LESSON 3

AIM:
For the student to continue improving their basic piloting skills, learn and use the HASEL checks, and then conduct and recover from several power off stalls.

OBJECTIVE:
Conduct a review of lessons 1 and 2, while increasing the student’s proficiency in the basic, flight manouvers learned so far.  Also to introduce manouvering at the minimum controllable airspeed.  And finally to learn, conduct and recover from power off stalls, after having learned the appropriate HASEL (Height Area Security Engine Lookout) checks.
CONTENTS:
1 -  Pre Flight Briefing.
2 - Review:
 (a) Use of checklist
 (b) Engine starting procedure
 (c) Radio communications procedures
 (d) Take Off
 (e) Standard Departure procedure
 (f) Climbs and climbing turns - while maintaining visual and instrument reference.
 (g) Straight and level flight - while maintaining visual and instrument reference.
 (h) Medium banked turns - while maintaining visual and instrument reference.
 (i)   Glides and gliding turns - while maintaining visual and instrument reference.
 (j) Level off proceures, both from climbimg and descending - while maintaining    visual and instrument reference.
 (k) Circuit entry, approach, final and landing procedures.
3 - Introduction to:
 (a) Manouvering at minimum controllable airspeed - while maintaining visual and    instrument reference.
 (b) Completion of HASEL checks before conducting any stalling activity.
 (c) Power off, Imminent Stalls and recovery - while maintaining visual and instrument   reference.
 (d) Power off, Full stalls and recovery - while maintaining visual and instrument    reference.
 (e) descents and descending turns - while maintaining visual and instrument     reference.
4 - Post flight Preview of the next lesson.
 

METHOD:
Instructor will conduct a preflight briefing, which will review the previous flight and its associated new manouvers.  The instructor will then introduce the new theory HASEL checklist and manouvers to be learnt.  The instructor will then send the student out to the aircraft to perform a “walk around”and “pre flight inspection”.  The instructor will then observe student perform the start up procedures and radio calls, followed by take off and departure procedures. Once in the training area, the instructor will then review the manouvers learnt from the pervious lesson (climbing turns, glides, gliding turns, and level off from glides and climbs), following which the instructor will demonstrate the new manouvers (HASEL checks and the various stalls) as discussed in the briefing, and then have the student attempt these new manouvers. The instructor will guide the student through circuit entry, approach and landing procedures, finishing with parking and shut down procedures.
The flight will be completed with a post flight review briefing and a preview of the lesson to come.

 EVALUATION:
The lesson can be considered successful if the following can be displayed with reasonble proficiency:
- The four basic flight manouvers.
- With minimal assistance, flight at minimum controllable airspeed.
- Pre-flighting, engine starting, radio communications, taxiing, pre-take off checks and  parking and shut down.
Maintain Airspeed to within +/- 10 kts of that required during:
- climbs
- level flight
- turns
- glides
- and manouvering at minimum controllable airspeed.
Maintain assigned heading and altitude within +/- 10 degrees and +/- 100 feet respectively.

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