*   Index

• G load: See load factor, 6
  
• K_CAS: ≡ knot / calibrated airspeed, 2.1
• K_IAS: ≡ knot / indicated airspeed, 2.1
• K_TAS: ≡ knot / true airspeed, 2.1
• 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), 6.3
• 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_S: ≡ airspeed (stall), 6.3
• V_SSE: ≡ airspeed (single-engine safety), 17
• V_X: ≡ airspeed (best angle of climb), 6.3
• V_XSE : ≡ airspeed (best single-engine angle of climb), 17
• V_Y : ≡ airspeed (best rate of climb), 1.2.5
• V_Y: ≡ airspeed (best rate of climb), 6.3
• V_YSE : ≡ airspeed (best single-engine rate of climb), 17
• V_Z: ≡ airspeed (minimum level-flight), 6.3
• V_ZSE: ≡ airspeed (minimum level-flight, single engine), 6.3
  
• ADF: ≡ automatic direction finder, 14.3.2
• AGL: ≡ altitude above ground level, 12.3
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: Air Safety Foundation, 21.10
• AOPA: ≡ Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, 21.10
• ATC: ≡ air traffic control, 3.12.2
• ATIS: ≡ automatic terminal information service, 12
• Aviation Safety Reporting System, 21.10
• AWOS: ≡ automatic weather observation system, 12
• absolute altitude: definition, 20.2.2
• acceleration, 2.13.2, 8.8, 9.6, 13.4, 17.1.8
• acceleration , 5.2.1, 13.1, 19.1
• acceleration, 19.1
• advancing blade, 8.5
• adverse yaw, 1, 11.5.2, 16.6
• adverse yaw , 8.8
• aileron, 5.4.1, 10.6.2, 12.9.4, 13.5, 18.5, 18.7
• aileron , 9.4, 11, 16.9
• aileron: See also roll / coordination / adverse yaw / twisted lift, 8.1
• aileron: fancy types of aileron, 8.8.2, 8.8.2, 8.8.2
• aim point, 12.7.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.4, 21.2.1
• aim point , 12.3
• air traffic control (ATC), 16.1, 16.5, 21.3
• air traffic control (ATC), 15.3
• air traffic control (ATC), 3.12.2, 13.8, 7, 15.1.1, 21.8
• airspeed, 1, 1.3.4, 2.12.1, 13.2
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y): single engine (V_YSE), 17.1.5
• airspeed: calibrated vs. indicated vs. true, 14.2.2
• airspeed: excursion, 7.3, 7.4
• airspeed: never-exceed (V_NE), 2.13.1
• airspeed: See also angle of attack, 2.1
• airspeed: best angle of climb (V_X), 2.4, 7.5.6, 13.3
• airspeed: best angle of climb (V_X): single engine (V_XSE), 17.2.5
• airspeed: best angle of climb (V_X): single engine (V_XSE), 17.2.5
• airspeed: best angle of climb (V_X) , 7.5.4
• airspeed: best lift-to-drag ratio (V_L/D), 4.3, 7.5.8
• airspeed: best lift-to-drag ratio (V_L/D), 7.5.4
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y), 1.2.5, 2.4, 4.5, 17.2.6
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y) , 13.1
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y): single engine (V_YSE), 17.2.5
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y): single engine (V_YSE), 17.2.5
• airspeed: best rate of climb (V_Y) , 7.5.2
• airspeed: calibrated vs. indicated vs. true, 2.1, 2.12.3, 2.12.6
• airspeed: controlling and changing, 2.6
• airspeed: controlling and changing, 1.3.2, 6, 16.1, 16.3, 17.2.5
• airspeed: controlling and changing , 1, 7.1
• airspeed: controlling and changing: See also trim, 2
• airspeed: excursion, 7.2.3, 7.3, 12.7.4, 16.19.1
• airspeed: indicator, 2.9, 2.11, 2.12.6, 12.4.1, 12.5, 14.2, 18.7
• airspeed: indicator: See also Pitot tube, 2.1
• airspeed: maneuvering (V_A), 7.5.8, 16.20.5
• airspeed: maneuvering (V_A), 2.13.2
• airspeed: maximum flaps-extended (V_FE), 5.5.5, 18.7
• airspeed: maximum flaps-extended (V_FE), 7.7.1, 16.3
• airspeed: maximum normal-operations (V_NO), 7.3
• airspeed: maximum normal-operations (V_NO), 2.13.3
• airspeed: maximum normal-operations (V_NO), 2.13.1
• airspeed: minimum control (V_MC), 16.10, 16.19.3, 17.1.6, 17.1.8, 17.1.9, 17.1.10, 17.2.5
• airspeed: minimum control (V_MC), 17.1.7
• airspeed: minimum control, ground operations (V_MCG), 17.2.2
• airspeed: minimum level-flight (V_Z), 17.2.5
• airspeed: minimum level-flight (V_Z), 7.5.3
• airspeed: never-exceed (V_NE), 2.13.3, 6.2.3
• airspeed: rotation for takeoff (V_R), 13.3
• airspeed: stall (V_S), 2.4, 7.5.8, 7.6.1, 16.11
• airspeed: takeoff decision (V₁), 17.2.2, 17.2.2
• airspeed:increased near wing, 3.1
• airspeed, 14.2.4
• albatross effect: definition, 16.17.2
• altimeter, 1.2.4, 3.4.2, 6.2.4
• altimeter setting: definition, 20.2.2
• altimeter , 20.2.2
• altitude, 1, 1.3.4, 7.2.3, 7.3, 10, 16.2
• altitude above field elevation: definition, 20.2.2
• altitude: See also obstacle clearance / density, 12
• angle, 12.3, 12.4.2, 14.4.1
• angle of attack, 2.2
• angle of attack, 18.7
• angle of attack, 3.14, 5.3.2, 11.2, 12.4, 12.5, 12.11.3, 16.3
• angle of attack , 2
• angle of attack: See also airspeed / vertical damping, 2.1
• angle of attack: absolute versus geometric, 2.14
• angle of attack: stability , 6
• angle of attack, 19.6.3
• angle: See also climb angle / glideslope, 2.2
• angle: See also crosswind correction, 2.2
• angle: See also incidence / decalage, 2.2
• angle: See also slip angle, 2.2
• angle: See also yaw / pitch / bank, 2.2
• angular momentum, 9.6, 16.16.1, 18.6.4, 20.1.1
• angular momentum , 19.8
• angular momentum: definition, 19.8
• approach, 2.11, 2.12.6, 7.2.2, 7.7.1, 15.1.2, 15.1.4, 16.1, 16.10, 16.17.3, 16.20.4
• approach: See also landing, 12
• arrow: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1
• artificial horizon, 6.2.4
• artificial horizon, 2.5, 6.2.4, 18.7, 19.5, 19.10.2
• artificial horizon: definition, 19.10.2
• aspect ratio, 3.11, 6.1.6
• aspect ratio: definition, 7.6.1
• asymmetric incidence, 5.4.3
• asymmetric disk loading, 17.1.12
• asymmetric disk loading , 8.5
• asymmetric incidence: definition, 9.5
• asymmetric thrust, 8.12, 11.5.6, 17.1.5, 17.2.7
• asymmetric thrust , 17.1
• atmosphere, 20.2.1
• atmosphere , 20
• attached flow: definition, 18.3.1
• attitude indicator: See artificial horizon, 2.5
• attitude: definition, 19.6.2
• automatic direction finder (ADF), 14.3.2
• automatic terminal information service, 12.7.4
• automatic terminal information service, 16.18.1
• automatic weather observation system, 12.7.4, 16.18.1
• autopilot, 1.3.2
• autopilot , 7.4
• autorotation: definition, 18.5
• azimuth:true versus magnetic, 14.2.2
  
• Bernoulli’s principle, 3.13
• Bernoulli’s principle, 3.14, 18.3.3, 18.4.1, 1
• Bernoulli’s principle , 3.4
• backtrack: symptom of uncoordinated roll-in, 16.6
• backtrack: symptom of uncoordinated roll-in, 11.5.2
• balance (perception), 6.2.1, 11.5.4, 19.5
• balance: See also equilibrium / weight and balance, 10.1
• balance, 10.1
• balanced-field length: definition, 17.2.2
• ball (instrument): See inclinometer, 8
• ball (sports), 3.11, 18.3.3
• ballast, 6.1.9
• balloon: marks air movement, 16.17.4
• ballooning: See zoom, 1.3.3
• bank attitude, 12.9.4, 1, 16.5
• bank attitude: definition, 19.6.2
• barn door, 3.9
• base key point: definition, 15.1.4
• base leg, 12.5, 3, 14, 15.1.2
• bat effect, 16.17.4
• best angle of glide, 7.5.7
• best ... airspeed: See under airspeed, 6.3
• bivector, 19.9.2
• bivector: definition, 19.2
• blackout (loss of consciousness), 6.2.4
• blueline airspeed : See airspeed (best single-engine rate of climb), 17
• boat turn, 19.5
• boat turn, 12.9.3, 12.9.5, 17.1.4
• boat turn, 8.10
• bobweights: definition, 6.1.7
• bomb: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1
• boundary layer, 18.3
• boundary layer, 3.3, 3.10.4, 3.12.1, 3.13, 18.3.2, 18.3.3, 18.4.2
• boundary layer: definition, 18.3
• brake, 9.6, 12.6.4, 12.7.5, 1, 13.3, 13.7.2, 13.7.2
• brake , 12.7.5
• bug on the windshield, 11.5.2
• bullet fallacy, 3.6
  
• CAS: ≡ calibrated airspeed, 2.1
• CDI: ≡ course deviation indicator, 14.3.1
• CFIT: ≡ Controlled Flight Into Terrain, 21.4
• CM: ≡ center-of-mass, 8.8
• Coanda effect, 18.4.4
• Coanda effect: definition, 18.4
• Compressibility: definition, 3.4.3
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain, 14.7.2
• Controlled Flight Into Terrain: See obstacle clearance, 21.4
• Coriolis effect, 20.4
• Coriolis effect , 20.1
• Coriolis effect: definition, 19.3
• Course Deviation Indicator: definition, 14.4.1
• CRM: See resource management, 21.9
• calibrated airspeed, 2.12.6
• calibrated airspeed: definition, 2.1
• camber, 3.8, 6.1.6
• camber: definition, 2
• canard, 6.1.5
• car, 1, 1.3.2, 1.3.2, 8
• carburetor, 3.4.2
• carburetor heat, 15.1.1
• carburetor heat, 12.6.4, 21.6
• card demo, 3.11
• ceiling, 20.2.2
• ceiling: absolute, 7.5.3
• ceiling: absolute, 7.5.6, 13.7.1, 13.7.1, 17.2.5
• center of area: definition, 6.1.3
• center of lift, 17.1.9
• center of lift: definition, 6.1.3
• center of mass, 6.1, 17.1.9
• center of mass , 6.1.1
• center of mass, 6.1.3
• centrifugal field, 18.6.2, 19.2
• centrifugal field , 19.4
• centrifugal field, 19.4.1
• chandelle, 2.10, 16.1
• chandelle: definition, 16.14
• chart: write on it, 2
• checklist, 12.1, 12.6.4, 12.10, 13.7, 13.9, 15.1.1, 17.1.7, 17.2, 21.3
• checkride, 15.1.2, 17.1.7, 21.7, 21.8
• chord line, 2.14, 18.6.1
• chord line: definition, 1
• circle (maneuver), 7.7.1, 15.1.4
• circulation, 3.10.1, 3.11, 3.14, 18.3.3
• circulation, 3.10.4
• climb, 1.2, 2, 2.10, 2.5, 9.7, 15.1.3, 16.1, 16.17.1, 17.1.2, 19.6.4
• climb , 7.5
• climb, 2.4
• clock: dead reckoning, 14.2
• cloudy weather, 20.1.2
• coefficient of lift, 2.12.2
• coefficient of lift, 3.8
• coefficient of drag, 2.4, 4.2, 8.8.6, 18.1
• coefficient of drag: definition, 4.5
• coefficient of lift, 2.2, 3.6, 3.12.2, 4.2, 6.1, 6.1.4, 6.2.3, 8.8.6
• coefficient of lift , 2.12.1, 5.2.1, 18.1
• coefficient of lift: definition, 4.1
• collision avoidance: See traffic, 16.2
• collision energy, 15.1.3, 15.1.4
• commutativity: See noncommutative rotations, 19.6.4
• compass, 14.2, 4
• compass rose, 14.4.1
• compass rose, 14.2.2
• complacency, 21.4
• compressibility, 3.1, 3.1, 3.4.3
• consciousness: loss of, 6.2.4
• conservation: See energy / momentum / angular momentum, 1
• constant pressure analysis chart, 20.4
• control versus performance, 17.1.7
• control: reversed, 1.3.3
• controls: See yoke / throttle / etc., 1
• coordination, 8.8, 8.8.7, 10.6.2, 16.6, 16.20.4
• coordination , 8.1, 11, 17.1.4
• coordination: See also slip angle, 8.1
• copilot role, 21.9
• correction: small & early better than large & late, 16.14
• correction: small & early better than large & late, 16
• course, 14.2.1, 14.3.3
• course deviation indicator, 14.3.1
• cowl flaps, 12.6.4, 13.8, 17.2.3, 21.6
• cowling: reference for pitch perception, 2.5
• cowling: reference for pitch perception, 2.5
• crab angle: See crosswind correction, 16.8
• crabbing along a road, 16.8
• critical angle of attack, 5.3.2
• critical angle of attack: definition, 5.3.1
• critical engine, 17.1.12
• critical engine: definition, 17.1.12
• cross radials, 14.4.3, 14.7.4
• cross-country flying, 21.1
• cross-country flying , 14
• cross-country flying: definition, 14
• crosswind, 3.12.2, 8.11, 12.5, 12.7.2, 12.7.4, 12.9.1, 12.10, 13.5, 2, 16.12
• crosswind , 12.9, 14.2.3, 16.8
• crosswind, 14.2.4
• cruise, 1.2, 2.4, 2.4, 2.6, 7.5.4, 7.5.6, 13.3
• curvature-enhanced turbulent mixing: definition, 18.4.2
• cyclonic flow, 20.1.2, 20.3.2
  
• DG: ≡ directional gyro, 14.2.3
• Direct User Access Terminal (DUAT), 2
• DME: ≡ distance-measuring equipment, 14.3.2
• DUAT: ≡ Direct User Access Terminal, 14.8
• Dutch roll, 16.7
• Dutch roll , 10.6.1
• Dutch roll: definition, 10.6.1
• damping, 10.5
• damping , 10.3
• damping: definition, 10.3
• damping: roll, 5.4.2, 5.5.3, 16.20.4, 18.1
• damping: roll , 5
• damping: vertical, 5.2.2, 5.5.3, 6.2.3, 6.2.3, 18.1
• damping: vertical, 5.2.1
• damping: yaw, 16.7
• damping: yaw , 8.3
• dart: aerodynamics, 4.2, 6.1
• datum: definition, 6.1.3, 19.2
• dead foot, dead engine, 17.1.5
• dead reckoning, 14.5, 16.17.1, 21.3
• dead reckoning: definition, 14.2
• decalage, 8
• decalage, 6.1
• decisionmaking, 4, 7.7.2, 12.1.1, 12.6.2, 12.10, 13.6, 13.7, 15.1.1, 17.2.2, 21
• decisionmaking , 21.1
• density, 2.12.3, 4.2, 7.5.5, 13.3, 17.1.2
• density altitude: definition, 20.2.2
• departure (spin entry), 5.4.2
• departure (spin entry), 18.5
• descent, 7.7.1, 7.7.2, 9.7, 16.1, 16.20.3, 19.6.4
• descent , 7.5
• deserts, 20.3.1
• differential aileron deflection: definition, 8.8.2
• differential drag, 8.8
• differential relative wind, 19.6.4
• differential wingtip speed, 9.4
• dihedral, 9.1, 9.3
• dihedral: definition, 9.1
• diminished power, 13.7.3
• direction of flight, 2.11, 12.4.3
• directional control demonstration, 17.2.7
• directional gyro, 14.2.2, 14.2.3, 17.1.3
• directional gyro: definition, 19.10.1
• directional stability: See yaw-wise stability, 19.6.1
• displaced threshold, 12.7.3
• distance-measuring equipment (DME), 14.7.4
• distance-measuring equipment (DME), 14.3.2
• distance: versus angle off course, 14.4.1
• distraction, 15.3
• dive: See descent / spiral dive, 6
• diverting, 12.7.4, 13.7, 21.1, 17
• dogleg, 14.1.3
• doldrums: definition, 20.3.1
• door: open in flight, 15.3
• door: open in flight, 15
• dot product: definition, 4.4
• downdraft, 6.1.12, 7.4, 7.5.7, 8.8.6, 20.3.1
• downgoing blade, 8.5.2
• downgoing blade, 8.5.1
• downwash, 3.15, 6.1.6
• downwash: definition, 3.1
• drag, 1.2.5, 1, 1.5, 4.4, 5.5.5
• drag , 7.1
• drag: induced, 13.3, 2
• drag: parasite, 3
• drag: basic model formula, 4.2
• drag: cooling, 4.4
• drag: differential, 8.8
• drag: due to flaps, 5.5.4, 12.7.2, 15.1.2
• drag: form, 5.3.2
• drag: form, 4.4
• drag: friction, 1.2.5, 4.4
• drag: induced, 1.2.5, 3.12.3, 3.12.4, 5.3.2, 8.8, 8.8.6, 12.11.6, 13.4, 2
• drag: induced, 4.4
• drag: parasite, 1.2.5, 3.12.4, 7.5.8, 7.1, 8.8.2
• drag: parasite, 4.4
• drag: pressure, 4.4
• drag , 4.1
• dynamic pressure, 3.2
• dynamic pressure: definition, 2.1
  
• E-down: ≡ Einsteinian down, 19.5
• E6-B vector slide rule, 4, 14.8
• Einstein’s principle of equivalence, 19.10.2
• Einstein’s principle of equivalence, 19.4.2
• Einstein’s principle of equivalence: definition, 19.4.1
• Einsteinian down, 19.5
• Euler angles: definition, 19.6.2
• ear: See sound / balance (perception), intro
• earth, 20.1, 20.3.1
• eight (lazy), 16.1
• eight (lazy), 16.15
• eight on pylon, 16.16
• emergency, 14.7.5, 17.1, 17.2
• emergency , 15
• emergency: landing: See under landing, 15.1
• empennage: See tail, 17
• empty-field myopia: definition, 16.2
• energy, 3.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 18.3.3, 19.1
• energy , 1
• energy: kinetic, 3.4
• energy: mechanical, 1.2.6
• energy: potential, 3.4
• energy: See also updraft / windshear / roller-coaster, 1
• energy: definition, 1
• energy: kinetic, 3.1, 16.3
• energy: kinetic, 1.2.1
• energy: management, 7.2.3, 7.7, 12.3, 3, 16.20.3
• energy: management , 1.4
• energy: mechanical, 3.2, 7.2.2, 18.4.1
• energy: mechanical, 1.1
• energy: potential, 1.2.5, 1.4
• energy: potential, 1.2.1
• engine, 1.2.3, 1.3.1, 1.5, 7.5.6, 7.6.4, 9.5, 9.6
• engine failure, 15.1, 15.1.3, 17, 17, 17.1.2
• engine failure , 17.2
• engine failure: See also landing, 15.1
• equation of state, 2
• equator, 20.3.1
• equilibrium, 5.2.1, 5.2.1, 5.4.1, 6.1.4, 6.1.9, 19.1, 19.2
• equilibrium , 10.1
• equilibrium: definition, 10.1
• equivalence principle, 19.4.1, 19.4.2, 19.10.2
  
• Ferrel cell: definition, 20.3.1
• Flettner rotor ship, 3.11
• Franklin, Benjamin, 11
• Frisbee, 8.2, 8.8.2, 17.1.4
• Frise aileron: definition, 8.8.2
• fast/slow control: fallacy, 7.2.3
• fast/slow control: fallacy , 7
• feathering propeller, 17.2.3
• finger: heads-up display, 11.5.2
• fire prevention, 15.1.1
• five-degree bank fallacy, 17.1.7
• flaps, 2.3, 2.5, 5.5.3, 7.7.1, 4, 12.7.2, 16.20.4, 17.1.7, 18.7
• flaps , 5.5, 13.2, 15.1.2, 16.1
• flare, 1.2, 7.7.2, 12.2
• flare , 12.6.2
• flare: definition, 12.6.2
• flight following: See radar advisories, 14.6
• flight planning, 2.9, 14.8
• flippers, 8.6, 19.9.1
• flippers: definition, 7.2.3
• flow pattern: definition, 21.5
• fluid, 3.6
• flutter, 2.13.1
• fluttering card, 3.11
• fly by the numbers, 2.1
• fly by the numbers, 2.4
• force, 9.6, 16.16.1, 16.17.4, 18.1
• force , 4, 5.2.1, 8.1, 10.1, 19.1, 20.1.1
• force: See also bank / slip / landing gear, 13
• force: See also equilibrium / stability / damping, 6.1
• force: See also pressure / momentum / torque, 4
• force, 19.1
• fortune: in the aviation business, 3
• four forces , 4
• four forces: definition, 4.1
• fpm: ≡ foot per minute, 12.3
• frame of reference: See reference frame, 16.17.4
• free gyro: definition, 19.9.3
• free stream, 17.1.3, 17.1.3, 6
• free stream , 3.1
• free stream: definition, 3.1
• friction, 3.1, 3.3, 3.10.2, 3.12.2, 5.1, 8.11, 10.3, 10.6.1, 12.8, 13.4, 20.1.1
• friction , 4.4
• friction: See also drag, 19.1
• front (weather), 20.1.2
• front (weather), 16.17.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.1.2
• front (weather) , 20.1
• frost on the wings, 3.5, 3.13, 18.3.3
• fuel, 1.1, 10
• fuel: contamination, 15.2.2
• fuel: flow rate, 7.6.4
• fuel: management, 21.1
• fuel: tank selector / shutoff valve, 15.1.1, 15.1.1
• fuel: energy reservoir, 1.1, 1.2.3, 1.3.4
• fuel: flow rate, 1.2.3
• fuel: management, 14, 15.2.2, 21.3
• fuel: tank selector / shutoff valve, 15.2.2
  
• Galileo’s principle of relativity, 14.2.4
• Galileo’s laws of motion, 19.1
• Galileo’s principle of relativity, 16.12, 16.17.4
• Galileo’s principle of relativity, 16.17.1
• GPS: ≡ global positioning system, 14.3.2
• gimbal, 18.7, 19.9.3
• glide, 1.2, 2.4, 15.1.4
• glide , 7.5, 15.1.1
• glider, 8.9, 15.1.3, 17.1.2
• glideslope, 2.11, 12.3, 12.3, 12.3, 12.4.2, 12.4.2, 15.1.4
• glideslope instrument, 12.3
• global positioning system, 14.4.4, 14.7.3, 14.8, 21.3
• global positioning system, 14.3.2
• go-around, 12.1, 12.7.4, 12.11.8, 16.20.4, 16.20.4, 17.2.5, 17.2.6
• go-around , 12.10
• going: not the same as pointing, 8.8.5
• going: not the same as pointing, 8, 11.2
• gradient: definition, 20.1.1
• graveyard spiral, 2.3, 6.1.8, 6.2.4
• graveyard spiral, 6.2.2
• gravitational field, 1.2.1
• gravitational field, 6.1, 19
• gravitational field , 19.4.1
• ground effect, 2.9, 3.12.1, 3.12.4, 6.1.6, 7.7.3, 12.6.2, 12.8, 12.11.5, 12.11.6, 15.1.2, 17.1.7
• ground effect , 13.3
• groundspeed, 2.12.3, 12.4.3, 12.5, 12.7.4, 12.7.4, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 16.17.1, 21.1
• groundspeed , 14.2.2, 16.12
• groundspeed, 14.2.4
• gust: See under wind, 7.7.2
• gyroscope, 19.9.2
• gyroscope , 19.9
• gyroscope: See also artificial horizon / directional gyro / rate of turn gyro, 19.10
• gyroscopic precession, 8.1, 8.6, 3, 18.7
• gyroscopic precession , 8.6, 19.9.1
• gyroscopic precession: definition, 19.9.1
  
• HALT: See altimeter, 20.2.4
• Hadley cell: definition, 20.3.1
• hammerhead:definition, 1.2.6
• heading, 14.3.3, 16.9
• heading indicator : See directional gyro, 14.2.3
• heading indicator: See directional gyro, 19.10
• heading: See also crosswind correction / slip, 16.9
• heading: definition, 19.6.2
• heads-up display, 11.5.2
• headwind, 3.12.2, 12.5, 12.7.4, 12.7.4, 14.2.2, 15.1.4, 16.17, 21.1
• headwind, 14.2.4
• headwork: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• hearing: See sound (perception), intro
• heat, 1.1, 20.1.2, 1
• heat: See also carburetor heat, 1.1
• height: perception, 12.6.3
• high and fast, 1.4
• horse latitudes: definition, 20.3.1
• hydrodynamic approximation: definition, 3.6
  
• I’ve got it, 21.2.3
• IAS: ≡ indicated airspeed, 2.1
• IFR: ≡ Instrument Flight Rules, 14
• ISA: ≡ international standard atmosphere, 20.2.1
• icing, 3.5, 3.13, 18.3.3, 21.1
• identification code on navaids, 5
• incidence, 2.5, 5.5.3
• incidence: definition, 2.4
• inclinometer ball, 17.2.3
• inclinometer (ball), 17.1.3
• inclinometer ball, 8.5.4, 11.1, 11.5.3, 3, 17.1.5, 17.1.5, 18.7, 19.5
• incompressible flow: See compressibility, 3.4.3
• indicated airspeed, 2.12.6
• indicated airspeed: definition, 2.1
• indicated altitude: definition, 20.2.2
• inertia: See yaw / roll / engine inertia, 8.8.5
• inertial platform: definition, 19.9.3
• inner ear: See balance perception, intro
• instructor’s role, intro, 13.7.4, 21.2.1, 22.0.1
• instrument flight procedures, intro, 12.1.3, 13.7.5, 14.2.5, 14.8, 16.1, 16.2, 21.2.4
• instrument flight procedures: See also scan, 14
• instrument flight procedures: See navigation, 14
• instruments: See each specific instrument, 14
• intercept angle , 14.2.3
• interference effects: definition, 9.2
• international standard atmosphere: definition, 20.2.2

• inverted flight, 3.8, 8.8.7, 11.1
  
• Joukowski: ≡ Zhukovsky, 3.10.3
• jet of fluid, 18.4.2, 18.4.3
  
• Koch chart, 13.7.1
• Kutta condition, 12
• Kutta condition: definition, 3.10.2
• Kutta-Zhukovsky theorem: definition, 3.10.3
• knot, 1.2.5
• knot: definition, 14.2.2
  
• LORAN: ≡ long range navigation, 14.3.2
• laminar flow: definition, 18.3.2
• landing, 12.6.2, 13
• landing gear, 12.6.4, 16.1
• landing , 12
• landing gear, 12.6.2, 12.8, 13.4, 13.5, 15.1.2, 15.1.2, 17.1.7
• landing gear: retraction / extension, 13.8
• landing gear: See also tire / brake, 12
• landing gear: retraction / extension, 15.3, 17.2.1
• landing gear: sideways force, 12.7.5, 12.9.1, 12.9.4, 13.5
• landing: short/obstructed, 18.3.3, 21.1
• landing: downwind, 15.1.3
• landing: final, 15.1.4
• landing: final , 12.2
• landing: forced, 7.7.3, 12.7.3, 15.1, 15.1.3, 15.1.4, 15.1.4, 15.1.4
• landing: short/obstructed, 7.7.2, 12.3, 12.3, 1, 12.7
• landing: soft field, 12.8, 12.11.6
• landmarks, 14.1
• lapse rate, 20.2.1
• lapse rate: definition, 20.1
• lateral axis: See pitch, 19.6.1
• lateral stability: See roll-wise stability, 19.6.1
• laws of motion, 3.14
• laws of motion, 3.15, 9.6, 20.1.1
• laws of motion , 19.1
• lazy eight, 16.1
• lazy eight: definition, 16.15
• lazy eight, 16.15
• leadership, 21.9
• left/right perception, 12.2
• levelling off, 2.6
• lever arm, 6.1, 6.1.4, 9.2, 17.1.4, 17.1.4, 17.1.5, 19.2, 19.8
• lever arm: definition, 19.2
• lift, 5.3.2, 10.6.1, 12.9.3, 17.1.4, 19.1
• lift , 2.12.1, 3.1, 6.1
• lift-to-drag ratio, 2.12.8
• lift-to-drag ratio, 4.3, 7.5.8
• lift: twisted, 19.6.4
• lift: See also coefficient of lift, 3
• lift: basic model formula, 4.2
• lift: twisted, 8.8, 17.1.12
• lift: twisted, 8.8.4
• lift , 4.1
• lights, 16.2
• load factor, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
• load factor, 2.1, 2.12.5, 4.3, 4.3, 6.1, 16.19.3, 16.20.1, 16.20.3, 16.20.5, 19.6.4
• load factor: definition, 6.2.3
• local tricks, 12.3
• logic: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• long range navigation (LORAN), 14.3.2
• longitudinal axis: See roll, 19.6.1
• longitudinal stability: See pitch-wise stability, 19.6.1
• looking: See sight, 16.2
• loop, 6.2.2, 16.20.5
• lost, 14, 14.6, 14.7
• low and slow, 1.4
• low pressure center: definition, 20.1.1
  
• Magnus effect: definition, 3.11
• Morse code, 5
• MSL: ≡ altitude above mean sea level, 12.3
• MV: ≡ momentum vector, 8.8
• magnetic north, 14.2.2
• magneto, 15.1.1, 21.3
• maneuvering , 16
• maneuvering speed: See under airspeed, 2.13.2
• margin: See safety margin, 12
• mark on the windshield, 11.5.2
• maximum ... airspeed: See under airspeed, 16
• maximum-performance: See under performance, 7.5
• mean camber line: definition, 2
• mile: definition, 14.2.2
• mile: See nautical mile / statute mile, 1.2.5
• minimax principle, 21.11
• mistakes, 7, 11, 21.10
• mixture control, 15.1.1
• molecules: basis of fluid properties, 3.6
• moment , 19.7
• moment of inertia, 18.6.4
• moment of inertia, 19.7, 19.8
• momentum, 8.8, 2, 8.8.5, 12.9.3, 16.17.4, 19.1
• momentum: See also angular momentum, 19.8
• momentum: definition, 19.1
• momentum, 3.15
• monsoon: definition, 20.3.1
• moon lander, 4.2
• motion: See laws of motion, 19.1
• mountain flying, 2.9, 7.5.6, 13.7.1
• multi-engine aircraft, 8.5.4, 4, 13.6
• multi-engine aircraft , 17
• mushing regime: definition, 1.2.5
  
• N-down: ≡ Newtonian down, 19.5
• NASA: ≡ National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 18
• Nall Report, 21.10
• National Transportation Safety Board, 12.6.4, 21.10
• NDB: ≡ non-directional beacon, 14.3.2
• Newton’s laws: See laws of motion, 19.1
• Newtonian down, 19.5
• NTSB: ≡ National Transportation Safety Board, 12
• nautical mile, 1.2.5
• navaid, 5, 6
• navigation, 16.1
• navigation: See also dead reckoning, 14.3
• navigation: See also pilotage, 14.3
• navigation: by instruments, 14.3, 14.5
• noisy glider, 17.1.2
• noisy glider, 15.1.3
• non-directional beacon, 14.3.2
• noncommutative rotations, 19.6.4
• normal axis: See yaw, 19.6.1
  
• obstacle clearance, 12.3, 12.3, 1, 13.4
• obstacle clearance, 12.1.3, 12.7.2, 12.7.3, 13.3, 13.3, 13.7, 16.17.1, 17.2.5, 20.2.2, 21.4
• obstacle clearance , 20.2.4
• obstructed field: See landing / takeoff, 12
• obstructed field: See obstacle clearance, 12
• off-course distance, 14.4.1
• oscillation , 10.6
• oscillation: procedure to oppose, 10.6.2
• outside references: asymmetric thrust, 4
• outside references, 12.4.1, 12.5, 13.8
• outside references: pitch and yaw, 11.5.2, 16.18.3
• overbanking tendency, 6.2.1, 9.3
• overbanking tendency: definition, 9.4
• overshoot: symptom of uncoordinated roll-out, 16.6
• overshoot: symptom of uncoordinated roll-out, 11.5.2
  
• P-factor: See asymmetric disk loading, 8.5
• P: ≡ pressure, 3.4
• PIC: ≡ pilot in command, 21.1
• Pitot tube, 2.12.6, 3.4.2, 11.2
• POH: ≡ Pilot’s Operating Handbook, 1.2.3
• Pressure: definition, 3.4.3
• paddle:means of creating circulation, 3.11
• panic, intro, 14.7.1, 15.1.3
• paper demo, 3.11, 18.4.1
• particles: basis of fluid properties, 3.6
• passengers, 8.1, 10.6.1, 13.4, 13.7, 21.9
• penetration speed, 7.5.7
• perception: See sight / sound / touch / balance, intro
• performance, 21.7
• performance: climbs and glides , 7.5
• performance: related to power, attitude, etc., 2.10
• performance: versus control, 17.1.7
• personal minimums: definition, 21.7
• phugoid, 2.8, 6.2.2, 16.4
• phugoid:procedure to oppose, 10.6.2
• phugoid, 6.1.12
• pilot in command, 7.2, 21.2.3
• pilot in command , 21.1
• pilotage, 14.5, 21.3
• pilotage: definition, 14.1
• pitch, 2.10, 2.10, 2.10, 2.5, 4.2, 6.1.4, 12.4.2, 12.4.3, 12.11.1, 12.11.8, 16.11, 19.6.2
• pitch , 2.4
• pitch, 19.6.1
• planning: See flight planning / decisionmaking, 21.1
• plow, 18.3.3
• pointing: not the same as going, 8, 8.8.5, 11.2
• polar cell: definition, 20.3.1
• pond: ripples reveal air movement, 16.18.1
• power, 1.2.4, 1.3.1, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4, 2.3, 2.6, 12.8, 16.9
• power , 7
• power curve, 1.3.3, 7.2.2, 7.6, 7.7.2, 16.3, 17.1.2
• power curve: definition, 1.2.5
• power: definition, 1.2.4
• precession: See gyroscopic precession, 19.9.1
• preflight check, 10.5
• preflight briefing, 13.7.4, 15.1.1
• preflight check, 10.3, 21.5, 21.5, 21.6, 21.8
• preflight: See also flight planning, 21.1
• pressure, 3.4, 20.1, 20.2.1, 20.2.2
• pressure , 3.2
• pressure altitude: definition, 20.2.2
• pressure gradient: definition, 20.1.1
• pressure recovery, 11.2, 18.3.3
• pressure recovery: definition, 4.4
• pressure: dynamic, 3.4.1
• pressure, 3.4
• prony brake: definition, 9.6
• propeller, 7.5.6, 7.5.6, 15.1.2
• propeller , 9.5
• propwash, 6.1.6, 8.4, 17.1.11
• propwash: helical, 8.4, 2, 2, 17.1.3, 17.1.12
• pseudo-tailwind: definition, 3.12.5
• pullup: See zoom, 1.2
• pushover, 1.2, 15.1.2
• pylon, 16.13, 16.16
  
• Q: ≡ dynamic pressure, 2.1, 3.2
• quickness: See smoothness, 12
  
• Reynolds number: definition, 18.3.2
• radar advisories, 7, 16.2
• radio, 14.7.2, 14.7.5, 16.2
• raise the dead, 17.1.5
• rate gyro / rate-of-turn needle, 17.1.3
• rate gyro / rate-of-turn needle, 19.10.3
• rate-of-turn gyro, 18.7
• red arc: definition, 17.1.7
• red arc: See also airspeed (never-exceed), 17
• red-radial-line, 17.1.7
• red-radial-line , 17.1.7
• red-radial-line: See also airspeed (minimum control), 17
• reference frame, 3.4.2
• reference frame, 16.17.4, 19.4.1
• reference frame , 19.2
• rejected landing: See go-around, 12
• rejected takeoff, 13.7.4, 17.2.1
• relative wind, 2.11, 8.1
• relative wind: definition, 2.2
• relativity, 3.4.2, 14.2.4, 16.12, 16.17.1, 16.17.4, 19.4.1, 19.4.2, 19.10.2
• resource management, 21.9
• retreating blade, 8.5
• reversed control, 1.3.3
• right/left perception, 12.2
• rigitidy in space: See inertial platform, 19.9.3
• road, 15.1.3, 16.8, 16.9
• roll (maneuver), 8.8
• roll (maneuver), 6.2.5, 16.14, 16.18.3
• roll : damping, 5.4.1
• roll : inertia, 8.8.1
• roll : inertia, 16.6
• roll: angle: See bank attitude, 19.6.3
• roll: damping, 5.4.2, 16.20.4, 18.1
• roll: damping , 5
• roll: inertia, 5.4.1
• roll: maneuver, 8.8.1
• roll: stability, 10.6.1
• roll: stability , 9.3
• roll, 19.6.1
• roller-coaster, 1.2.1, 2.10, 13.3, 16.4, 16.14, 16.15, 16.16.1, 16.20.3
• roller-coaster , 1.3.3, 7.1
• roller-coaster, 1.2.1
• rollout (after landing), 12.6.4
• rotating beacon, 14.1.1
• rotation, 19.6.4
• rotation: earth, 20.1
• rotation: pitch up for takeoff, 13.2, 13.3
• rotations, 19.6.1
• roundout: definition, 12.6.2
• rudder, 8.8.2, 9.2, 10.6.2, 11.1, 11.3, 11.3, 13.5, 17.1.5, 17.1.6, 18.7
• rudder , 11.4
• rudder: stall, 17.1.7
• rudder: See also coordination / yaw, 8.1
• rudder: area, 10.6.1, 17.1.7
• rudder: stall, 17.1.6
• runway, 2.12.3, 7.7.3, 8.11, 10, 11.2, 14
• runway , 12.1.1, 13.1, 15.1.3, 17.1
• runway: accelerate-stop distance, 13.6
• runway: accelerate-stop distance, 13.7.2
• runway: center vs. edge visibility, 12.2, 12.6.2, 12.11.1, 13.4, 14.1.1
  
• S-turns, 15.1.4
• Siberia, 20.3.2
• Superman, 18
• safety margin, 8.8.7, 12.6.2, 12.7.3, 13.7.2, 15.2.1, 16.20.1, 17.1.8, 6
• safety speed: single-engine, 17.2.7
• samara, 18.6.2
• scalar, 14.2.4, 19.1, 19.2
• scalar: definition, 14.2.4
• scan, 2.11, 6.2.1, 16.2, 16.18.4, 18.7, 21.2.4, 21.6
• scrub line: definition, 10.5
• seaplane, 6.1.4, 8.11, 12.9.5
• seat of the pants, intro, 4, 11.5.4, 11.5.4, 16.6, 19.5
• seat of the pants: See also touch (perception), intro
• see and avoid: See traffic, 16.2
• seed, 18.6.2
• semicircular canals: See balance (perception), intro
• sense of ...: See sight / sound / touch / balance, intro
• separated flow: definition, 18.3.1
• shimmy, 10.3
• short field: See landing / takeoff, 12
• sight (perception), 11.5.4
• sight (perception), intro, 5, 13.2
• sight (perception) , 16.2
• sight (perception): out the front, side, 2.5, 11.5.1, 11.5.2
• sight (perception: out the front, side, 16.6
• single-engine safety speed, 17.2.7
• skid , 11.3
• skid: definition, 11.3
• skimming in ground effect , 12.6.2
• skimming in ground effect, 7.7.3
• skimming in ground effect, 13.3, 15.1.2
• slip, 2.12.7, 1, 15.1.4, 15.1.4, 16.1, 16.7, 18.5, 19.5
• slip string: definition, 17.1.3
• slip , 8.1, 11
• slip string, 8.9, 2, 17.1.5
• slip string , 17.1.3
• slip-roll coupling, 10.6.1
• slip-roll coupling, 9.3
• slip-roll coupling , 9.1
• slip-roll coupling: definition, 9.1
• slip/skid indicator: See inclinometer, 11.2
• slip: angle, 9.1
• slip: definition, 11.3
• slip: See also boundary layer, 18.3
• slip: See also coordination / boat turn, 8.1
• slip: along a road, 16.9
• slip: angle, 17.1.5, 17.1.7
• slip: angle , 17.1.3
• slip: angle, 19.6.3
• slip: definition, 11.2
• slip: long-tail, 8.8.3, 8.9, 9.3, 9.4, 3, 11.5.3
• slip: long-tail, 8.9
• slipstream: See propwash, 8.4
• slow flight, 11.1, 12.11.3, 16.19
• smoke: marks air movement, 16.17.1
• smoke: marks air movement, 3.1, 16.18.1
• smooth use of controls, 2.3, 6.2.4, 7.7.1, 9, 12.6.2, 8
• snap roll, 5.4.2, 8.1, 11.1, 18.5
• soaring: dynamic, 16.17.2
• soft field: See takeoff / landing, 12.11.6
• solar energy, 1.1, 1
• sound (perception), intro, 12.8, 13.2, 13.7.2
• speed, 14.2.4
• speed, 19.1
• speeding up, 3, 16.3
• spin, 5.4.2, 8.1, 9.7, 16.20.4, 19.8
• spin , 18
• spin: See also stall/spin accident, 1
• spin: flat versus steep, 18.6.1
• spin, 18.6.1
• spiral dive, 6.2.4
• spiral dive, 6, 6.2.5
• spiral dive , 6.2
• spiral dive, 6.2.2
• stability: angle of attack , 6
• stability: roll, 10.6.1
• stability: roll , 9.3
• stability: yaw, 16.7
• stability: yaw , 8.2
• stability , 10.2
• stagnation line, 3.5, 2
• stagnation line: definition, 3.1
• stagnation pressure: definition, 3.4.2
• stall, 1.2.5, 2.13.2, 5.2.2, 7.7.2, 12.11.4, 17.1.7, 18.1
• stall , 16.20
• stall/spin accident, 1
• stall/spin accident, 7.2.3, 7.4, 7.7.2, 11.3, 12.9.4, 15.1.3
• stall: definition, 5.3.1
• stall: warning horn, 3.10.2, 12.6.2
• stall: warning horn, 3.5
• static pressure, 2.12.6, 2.12.7, 3.4.2, 1, 11.2, 20.2.3
• static pressure: definition, 3.4.2
• strategy: See decisionmaking, 21.1
• stratosphere, 20.1.2
• stream line, 3.1, 3.3, 4.4, 8.4, 9.2
• stream line, 3.1
• streamlined object, 4.4
• streamlined object, 4.4, 9.2, 11.2, 18.3.1
• stretching the glide, 1.4
• stretching the glide, 7.7.3
• structural failure, 6.1.10
• structural failure, 2.13.1, 6.2.3, 6.2.4
• strut, 10.5
• swept wing, 6.1.6
• swept wing, 9.2
  
• TAS: ≡ true airspeed, 2.1
• tail, 10.6.1, 12.11.1, 17.1.7
• tail , 6.1
• tailwind, 12.5, 16.17, 21.1
• takeoff, 1.2, 1.3.2, 2.9, 8.5.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.7, 17.2.1, 17.2.1
• takeoff , 13
• takeoff: soft field, 13.6
• takeoff: short/obstructed, 13.3, 18.3.3
• takeoff: soft field, 3.12.4, 13.4
• teaspoon demo, 18.4.3
• teeter-totter, 6.1
• temperature, 4.2, 13.7.1, 17.2.2, 20.2.4, 21.1, 22.2
• temperature , 20.1.2
• terminal velocity, 6.1
• terrain: See obstacle clearance, 21.4
• thermal gradient wind, 20.2.1
• thermal gradient wind: definition, 20.2.1
• throttle, 1, 1.2.3, 1.3.1, 1.5, 2.3, 7.1
• throttle usage: back side of power curve, 7.2.2
• thrust, 8.10
• thrust , 4.1
• thumb, 2.11, 12.3, 14.2.2, 15.1.4
• timing: dead reckoning, 14.2
• timing: perception of distance, 12.6.3
• tire: See landing gear, 12.7.5
• torque, 3.10.1, 6.1, 6.1.4, 17.1.4, 18.5, 19.2, 19.9.2
• torque , 19.7
• torque, 19.7
• total aerodynamic force: definition, 4.1
• touch (perception), 13.2
• touch (perception), intro, 2.6, 2.7, 11.5.4, 11.5.4, 12.4.1, 12.7.4, 12.12, 18.7
• touch-and-go, 12, 12.1, 17.2.6
• touchdown, 12.6.2, 12.6.4
• touchdown: See also aim point, 12.7.3
• trade winds: definition, 20.3.1
• traffic pattern, 12.1
• traffic pattern, 12, 2, 13.8, 15.3, 16.2
• traffic: see and avoid, 12.1.2
• traffic: see and avoid , 16.2
• traffic: see and avoid, 16.11
• traffic: see and avoid, 12.10, 14.3.1, 16.18.4
• transponder, 15.1.1, 16.2
• tricellular theory: definition, 20.3.1
• trim, 2.3, 2.6, 6.1, 16.3, 16.11, 16.20.4
• trim speed, 5.5.5
• trim speed, 2.3, 5.5.5, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 12.10
• trim: See also airspeed, 2
• trim: angle of attack, intro, 2.3, 2.3, 6.1
• trof: ≡ trough, 20.1.1
• tropics, 20.3.1
• trough: definition, 20.1.1
• true airspeed: definition, 2.1
• true altitude: definition, 20.2.2
• true north, 14.2.2
• tumbling gyro, 6.2.4, 18.7
• turbulent flow, 18.4.2, 18.4.3, 3
• turbulent flow: definition, 18.3.2
• turn, 9.7, 15.1.3, 16.1, 16.5, 16.5, 16.17.4, 16.20.5, 17.1.4, 19.6.4
• turn , 16.12
• turn coordinator: definition, 19.10.3
• turn: around a point, 16.12
• turn: center of mass, 13.5
• turn: on pylon, 16.16
• turn, 8.8, 16.5
• turning radius, 16.5
• turntable, 19.2
  
• unusual attitude, 6.2.4
• up/down control: proper procedure, 12.7.4
• up/down control: fallacy, 2, 15.1.3, 18.7
• up/down control: fallacy , 7
• up/down control: proper procedure, 7.3
• up/down control: proper procedure, 7.3
• updraft, 1.2.4, 1.5, 2.6, 6.1.12, 7.4, 7.5.7, 8.8.6, 8.8.6, 20.1.2, 20.3.1
• updraft , 6.1
• upgoing blade, 8.5.1, 8.5.2
• upwash, 3.15, 9.2, 2
• upwash: definition, 3.1
• useless things, 10
  
• VASI: ≡ visual approach slope indicator, 12
• Venturi, 3.4.2
• VOR: See very-high-frequency omni range, 16.2
• VOR: ≡ very-high-frequency omni range, 14.3.2
• variometer, 1.2.4
• vector, 14.2.4, 19.1, 19.9.2
• vector (from ATC), 14.7.5, 15.1.1
• vector: definition, 14.2.4
• vector: multiplication, 4.4, 19.2
• vector: slide rule (E6-B), 4, 14.8
• velocity, 14.2.4, 19.1
• velocity: airflow near wing , 3.1
• vertical speed indicator, 2.11
• vertical axis: See yaw, 19.6.1
• vertical speed indicator, 1.2.4, 2.11, 2.11, 12.4.3
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR), 21.3
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR), 14.3.2
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR), 14.2.1
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR) , 14.3
• very-high-frequency omni range (VOR): twisted, 14.4.4
• viscosity, 3.6, 4.4, 18.3.2, 4
• vision: See sight, 16.2
• visual approach slope indicator, 2.11
• visual approach slope indicator, 12.3
• visual references: See outside references, 16.18.3
• vortex, 1.2.5, 3.12.1, 3.15, 3.15, 18.3.3
• vortex generator, 18.3.3
• vortex: bound, 3.12.5
• vortex: definition, 3.12.1
• vortex: trailing, 3.12.2, 3.15
• vortex: trailing, 3.12.1
  
• Wright brothers, 6.1.5
• Wright brothers, 3.9, 9.6
• wake turbulence, 3.12.2
• washin: definition, 5.4.3
• washout, 5.5.3, 18.2, 18.7
• washout: definition, 5.4.3
• water demo, 18.4.3
• weather, 14, 16.1
• weather , 20
• weathervaning, 8.11, 12.9.4, 13.5
• weathervaning, 8.2
• web site: See How It Flies, 22.1
• wedge product: definition, 19.2
• weight, 2.12.4, 2.12.8, 7.5.8, 17.2.2
• weight and balance, 6.1.9
• weight and balance, 18.7
• weight and balance, intro, 21.7
• weight and balance , 6.1.1
• weight , 4.1
• wheel, 10.1, 10.3, 19.9.1
• wheel: See also landing gear, 12
• wheelbarrowing: definition, 13.3
• wind, 3.12.2, 12.4.3, 14.2, 14.2, 14.8, 20.1.2, 20.1.2, 20.2, 20.2.1, 20.4
• wind tunnel, 18.4.5
• wind , 16.16.1
• wind triangle, 14.2.4
• wind tunnel , 3.1
• wind: gust / shear / shift, 12.7.2
• wind: See also crosswind / headwind / relative wind, 16.8
• wind: gust / shear / shift, 12.7.4
• wind: gust / shear / shift, 1.1, 7.7.2, 12.7.4, 12.12, 13.7.2, 16.17, 16.17.2
• wind: patterns, 20.1.2, 20.3
• wind, 20.1.2
• windshield, 2.5, 16.8
• windsock, 12.7.4, 12.10, 16.8, 16.17.1, 16.18.1
• winglet, 3.12.1
• wishing you were on the ground, 4, 17.2.2
• working foot, working engine, 17.1.5
  
• yaw, 18.5
• yaw : inertia, 8.8, 8.8.5, 11.5.2, 16.7
• yaw , 8.1
• yaw string : See slip string, 17
• yaw: damping, 16.7
• yaw: damping , 8.3
• yaw: inertia, 1, 11.4
• yaw: stability, 16.7
• yaw: stability , 8.2
• yaw, 19.6.1
• yoke, 1, 1.2.1, 7.1
• yoke: pushing/pulling, 12.7.4
• yoke: See also smoothness / touch, 2.7
• yoke: perception of force, 6.1, 12.12
• yoke: pushing/pulling, intro, 6.1.1, 7.3, 7.5.3
• yoke: pushing/pulling , 1.3.3, 2.1
  
• Zhukovsky, 3.10.3, 24
• ZLD: ≡ zero-lift direction, 18.6.1
• zero-lift direction, 2.14, 18.6.1
• zero-lift direction: definition, 2.2
• zoom, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.5, 2.10, 12.11.8, 13.3, 16.4, 16.20.6
• zoom: definition, 1.2.6, 1.3.3