*   Index

• G load: See load factor, 6
• A-down ≡ Aircraft-frame down, 19.6
• absolute altitude, 20.2.2
• acceleration, 2.14.2, 5.2.1, 8.9, 9.6, 13.1, 13.4, 17.1.7, 19.1, 19.1.4
• ADF ≡ automatic direction finder, 14.3.2
• advancing blade, 8.5
• adverse yaw, 8.9, 11.4.2, 11.7.2, 16.6
• AGL ≡ altitude above ground level, 12.3
• aileron, 5.4.1, 9.4, 10.6.2, 11, 12.9.4, 13.5, 16.9, 18.5, 18.7
    :   fancy types of aileron, 8.9.2, 8.9.2, 8.9.2
    :   See also roll / coordination / adverse yaw / twisted lift, 8.1
• aim point, 12.3, 12.4.2, 12.7.3, 15.2.6, 15.2.6, 21.2.1
• air traffic control (ATC), 3.14.2, 13.8, 14.6, 15.1, 15.2.1, 16.1, 16.5, 21.3, 21.8
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: Air Safety Foundation, 21.10.4
• airspeed, 1, 1.3.4, 2.13.1, 13.2, 14.2.4
    :   best angle of climb (V_x), 2.4, 7.5.4, 7.5.6, 13.3
    :   best angle of climb (V_x): single engine (V_xse), 17.2.5, 17.2.5
    :   best lift-to-drag ratio (V_l/d), 4.5, 7.5.4, 7.5.8
    :   best rate of climb (V_y), 2.4, 4.5, 7.5.2, 13.1, 17.2.6
    :   best rate of climb (V_y): single engine (V_yse), 17.1.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.5
    :   calibrated vs. indicated vs. true, 2.13.1, 2.13.3, 2.13.6, 2.13.7, 14.2.2
    :   controlling and changing, 1, 1.3.2, 2.6, 6, 7.1, 16.1, 16.3, 17.2.5
    :   controlling and changing: See also trim, 2
    :   excursion, 7.2.3, 7.3, 7.3, 7.4, 12.7.4, 16.20.1
    :   increased near wing, 3.2
    :   indicator, 2.9, 2.12, 12.4.1, 12.5, 14.2, 18.7
    :   indicator: See also Pitot tube, 2.13.1
    :   maneuvering (V_a), 2.14.2, 7.5.8, 16.21.5
    :   maximum flaps-extended (V_fe), 5.5.5, 7.7.1, 16.3, 18.7
    :   maximum normal-operations (V_no), 2.14.1, 2.14.3, 7.3
    :   minimum control (V_mc), 16.11, 16.20.3, 17.1.5, 17.1.6, 17.1.7, 17.1.8, 17.1.9, 17.2.5
    :   minimum control, ground operations (V_mcg), 17.2.2
    :   minimum level-flight (V_z), 7.5.3, 17.2.5
    :   never-exceed (V_ne), 2.14.1, 2.14.3, 6.2.3
    :   rotation for takeoff (V_r), 13.3
    :   See also angle of attack, 2.13.1
    :   stall (V_s), 2.4, 7.5.8, 7.6.1, 16.12
    :   takeoff decision (V₁), 17.2.2, 17.2.2
    :   xxx best rate of climb (V_y), 1.2.5
• albatross effect, 16.18.2
• altimeter, 1.2.4, 3.6.2, 6.2.4, 20.2.2
• altimeter setting, 20.2.2
• altitude, 1, 1.3.4, 7.2.3, 7.3, 10, 16.2
    :   See also density altitude, 12
    :   See also obstacle clearance, 12
• altitude above field elevation, 20.2.2
• angle, 12.3, 12.4.2, 14.4.1
    :   See also climb angle / glideslope, 2.2
    :   See also crosswind correction, 2.2
    :   See also incidence / decalage, 2.2
    :   See also slip angle, 2.2
    :   See also yaw / pitch / bank, 2.2
• angle of attack, 2, 2.2, 3.16, 5.3.2, 11.5.4, 12.4, 12.4.2, 12.5, 12.11.3, 16.3, 18.7, 19.7.3
    :   absolute versus geometric, 2.15
    :   See also airspeed / vertical damping, 2.13.1
    :   stability, 6
• angular momentum, 9.6, 16.17.2, 18.6.4, 19.9, 19.9, 20.1.1
• Anna Karenina effect, 21.10.2
• AOPA ≡ Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 21.10.4
• approach, 2.12, 2.13.6, 2.13.7, 7.2.2, 7.7.1, 15.2.3, 15.2.5, 15.2.6, 16.1, 16.11, 16.18.3, 16.21.4
    :   See also landing, 12
• arrow: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1.2
• artificial horizon, 2.5, 6.2.4, 6.2.4, 18.7, 19.6, 19.11.2, 19.11.2
• aspect ratio, 3.13, 6.1.8, 7.6.1
• asymmetric disk loading, 8.5, 17.1.11
• asymmetric incidence, 5.4.3, 9.5
• asymmetric thrust, 8.13, 11.7.6, 17.1, 17.1.4, 17.2.7
• ATC ≡ air traffic control, 3.14.2
• ATIS ≡ automatic terminal information service, 12
• atmosphere, 20, 20.2.1
    :   international standard, 7.5.1, 20.2.1
• attached flow, 18.3.1
• attitude, 19.7.2
• attitude indicator: See artificial horizon, 2.5
• automatic direction finder (ADF), 14.3.2
• automatic terminal information service, 12.7.4, 16.19.1
• automatic weather observation system, 12.7.4, 16.19.1
• autopilot, 1.3.2, 7.4
• autorotation, 18.5
• Aviation Safety Reporting System, 21.10.4
• AWOS ≡ automatic weather observation system, 12
• azimuth: true versus magnetic, 14.2.2
• backtrack: symptom of uncoordinated roll-in, 11.7.2, 16.6
• balance, 10.1
    :   See also equilibrium / weight and balance, 10.1
• balance (perception), 6.2.1, 11.7.4, 19.6
• balanced-field length, 17.2.2
• ball (instrument): See inclinometer, 8
• ball (sports), 3.13, 18.3.3
• ballast, 6.1.11
• balloon: marks air movement, 16.18.4
• ballooning: See zoom, 1.3.3
• bank attitude, 12.9.4, 13.5, 16.5, 19.7.2
• barn door, 3.11
• base key point, 15.2.6
• base leg, 12.5, 12.7.4, 14, 15.2.3
• bat effect, 16.18.4
• Bernoulli’s principle, 3.15, 3.16, 18.3.3, 18.4.1, 18.4.4
• Bernoulli’s Principle, 3.6
• best ... airspeed: See under airspeed, 7
• best angle of glide, 7.5.7
• bivector, 19.8, 19.10.2
• blackout (loss of consciousness), 6.2.4
• blueline airspeed: See airspeed (best single-engine rate of climb), 17
• boat turn, 8.11, 12.9.5, 17.1.3, 19.6
• bobweights, 6.1.9
• bomb: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1.2
• boundary layer, 3.6, 3.12.4, 3.14.1, 3.15, 18.3, 18.3, 18.3.2, 18.3.3, 18.4.2
• brake, 9.6, 12.6.5, 12.7.5, 12.7.5, 12.11.8, 13.3, 13.7.4, 13.7.4
• bug on the windshield, 11.7.2
• Building-Block Approach, 21.10.1
• bullet fallacy, 3.8
• calibrated airspeed, 2.13.1, 2.13.6, 2.13.7
• camber, 3.10, 3.10, 6.1.8
• canard, 6.1.7
• car, 1, 1.3.2, 1.3.2, 8
• carburetor, 3.6.2
• carburetor heat, 12.6.5, 15.2.1, 21.6
• card demo, 3.13
• CAS ≡ calibrated airspeed, 2.13.1
• CDI ≡ course deviation indicator, 14.3.1
• ceiling, 20.2.2
    :   absolute, 7.5.3, 7.5.6, 13.7.3, 13.7.3, 17.2.5
• center of area, 6.1.5
• center of lift, 6.1.5, 17.1.8
• center of mass, 6.1.1, 6.1.3, 6.1.5, 17.1.8
• centrifugal field, 18.6.2, 19.3, 19.5, 19.5.1
• CFIT ≡ Controlled Flight Into Terrain, 21.4
• chandelle, 2.10, 16.1, 16.15
• chart: write on it, 14.6
• checklist, 12.1, 12.6.5, 12.10, 13.7.2, 13.9, 15.2.1, 17.1.6, 17.2, 21.3
• checkride, 15.2.3, 17.1.6, 21.7, 21.8, 21.10.1
• chord line, 2.15, 3.10, 18.6.1
• circle (maneuver), 7.7.1, 15.2.5
• circulation, 3.12.1, 3.12.4, 3.13, 3.16, 18.3.3
• climb, 1.2, 1.3.2, 2.4, 2.10, 2.15, 7.5, 9.7, 15.2.4, 16.1, 16.18.1, 17.1.2, 19.7.4
• clock: dead reckoning, 14.2
• cloudy weather, 20.1.2
• CM ≡ center-of-mass, 8.9
• Coandǎ effect, 18.4, 18.4.4
• coefficient of drag, 2.13.9, 4.5, 4.5, 8.9.7, 18.1
• coefficient of lift, 2.2, 2.13.1, 2.13.2, 3.10, 3.12.3, 3.14.2, 4.5, 4.5, 5.2.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.6, 6.2.3, 8.9.7, 18.1
• collision avoidance: See traffic, 16.2
• collision energy, 15.2.4, 15.2.6
• commutativity: See noncommutative rotations, 19.7.4
• compass, 14.2, 14.6
• compass rose, 14.2.2, 14.4.1
• complacency, 21.4
• compressibility, 3.2, 3.2, 3.6.3
• consciousness: loss of, 6.2.4
• conservation: See energy / momentum / angular momentum, 1
• constant pressure analysis chart, 20.4
• constant-course slip, 11.5.1
• control, 10.7
    :   reversed, 1.3.3
    :   See also controllability, 10.7
• control versus performance, 17.1.6
• controllability, 10.7
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain, 14.7.2
    :   See obstacle clearance, 21.4
• controls: See yoke / throttle / etc., 1
• coordination, 8.1, 8.9, 8.9.8, 10.6.2, 11, 16.6, 16.21.4, 17.1.3
    :   See also slip angle, 8.1
• copilot role, 21.9
• Coriolis effect, 19.4, 20.1, 20.4
• correction: small & early better than large & late, 16, 16.15
• course, 14.2.1, 14.3.3
• Course Deviation Indicator, 14.4.1
• course deviation indicator, 14.3.1
• cowl flaps, 12.6.5, 13.8, 17.2.3, 21.6
• cowling: reference for pitch perception, 2.5, 2.5
• crab angle: See crosswind correction, 16.8
• crabbing along a road, 16.8
• critical angle of attack, 5.3.1, 5.3.2
• critical engine, 17.1.11, 17.1.11
• CRM: See resource management, 21.9
• cross radials, 14.4.3, 14.7.4
• cross-country flying, 14, 14, 21.1
• crosswind, 3.14.2, 8.12, 12.7.2, 12.7.4, 12.9, 12.9.1, 12.10, 13.5, 14.2.3, 14.2.4, 16.8, 16.13
• cruise, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 2.6, 7.5.4, 7.5.6, 13.3
• curvature-enhanced turbulent mixing, 18.4.2
• cyclonic flow, 20.1.2, 20.3.2
• damping, 10.3, 10.3, 10.5
    :   roll, 5, 5.4.2, 5.5.3, 16.21.4, 18.1
    :   vertical, 5.2.1, 5.2.2, 5.5.3, 6.2.3, 6.2.3, 18.1
    :   yaw, 8.3, 16.7
• dart: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1.2
• datum, 6.1.5, 19.8
• dead foot, dead engine, 17.1.4
• dead reckoning, 14.2, 14.5, 16.18.1, 21.3
• decalage, 6.1.1, 22
• decisionmaking, 4, 7.7.2, 12.1.1, 12.6.2, 12.10, 13.6, 13.7, 15.2.1, 17.2.2, 21, 21.1
• density, 2.13.3, 4.5, 7.5.5, 13.3, 17.1.2
• density altitude, 20.2.2
• departure (spin entry), 5.4.2, 18.5
• descent, 7.5, 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 9.7, 16.1, 16.21.3, 19.7.4
• deserts, 20.3.1
• DG ≡ directional gyro, 14.2.3
• differential aileron deflection, 8.9.2
• differential drag, 8.9
• differential relative wind, 19.7.4
• differential wingtip speed, 9.4
• dihedral, 9.1, 9.1, 9.3
• diminished power, 13.7.5
• Direct User Access Terminal (DUAT), 14.8
• direction of flight, 2.12, 12.4.3
• directional control demonstration, 17.2.7
• directional gyro, 11.3, 14.2.2, 14.2.3, 19.11.1
• directional stability: See yaw-wise stability, 19.7.1
• displaced threshold, 12.7.3
• distance: versus angle off course, 14.4.1
• distance-measuring equipment (DME), 14.3.2, 14.7.4
• dive: See descent / spiral dive, 6
• diverting, 12.7.4, 13.7.1, 21.1, 21.7
• DME ≡ distance-measuring equipment, 14.3.2
• dogleg, 14.1.3
• doldrums, 20.3.1
• door: open in flight, 15
• dot product, 4.5
• down, 19.6
• downdraft, 6.1.14, 7.4, 7.5.7, 8.9.7, 20.3.1
• downgoing blade, 8.5.1, 8.5.2
• downwash, 3.2, 6.1.8, 19.2
• drag, 1.3.2, 1.6, 4.1, 4.4, 5.5.5, 7.1
    :   basic model formula, 4.5
    :   cooling, 4.4
    :   differential, 8.9
    :   due to flaps, 5.5.4, 12.7.2, 15.2.3
    :   form, 4.4, 5.3.2
    :   friction, 1.2.5, 4.4
    :   induced, 3.14.3, 3.14.5, 4.4, 5.3.2, 8.9, 8.9.7, 12.11.7, 13.3, 13.4, 13.4, 18.4.4
    :   parasite, 1.2.5, 3.14.5, 4.4, 7.5.8, 7.6.3, 8.9.2, 13.4
    :   pressure, 4.4
• DUAT ≡ Direct User Access Terminal, 14.8
• Dutch roll, 10.6.1, 10.6.1, 16.7
• dynamic pressure, 2.13.1, 3.3
• E6-B vector slide rule, 14.8, 14.8
• ear: See sound / balance (perception), 0
• earth, 20.1, 20.3.1
• eight (lazy), 16.1, 16.16
• eight on pylon, 16.17
• Einstein’s principle of equivalence, 19.5.1, 19.5.2, 19.11.2
• emergency, 14.7.5, 15, 17.1, 17.2
    :   landing: See under landing, 15.2
• empennage: See tail, 17
• empty-field myopia, 16.2
• energy, 1, 1, 15.2.4, 15.2.6, 18.3.3, 19.1.3
    :   kinetic, 1.2.1, 16.3
    :   management, 1.4, 7.2.3, 7.7, 12.3, 12.4.2, 16.21.3
    :   mechanical, 1.1, 1.2.6, 7.2.2
    :   onboard, 1.1
    :   potential, 1.2.1, 1.4
    :   See also updraft / windshear / roller-coaster, 1
    :   specific, 1.2.2
• engine, 1.3.1, 1.6, 7.5.6, 7.6.4, 9.5, 9.6
• engine failure, 15.2, 15.2.4, 17, 17, 17.1.2, 17.2
    :   See also landing, 15.2
• enthalpy, 3.6
• equation of state, 3.6.3
• equator, 20.3.1
• equilibrium, 5.2.1, 5.2.1, 5.4.1, 6.1.6, 6.1.11, 10.1, 10.1, 19.1.5, 19.8
• equivalence principle, 19.5.1, 19.5.2, 19.11.2
• Euler angles, 19.7.2
• fast/slow control: fallacy, 7, 7.2.3
• feathering propeller, 17.2.3
• Ferrel cell, 20.3.1
• finger: heads-up display, 11.7.2
• fire prevention, 15.2.1
• five-degree bank fallacy, 17.1.6
• flaps, 2.3, 2.15, 5.5, 5.5.3, 7.7.1, 12.4.2, 12.7.2, 13.2, 15.2.3, 16.1, 16.21.4, 17.1.6, 18.7
• flare, 1.2, 7.7.2, 12.6.1, 12.6.2, 12.6.2
• Flettner rotor ship, 3.13
• flight following: See radar advisories, 14.6
• flight planning, 2.9, 14.8
• flippers, 7.2.3, 8.6, 19.10.1
• flow pattern, 21.5
• fluid, 3.8
• flutter, 2.14.1
• fly by the numbers, 2.1, 2.13.9
• force, 4, 5.2.1, 8.1, 9.6, 10.1, 16.17.2, 16.18.4, 18.1, 19.1, 19.1, 20.1.1
    :   See also bank / slip / landing gear, 13
    :   See also equilibrium / stability / damping, 6.1
    :   See also pressure / momentum / torque, 4
• fortune: in the aviation business, 3
• forward slip, 11.5.1
• four forces, 4, 4.1
• fpm ≡ foot per minute, 12.3
• frame of reference: See reference frame, 16.18.4
• Franklin, Benjamin, 11
• free gyro, 19.10.3
• free stream, 3.2, 3.2, 11.2, 11.3, 18.4.4
• friction, 3.2, 3.12.2, 3.14.2, 4.4, 5.1, 8.12, 10.3, 10.6.1, 12.8, 13.4, 20.1.1
    :   See also drag, 19.1
• Frisbee, 8.2, 8.9.2, 17.1.3
• Frise aileron, 8.9.2
• front (weather), 16.18.2, 20.1, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2
• frost on the wings, 3.7, 3.15, 18.3.3
• fuel, 1.1, 10
    :   contamination, 15.3.2
    :   energy reservoir, 1.1, 1.2.3, 1.3.4
    :   flow rate, 1.2.3, 7.6.4
    :   management, 14, 15.3.2, 21.1, 21.3
    :   tank selector / shutoff valve, 15.2.1, 15.2.1, 15.3.2
• Galileo’s laws of motion, 19.1
• Galileo’s principle of relativity, 14.2.4, 16.13, 16.18.1, 16.18.4
• gimbal, 18.7, 19.10.3
• glide, 1.2, 2.13.9, 7.5, 15.2.1, 15.2.5, 15.2.6
• glider, 8.10, 15.2.4, 17.1.2
• glideslope, 2.12, 12.3, 12.3, 12.3, 12.4.2, 12.4.2, 15.2.6
• glideslope instrument, 12.3
• global positioning system, 14.3.2, 14.4.4, 14.7.3, 14.8, 21.3
• go-around, 12.1, 12.7.4, 12.10, 12.11.9, 16.21.4, 16.21.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.6
• going: not the same as pointing, 8, 8.9.6, 11.5.1
• GPS ≡ global positioning system, 14.3.2
• gradient, 20.1.1
• graveyard spiral, 2.3, 6.1.10, 6.2.2, 6.2.4
• gravitational field, 1.2.1, 6.1.1, 19, 19.5.1
• ground effect, 2.9, 3.14.1, 3.14.5, 6.1.8, 12.6.2, 12.8, 12.11.6, 12.11.7, 13.3, 15.2.3, 15.2.7, 17.1.6
• groundspeed, 2.13.3, 12.4.3, 12.5, 12.7.4, 12.7.4, 14.2.2, 14.2.4, 15.2.4, 15.2.5, 16.13, 16.18.1, 21.1
• gust: See under wind, 7.7.2
• gyroscope, 19.10, 19.10.2
    :   See also artificial horizon / directional gyro / rate of turn gyro, 19.11
• gyroscopic precession, 8.1, 8.6, 8.6, 16.21.4, 18.7, 19.10.1, 19.10.1
• Hadley cell, 20.3.1
• HALT: See altimeter, 20.2.4
• hammerhead, 1.2.6
• heading, 12.9.2, 14.3.3, 16.9, 19.7.2
    :   See also crosswind correction / slip, 16.9
• heading indicator: See directional gyro, 14.2.3, 19.11
• heads-up display, 11.7.2
• headwind, 3.14.2, 12.5, 12.7.4, 12.7.4, 14.2.2, 14.2.4, 15.2.6, 16.18, 21.1
• headwork: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• hearing: See sound (perception), 0
• heat, 1.1, 20.1.2, 20.3.2
    :   See also carburetor heat, 1.1
• height: perception, 12.6.4
• high and fast, 1.4, 21.2.1
• horse latitudes, 20.3.1
• hydrodynamic approximation, 3.8
• I’ve got it, 21.2.3
• IAS ≡ indicated airspeed, 2.13.1
• icing, 3.7, 3.15, 18.3.3, 21.1
• identification code on navaids, 14.6
• IFR ≡ Instrument Flight Rules, 14
• incidence, 2.15, 5.5.3
    :   definition, 2.4
• inclinometer (ball), 11.3
• inclinometer ball, 8.5.4, 11.1, 11.7.3, 17.1.4, 17.1.4, 17.1.4, 17.2.3, 18.7, 19.6
• incompressible flow: See compressibility, 3.6.3
• indicated airspeed, 2.13.1, 2.13.6, 2.13.7
• indicated altitude, 20.2.2
• inertia: See yaw / roll / engine inertia, 8.9.6
• inertial platform, 19.10.3
• inner ear: See balance perception, 0
• instructor’s role, 0, 13.7.6, 21.2.1, 23.4
• instrument flight procedures, 0, 12.1.3, 13.7.7, 14.2.5, 14.8, 16.1, 16.2, 21.2.4
    :   See also scan, 14
    :   See navigation, 14
• instruments: See each specific instrument, 14
• intercept angle, 14.2.3
• interference effects, 9.2
• international standard atmosphere, 20.2.2
• inverted flight, 3.10, 8.9.8, 11.1
• ISA ≡ international standard atmosphere, 20.2.1
• jet of fluid, 18.4.2, 18.4.3
• Joukowski ≡ Zhukovsky, 3.12.3
• knot, 1.2.5, 14.2.2
• Koch chart, 13.7.3
• Kutta condition, 3.12.2, 22
• Kutta-Zhukovsky theorem, 3.12.3
• K_CAS ≡ knot / calibrated airspeed, 2.13.1
• K_IAS ≡ knot / indicated airspeed, 2.13.1
• K_TAS ≡ knot / true airspeed, 2.13.1
• L-down ≡ Lab-frame down, 19.6
• laminar flow, 18.3.2
• landing, 12, 12.6.2, 13
    :   downwind, 15.2.4
    :   final, 12.2, 15.2.6
    :   forced, 12.7.3, 15.2, 15.2.4, 15.2.5, 15.2.5, 15.2.6, 15.2.6, 15.2.7
    :   short/obstructed, 7.7.2, 12.3, 12.3, 12.4.2, 12.7, 18.3.3, 21.1
    :   soft field, 12.8, 12.11.7
• landing gear, 12.6.2, 12.6.5, 12.8, 13.4, 13.5, 15.2.3, 15.2.3, 16.1, 17.1.6
    :   retraction / extension, 13.8, 17.2.1
    :   See also tire / brake, 12
    :   sideways force, 12.7.5, 12.9.4, 13.5
• landmarks, 14.1
• lapse rate, 20.2.1
    :   definition, 20.2.4
• lateral axis: See pitch, 19.7.1
• lateral stability: See roll-wise stability, 19.7.1
• latitude nut, 19.11.2
• laws of motion, 3.16, 9.6, 19.1, 20.1.1
• lazy eight, 16.1, 16.16, 16.16
• leadership, 21.9
• learning, 21.10.1
• left/right perception, 12.2
• levelling off, 2.6
• lever arm, 6.1.1, 6.1.6, 9.2, 17.1.3, 17.1.3, 17.1.4, 19.8, 19.8, 19.9
• lift, 2.13.1, 3.2, 4.1, 5.3.2, 6.1.1, 10.6.1, 17.1.3, 19.1.5
    :   basic model formula, 4.5
    :   See also coefficient of lift, 3
    :   twisted, 8.9, 8.9.5, 17.1.11, 19.7.4
• lift-to-drag ratio, 2.13.9, 4.5, 7.5.8
• lights, 16.2
• load factor, 2.13.1, 2.13.5, 4.3, 4.3, 6.1.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.3, 16.20.3, 16.21.1, 16.21.3, 16.21.5, 19.7.4
• local tricks, 12.3
• logic: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• long range navigation (LORAN), 14.3.2
• longitudinal axis: See roll, 19.7.1
• longitudinal stability: See pitch-wise stability, 19.7.1
• looking: See sight, 16.2
• loop, 6.2.2, 16.21.5
• LORAN ≡ long range navigation, 14.3.2
• lost, 14, 14.6, 14.7
• low and slow, 1.4, 1.6, 21.2.1
• low pressure center, 20.1.1
• magnetic north, 14.2.2
• magneto, 15.2.1, 21.3
• Magnus effect, 3.13
• maneuvering, 16
• maneuvering speed: See under airspeed, 2.14.2
• margin: See safety margin, 12
• mark on the windshield, 11.7.2
• maximum ... airspeed: See under airspeed, 16
• maximum-performance: See under performance, 7.5
• mean camber line, 3.10
• memory, 21.10.1
• method of images, 3.14.5
• mile
    :   definition, 14.2.2
    :   See nautical mile / statute mile, 1.2.5
• minimax principle, 21.11
• mistakes, 7, 11, 21.10.4
• mixture control, 15.2.1
• molecules: basis of fluid properties, 3.8
• moment, 19.8
• moment of inertia, 18.6.4, 19.8, 19.9
• momentum, 8.9, 8.9.1, 8.9.6, 16.18.4, 19.1.2, 19.1.3, 19.2
    :   See also angular momentum, 19.9
• monsoon, 20.3.1
• moon lander, 4.2
• Morse code, 14.6
• motion: See laws of motion, 19.1
• mountain flying, 2.9, 7.5.6, 13.7.3
• MSL ≡ altitude above mean sea level, 12.3
• multi-engine aircraft, 8.5.4, 11.4.2, 13.6, 17
• mushing regime, 1.2.5
• MV ≡ momentum vector, 8.9
• Nall Report, 21.10.4
• NASA ≡ National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 18
• National Transportation Safety Board, 12.6.5, 21.10.4
• nautical mile, 1.2.5
• navaid, 14.6, 14.6
• navigation, 16.1
    :   by instruments, 14.3, 14.5
    :   See also dead reckoning, 14.3
    :   See also pilotage, 14.3
• NDB ≡ non-directional beacon, 14.3.2
• Newton’s laws: See laws of motion, 19.1
• noisy glider, 15.2.4, 17.1.2
• non-directional beacon, 14.3.2
• noncommutative rotations, 19.7.4
• nonturning slip, 11.5.1
• normal axis: See yaw, 19.7.1
• NTSB ≡ National Transportation Safety Board, 12
• obstacle clearance, 12.1.3, 12.3, 12.3, 12.4.2, 12.7.2, 12.7.3, 13.3, 13.3, 13.4, 13.7.1, 16.18.1, 17.2.5, 20.2.2, 20.2.4, 21.4
• obstructed field
    :   See landing / takeoff, 12
    :   See obstacle clearance, 12
• off-course distance, 14.4.1
• oscillation, 10.6
    :   procedure to oppose, 10.6.2
• outside references, 12.4.1, 12.5, 13.8
    :   asymmetric thrust, 17.1.4
    :   pitch and yaw, 11.7.2, 16.19.3
• overbanking tendency, 6.2.1, 9.3, 9.4
• overshoot: symptom of uncoordinated roll-out, 11.7.2, 16.6
• P-factor: See asymmetric disk loading, 8.5
• paddle: means of creating circulation, 3.13
• panic, 0, 14.7.1, 15.2.4
• paper demo, 3.13, 18.4.1
• parallel component of weight, 4.2
• particles: basis of fluid properties, 3.8
• passengers, 8.1, 10.6.1, 13.4, 13.7.1, 21.9
• penetration speed, 7.5.7
• perception: See sight / sound / touch / balance, 0
• performance, 21.7
    :   climbs and glides, 7.5
    :   related to power, attitude, etc., 2.10
    :   versus control, 17.1.6
• perpendicular component of weight, 4.2
• personal minimums, 21.7
• phugoid, 2.8, 6.1.14, 6.2.2, 16.4
    :   procedure to oppose, 10.6.2
• PIC ≡ pilot in command, 21.1
• pilot in command, 7.2, 21.1, 21.2.3
• pilotage, 14.1, 14.5, 21.3
• pitch, 2.4, 2.10, 2.10, 2.10, 2.15, 4.2, 6.1.6, 12.4.2, 12.4.3, 12.11.1, 12.11.9, 16.12, 19.7.1, 19.7.2
• Pitot tube, 3.6.2, 11.5.4
• planning: See flight planning / decisionmaking, 21.1
• plow, 18.3.3
• pointing: not the same as going, 8, 8.9.6, 11.5.1
• polar cell, 20.3.1
• pond: ripples reveal air movement, 16.19.1
• power, 1.2.4, 1.2.4, 1.3.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4, 2.3, 2.6, 7, 12.8, 16.9
• power curve, 1.2.5, 1.3.3, 1.6, 7.2.2, 7.6, 7.7.2, 16.3, 17.1.2
• precession: See gyroscopic precession, 19.10.1
• preflight: See also flight planning, 21.1
• preflight briefing, 13.7.6, 15.2.1
• preflight check, 10.3, 10.5, 21.5, 21.5, 21.6, 21.8
• pressure, 3.3, 3.6.3, 3.6.3, 20.1, 20.2.1, 20.2.2
    :   dynamic, 3.6.1
• pressure altitude, 20.2.2
• pressure gradient, 20.1.1
• pressure recovery, 4.4, 11.5.4, 18.3.3
• prony brake, 9.6
• propeller, 7.5.6, 7.5.6, 9.5, 15.2.3
• propwash, 6.1.8, 8.4, 17.1.10
    :   helical, 8.4, 9.5, 11.3, 11.4.2, 16.21.4, 17.1.11
• pseudo-tailwind, 3.14.6
• pullup: See zoom, 1.2
• pushover, 1.2, 15.2.3
• pylon, 16.14, 16.17
• Q ≡ dynamic pressure, 2.13.1, 3.3
• quickness: See smoothness, 12
• radar advisories, 14.6, 16.2
• radio, 14.7.2, 14.7.5, 16.2
• raise the dead, 17.1.4
• rate gyro / rate-of-turn needle, 11.3, 19.11.3
• rate-of-turn gyro, 18.7
• red arc, 17.1.6
    :   See also airspeed (never-exceed), 17
• red-radial-line, 17.1.6, 17.1.6
    :   See also airspeed (minimum control), 17
• reference frame, 3.6.2, 16.18.4, 19.3, 19.5.1
• rejected landing: See go-around, 12
• rejected takeoff, 13.7.6, 17.2.1
• relative wind, 2.2, 2.12, 8.9.5
• relativity, 3.6.2, 14.2.4, 16.13, 16.18.1, 16.18.4, 19.5.1, 19.5.2, 19.11.2
• resource management, 21.9
• retreating blade, 8.5
• reversed control, 1.3.3
• Reynolds number, 18.3.2
• right/left perception, 12.2
• rigitidy in space: See inertial platform, 19.10.3
• road, 15.2.4, 16.8, 16.9
• roadrunner mode, 12.11.2
• roll, 19.7.1
    :   angle: See bank attitude, 19.7.3
    :   damping, 5, 5.4.1, 5.4.2, 16.21.4, 18.1
    :   inertia, 5.4.1, 8.9.1, 16.6
    :   maneuver, 8.9.1
    :   stability, 9.3, 10.6.1
• roll (maneuver), 6.2.5, 8.9, 16.15, 16.19.3
• roller-coaster, 1.2.1, 1.2.1, 1.3.3, 2.10, 7.1, 13.3, 16.4, 16.15, 16.16, 16.17.2, 16.21.3
• rollout (after landing), 12.6.5
• rotating beacon, 14.1.1
• rotation, 19.7.4
    :   earth, 20.1
    :   pitch up for takeoff, 13.2, 13.3
• rotations, 19.7.1
• roundout, 12.6.2
• rudder, 8.9.2, 9.2, 10.6.2, 11.1, 11.4.1, 11.4.1, 11.6, 13.5, 17.1.4, 17.1.5, 18.7
    :   area, 10.6.1, 17.1.6
    :   See also coordination / yaw, 8.1
    :   stall, 17.1.5, 17.1.6
• runway, 2.13.3, 8.12, 10, 12.1.1, 13.1, 14, 15.2.4, 17.1
    :   accelerate-stop distance, 13.6, 13.7.4
    :   center vs. edge visibility, 12.2
    :   center vs. edge visibility, 12.6.1, 12.11.1, 13.4, 14.1.1
• S-turns, 15.2.6
• safety margin, 8.9.8, 12.6.3, 12.7.3, 13.7.4, 15.3.1, 16.21.1, 17.1.7, 17.2.7
• safety speed: single-engine, 17.2.7
• samara, 18.6.2
• scalar, 14.2.4, 14.2.4, 19.1.4, 19.8
• scan, 2.12, 6.2.1, 16.2, 16.19.4, 18.7, 21.2.4, 21.6
• scrub line, 10.5
• seaplane, 6.1.6, 8.12, 12.9.5
• seat of the pants, 0, 8.9.8, 11.7.4, 11.7.4, 16.6, 19.6
    :   See also touch (perception), 0
• see and avoid: See traffic, 16.2
• seed, 18.6.2
• semicircular canals: See balance (perception), 0
• semispan, 8.9.3
• sense of ...: See sight / sound / touch / balance, 0
• separated flow, 18.3.1
• shimmy, 10.3
• short field: See landing / takeoff, 12
• Siberia, 20.3.2
• sight (perception: out the front, side, 16.6
• sight (perception), 0, 11.7.4, 12.6.4, 13.2, 16.2
    :   out the front, side, 2.5, 11.7.1, 11.7.2
• single-engine safety speed, 17.2.7
• skid, 11.4, 11.4.1
• skimming in ground effect, 12.6.2, 13.3, 15.2.3, 15.2.7
• slip, 2.13.8, 8.1, 11, 13.5, 15.2.5, 15.2.6, 16.1, 16.7, 18.5, 19.6
    :   along a road, 16.9
    :   angle, 9.1, 11.2, 17.1.4, 17.1.6, 19.7.3
    :   definition, 11.4.1
    :   long-tail, 8.10, 8.10, 9.3, 9.4, 11.4.2, 11.7.3
    :   See also boundary layer, 18.3
    :   See also coordination / boat turn, 8.1
• slip string, 8.10, 11.3, 11.3, 17.1.4, 17.1.4
• slip-roll coupling, 9.1, 9.1, 9.3, 10.6.1
• slip/skid indicator: See inclinometer, 11.5
• slipping maneuver, 11.2
• slipping situation, 11.2
• slipstream: See propwash, 8.4
• slow flight, 11.1, 12.11.3, 16.20
• smoke: marks air movement, 3.2, 16.18.1, 16.19.1
• smooth use of controls, 2.3, 6.2.4, 7.7.1, 9, 12.6.3, 16.15
• snap roll, 5.4.2, 8.1, 11.1, 18.5
• soaring: dynamic, 16.18.2
• soft field: See takeoff / landing, 12.11.7
• solar energy, 1.1, 20.3.2
• sound (perception), 0, 12.8, 13.2, 13.7.4
• speed, 14.2.4, 19.1.4
• speeding up, 1.3.2, 16.3
• sphere hardening, 21.10.2
• spin, 5.4.2, 8.1, 9.7, 16.21.4, 18, 18.6.1, 19.9
    :   flat versus steep, 18.6.1
    :   See also stall/spin accident, 1
• Spiral Approach, 21.10.1
• spiral dive, 6, 6.2, 6.2.2, 6.2.4, 6.2.5
• stability, 10.2, 10.7
    :   angle of attack, 6
    :   roll, 9.3, 10.6.1
    :   yaw, 8.2, 16.7
• stagnation line, 3.2, 3.7, 18.4.4
• stagnation pressure, 3.6.2
• stall, 1.2.5, 2.14.2, 5.2.2, 7.7.2, 12.11.4, 16.21, 17.1.6, 18.1
    :   warning horn, 3.7, 3.12.2, 12.6.3
• stall/spin accident, 1, 7.2.3, 7.4, 7.7.2, 11.4.2, 12.9.3, 15.2.4
• standards, 21.10.1
• static pressure, 2.13.8, 3.6.2, 3.6.2, 3.6.2, 11.5.4, 20.2.3
• steady flow, 3.6
• strategy: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• stratosphere, 20.1.2
• stream line, 3.2, 3.2, 3.5, 4.4, 8.4, 9.2
• streamlined object, 4.4, 4.4, 9.2, 11.5.2, 18.3.1
• stretching the glide, 1.4, 15.2.7
• structural failure, 2.14.1, 6.1.12, 6.2.3, 6.2.4
• strut, 10.5
• subconsious, 21.10.1
• Superman, 18
• swept wing, 6.1.8, 9.2
• tail, 6.1, 10.6.1, 12.11.1, 17.1.6
• tailwind, 12.5, 16.18, 21.1
• takeoff, 1.2, 1.3.2, 2.9, 8.5.3, 13, 17.1.1, 17.1.6, 17.2.1, 17.2.1
    :   short/obstructed, 13.3, 18.3.3
    :   soft field, 3.14.4, 13.4, 13.6
• TAS ≡ true airspeed, 2.13.1
• teaspoon demo, 18.4.3
• teeter-totter, 6.1.1
• temperature, 4.5, 13.7.3, 17.2.2, 20.1.2, 20.2.4, 21.1, Author
• terminal velocity, 6.1.2
• terrain: See obstacle clearance, 21.4
• thermal gradient wind, 20.2.1, 20.2.1
• thinking, 21.10.1
• throttle, 1, 1.2.3, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.6, 2.3, 7.1
• throttle usage: back side of power curve, 7.2.2
• thrust, 4.1, 8.11
• thumb, 2.12, 12.3, 14.2.2, 15.2.5
• timing
    :   dead reckoning, 14.2
    :   perception of distance, 12.6.4
• tire: See landing gear, 12.7.5
• torque, 3.12.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.6, 17.1.3, 18.5, 19.8, 19.8, 19.8, 19.10.2
• total aerodynamic force, 4.1
• touch (perception), 0, 2.6, 2.7, 11.7.4, 11.7.4, 12.4.1, 12.7.4, 12.12, 13.2, 18.7
• touch-and-go, 12, 12.1, 17.2.6
• touchdown, 12.6.1, 12.6.5
    :   See also aim point, 12.7.3
• trade winds, 20.3.1
• traffic: see and avoid, 12.1.2, 12.10, 14.3.1, 16.2, 16.12, 16.19.4
• traffic pattern, 12, 12.1, 12.7.4, 13.8, 15.1, 16.2
• transponder, 15.2.1, 16.2
• tricellular theory, 20.3.1
• trim, 2.3, 2.6, 6.1.1, 16.3, 16.12, 16.21.4
    :   angle of attack, 0, 2.3, 2.3, 6.1.1
    :   See also airspeed, 2
• trim speed, 2.3, 5.5.5, 5.5.5, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 12.10
• trof ≡ trough, 20.1.1
• tropics, 20.3.1
• trough, 20.1.1
• true airspeed, 2.13.1
• true altitude, 20.2.2
• true north, 14.2.2
• tumbling card, 3.13
• tumbling gyro, 6.2.4, 18.7
• turbulent flow, 18.3.2, 18.4.2, 18.4.3, 18.4.4
• turn, 8.9, 9.7, 15.2.4, 16.1, 16.5, 16.5, 16.13, 16.18.4, 16.21.5, 17.1.3, 19.7.4
    :   around a point, 16.13
    :   center of mass, 13.5
    :   on pylon, 16.17
• turn coordinator, 19.11.3
• turning radius, 16.5
• turntable, 19.3
• unusual attitude, 6.2.4
• up/down control
    :   fallacy, 2, 7, 15.2.4, 18.7
    :   proper procedure, 7.3, 7.3, 12.7.4
• updraft, 1.2.4, 1.6, 2.6, 6.1.1, 6.1.14, 7.4, 7.5.7, 8.9.7, 8.9.7, 20.1.2, 20.3.1
• upgoing blade, 8.5.1, 8.5.2
• upwash, 3.2, 9.2, 18.4.4, 19.2
• useless things, 10
• variometer, 1.2.4
• VASI ≡ visual approach slope indicator, 12
• vector, 14.2.4, 14.2.4, 19.1.4, 19.10.2
    :   multiplication, 4.5, 19.8
    :   slide rule (E6-B), 14.8, 14.8
• vector (from ATC), 14.7.5, 15.2.1
• velocity, 14.2.4, 19.1.2
    :   airflow near wing, 3.2
• Venturi, 3.6.2
• vertical axis: See yaw, 19.7.1
• vertical speed indicator, 1.2.4, 2.12, 2.12, 2.12, 12.4.3
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR), 16.2
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR), 14.2.1, 14.3, 14.3.2, 21.3
    :   twisted, 14.4.4
• viscosity, 3.8, 4.4, 18.3.2, 18.4.4
• vision: See sight, 16.2
• visual approach slope indicator, 2.12, 12.3
• visual references: See outside references, 16.19.3
• VOR ≡ very-high-frequency omni range, 14.3.2
• vortex, 1.2.5, 3.14.1, 3.14.1, 18.3.3, 19.2, 19.2
    :   bound, 3.14.6
    :   trailing, 3.14.1, 3.14.2, 19.2
• vortex generator, 18.3.3
• V₁ ≡ airspeed (takeoff decision), 17
• V_a ≡ airspeed (maneuvering), 2
• V_fe ≡ airspeed (maximum flaps-extended), 18
• V_l/d ≡ airspeed (best lift-to-drag ratio), 7
• V_mc ≡ airspeed (minimum control), 17
• V_ne ≡ airspeed (never-exceed), 2
• V_no ≡ airspeed (maximum normal-operations), 2
• V_r ≡ airspeed (rotation for takeoff), 13.3
• V_sse ≡ airspeed (single-engine safety), 17
• V_s ≡ airspeed (stall), 7
• V_xse ≡ airspeed (best single-engine angle of climb), 17
• V_x ≡ airspeed (best angle of climb), 7
• V_yse ≡ airspeed (best single-engine rate of climb), 17
• V_y ≡ airspeed (best rate of climb), 1.2.5, 7
• V_zse ≡ airspeed (minimum level-flight, single engine), 7
• V_z ≡ airspeed (minimum level-flight), 7
• wake turbulence, 3.14.2
• washin, 5.4.3
• washout, 5.4.3, 5.5.3, 18.2, 18.7
• water demo, 18.4.3
• weather, 14, 16.1, 20
• weathervaning, 8.2, 8.12, 12.9.4, 13.5
• web site: See How It Flies, 23.2
• wedge product, 19.8
• weight, 2.13.4, 2.13.9, 4.1, 7.5.8, 17.2.2
• weight and balance, 0, 6.1.3, 6.1.11, 18.7, 21.7
• wheel, 10.1, 10.3, 19.10.1
    :   See also landing gear, 12
• wheelbarrowing, 13.3
• wind, 3.14.2, 12.4.3, 14.2, 14.2, 14.8, 16.17.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.2, 20.2.1, 20.4
    :   gust / shear / shift, 1.1, 7.7.2, 12.7.2, 12.7.4, 12.7.4, 12.12, 13.7.4, 16.18, 16.18.2
    :   patterns, 20.1.2, 20.3
    :   See also crosswind / headwind / relative wind, 16.8
• wind triangle, 14.2.4
• wind tunnel, 3.2, 18.4.5
• windshield, 2.5, 16.8
• windsock, 12.7.4, 12.10, 16.8, 16.18.1, 16.19.1
• winglet, 3.14.1
• wishing you were on the ground, 4, 17.2.2
• working foot, working engine, 17.1.4
• Wright brothers, 3.11, 6.1.7, 9.6
• yaw, 8.1, 18.5, 19.7.1
    :   damping, 8.3, 16.7
    :   inertia, 8.9, 8.9.6, 11.4.2, 11.6, 11.7.2, 16.7
    :   stability, 8.2, 16.7
• yaw string: See slip string, 17
• yoke, 1, 1.2.1, 7.1
    :   perception of force, 6.1, 12.12
    :   pushing/pulling, 0, 1.3.3, 2.1, 6.1.3, 7.3, 7.5.3, 12.7.4
    :   See also smoothness / touch, 2.7
• zero-lift direction, 2.2, 2.15, 18.6.1
• Zhukovsky, 3.12.3, 22
• ZLD ≡ zero-lift direction, 18.6.1
• zoom, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.6, 1.3.3, 1.6, 2.10, 12.11.9, 13.3, 16.4, 16.21.6