, and the real physics of takeoff performanceHandling runway contaminationCruising speed and fuel control in turbine aircraftDynamics of high altitude flightManaging icing conditionsSurviving emergencies such as rapid decompression and in-flight fires
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PROFESSIONAL PILOT Thîrd Edîtîon
PROFESSIONAL PILOT Proven Tactîcs and PIC Strategîes
Thîrd Edîtîon JOHN LOWERY
Avîatîon Suppîes & Academîcs, Inc. Newcaste, Washîngton
JOHN LOWERY is a retired U.S. Air Force and commercial pilot wit more tan 13,500 ours of flying a wide variety of bot ligt and ig performance large aircraft. He taugt for ten years as an adjunct assistant professor of aeronautical science for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University at te McClellan AFB campus. Currently e resides in Folsom, California.
Professional Pilot, hird Edition by Jon Lowery
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 7005 132nd Place SE Newcastle, WA 98059 www.asa2fly.com / asa@asa2fly.com
Printed in te United States of America 2011 2010 2009 2008 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
ASAPROPILOT3 ISBN 1-56027-709-2 978-1-56027-709-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lowery, Jon. Professional pilot / Jon Lowery. p. cm. Includes bibliograpical references and index. 1. Aeronautics—Safety measures. 2. Airplanes—Piloting. I. Title. TL553.5.L69 2001 629.132'52—dc21 00-053840
PART ONE:INTRODUCTION 1 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Usîng Everythîng Avaîabe ............................................................................... 3
PART TWO:THE TAKEOFF PHASE 2TWINS LIGHT Unraveîng Lîght Twîn Perormance...........................................................15 3 COMMUTER CATEGORY PERFORMANCE Evoutîonary Requîrements.............................................................................29 4CATEGORY AIRPLANES TRANSPORT Perormance Consîderatîons..........................................................................41 5TAKEOFF REJECTED The Crîtîca Importance o Decîsîon Speed...........................................57 6 SLUSH DRAG DECELERATION Can Prevent Takeof..............................................................................................69
PART THREE:THE ENROUTE PHASE 7 FLYING WITHIN THE ENVELOPE Understandîng Aîrcrat Lîmîtatîons ............................................................81 8 HIGH ALTITUDE AND HIGH MACH FLIGHT The Hazards Invoved..........................................................................................93 9UPSET TURBULENCE Hazards o Severe Turbuence.....................................................................105 10 CRUISE CONTROL Obtaînîng Best Speed and Fue Economy în Lîght Panes and Jets...................................................................................119 11ENGINE COMPRESSOR STALLS JET When Your Engîne Coughs...........................................................................141
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12 FIRE IN FLIGHT The Cock îs Tîckîng............................................................................................155 13AND DEEPSTALL PHENOMENA DEPARTURE An InDepth Look ...............................................................................................167 14ACCIDENTAL SPIN THE Avoîdance and Recovery .............................................................................. 181 15 THE ICING DILEMMA Lîmîtatîons o Icîng Certîicatîon...............................................................195 16HIGH ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENT THAT Knowîng How to Survîve...............................................................................213 17 FLYING AFTER SCUBA DIVING Scuba Do’s and Don’ts .....................................................................................229
PART FOUR:THE LANDING PHASE 18 LANDING CONSIDERATIONS More Than Meets the Eye..............................................................................241 19LANDINGS UNDERSHOOT A Persîstent Cause o Accîdents ................................................................255 20CROSSWIND TRAP THAT Avoîdîng Latera Drît........................................................................................273 21NEGLECTED TIRES THOSE The Crîtîca Importance o Tîre Care........................................................281 22STOPPED GETTING Usîng Everythîng that’s Avaîabe..............................................................289 Appendîx One Captaîn’s Prelîght Brîeing ............................................................................309 Appendîx Two Crew Coordînatîon: Sampe Standard Caouts................................311
To te memory of Captain Jack Lee Isaac, Western Airlines, Inc. He started in te early 1940s as a 21-year-old fligt instructor in te World War II Civil Pilot Training program at Auburn University in Alabama. From tere e signed up wit te Navy were e first instructed, ten went to sea flying Corsairs from carriers. After a brief post-war career as a bus pilot, flying out of Ely, Minnesota, e began a lasting career wit Western Airlines. It was Jack wo gave te autor is first flying lesson at age 13. his lit te fire tat set te course to a lifetime in aviation. He was my idol trougout is lifetime.
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Eartly encumbered; living to fly: Taking to wing; coming alive.
Abode in blue; furnised in wite: Carpet in terra; effortless fligt.
Gliding on sunligt; igways of air: Hum to te winds’ song; little to care.
Soar above eagles; te zepyr a foe: Casing te evening; miles quickly flow.
Talons are readied; sleekness at cost. Once more ungainly; a dimension is lost.
As te awk wit wings clipped, sooner would die: Not meant to be eartbound; living to fly.
Ricard J. Harkness
PREFACE
Wen serious pilots begin searcing for information beyond te aircraft systems training provided at most fligt scools, tey are immediately stymied by te lack of resources. Consequently, some important aeronautical information is not readily available. Yet te National Aeronautics and Space Administration; te U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force; and te manufacturers ave a wealt of information tat, to operate safely, pilots of sopisticated aircraft simply must know. A basic reference isAerodynamics for Naval Aviators, by H. H. Hurt of te University of Soutern California (available from ASA). Two oter excellent references areFly te Wingby te late Jim Webb (EAL) andHandling te Big Jets by former Britis test pilot D.P. Davies. hese too are books every serious pilot sould own. he Boeing Commercial Airplane Company as provided some outstanding studies on aircraft performance. A case in point is teirLanding on Slippery Runways, publised in te mid-1960s but still a valuable reference in te 21st century. heir study and video tape on rejected takeoffs was exceptional. Oter valuable sources are listed in te bibliograpy. National Transportation Safety Board statistics reflect a consistent accident pattern tat varies little from year to year. Takeoffs and landings are most frequently involved. In fact, tese pases of fligt are so problematic tat tey’re referred to as te critical eigt minutes of fligt — two minutes during takeoff and six minutes during approac and landing. For ligt aircraft (gross weigt 12,500 pounds or less), neiter accelerate-stop nor accelerate-go information is required by 14 CFR §91.103, Prefligt Action. In fact, ligt twins are not required to ave an accelerate-go capability, yet some of tem do. Using transport category rules as a baseline for safety, it seems obvious tat tese distances sould be te basic criterion for acceptable runway lengt. Accelerate-stop is especially important.