Flight Instructors Training Procedures _revised AIC_x

allowing for drift.
4. BASE LEG i. Procedures as for normal base leg – discuss.
5. FINALS i. Select final landing flap.
ii. Allow for drift on final approach –
crab of slip method.
iii. Use of rudder to align aircraft with
landing path just before touchdown or if the
crosswind is strong, during the latter phase of
the approach, and ailerons to keep the
aircraft from drifting – usually wing down into
wind.
iv. Weathercock tendency on landing
run – use rudder and brakes to prevent
swinging into wind.
During last stages of landing roll and during
subsequent taxiing, applying the necessary
crosswind control application techniques.
c. CONSIDERATIONS OF AIRMANSHIP AND ENGINE HANDLING
AIRMANSHIP
i. Refer to same section of exercises 12 and 13 for details.
ii. Emphasise the effect of the crosswind on the above.
ENGINE CONSIDERATIONS
i. As per aircraft manual.
ii. Refer to aircraft manual for undercarriage and flap limitations in crosswind conditions.
d. SIMILARITY TO PREVIOUS EXERCISES
i. Taking off into wind.
ii. The normal circuit.
iii. The approach and landing.
iv. Side slipping.
v. Taxiing – high speed and the effects of weather cocking.
e. DE-BRIEFING AFTER FLIGHT
1. Briefly recap on the exercise and emphasise the important aspects applicable to:
Discuss the circuit under the following headings:
i. The take-off.
ii. The climb-out.
iii. The downwind leg.
iv. The base leg.
v. The final approach.
vi. The round out.
vii. The hold-off or float.
viii. The touch down or landing.
ix. The after-landing roll.
x. The touch and go landing.
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