Kershner - The flight instructors manual

Kershner, William K

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THE FLIGHT

INSTRUCTORS

MANUAL

WILLIAM K. KERSHNER

THE FLIGHT

INSTRUCTORS

MANUAL

d edition

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS / AMES, IOWA

and to the flight instructors, pilots, and others in aviation who tried to improve my aeronautical knowledge over the years: Pat Howell, Arch Agee, Horace Draughon, Waldo Rassas, Frank Knapp, Wade Hadley, Buford Ledbetter, Baxter Lehman, Clyde Brown, Piedmont Poindexter, L, M. DeRose, Truman W. Finch, E. B. Salsig, and many others to whom I owe much thanks.

WILLIAM KERSHNER has over three decades of experience as pilot ii ~f.uvT.31r j 10 no.": than 90 types am models of si piar.es * or> 40 HP Cubs to jes As a yc.-nd ins: It pci c-* and flight instructor he has taught many studentsusing try principle* that he stresses is his hooks. ~ir also hoids the commercial and amino transect? phot cr-rticates, and hr# is tne act ho 1 of The Student Pilot's Flight ManuaL The Instrument Flight Manual, and The Advanced Pilot's Flight Manual (Iowa State University Press)

1981,1974The Iowa State University Press

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Kershner. William K

The f light instructors manual.

Bibliography: p. includes index.

1. Flight training TL712.K47 1981

ISBN 0-8138-0635-6

I T e

629.13252 80-29433

Introduction, vi

PART 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF

FLIGHT INSTRUCTION, 1

1 On Being a Flight Instructor, 1

2 How People Learnto Fly, 7

3 Anatomy of a Flight Lesson, 23

20 Introducing Aerobatics, 191

21 Spins, 202

22 The Three Fundamentals of Aerobatics, 226

23 Combinations and Variations of the Three Fundamentals, 240

4 The First Flight, 27

5 The Second Flight, 36

6 High WorkThe Confidence Building Maneuvers, 48

7 Low WorkWind Drift Correction Maneuvers, 55

8 Introducing Emergency Situations, 67

9 Elementary Stalls, 71

10 Shooting Takeoffs and Landingsand Solo, 80

11 The Postsolo Visual Maneuvers, 106

12 Teaching Emergency Flying by Reference to Instruments, 121

13 Cross-countryGround Instruction, 133

14 Cross-countryFlight Instruction, 145

15 Transition from Student to Private Pilot, 154

24 Basic Instrument Instruction, 267

25 Communications, Navigation, and ATC, 288

26 Putting It All Together, 306

A. FAA Application for an Airman Certificate and/or Rating, 308

B. G Effects on the Pilot during Aerobatics (FAA), 311

C. Logbook Endorsements, 332

16 Night Flying Instruction, 157

17 Instructing in Complex Single-engine Airplanes, 160

18 Instructing in the Light Twin, 167

19 Advanced Ground Reference Maneuvers, 179

THIS BOOK is a reference for those in the process of working on the flight instructors certificate and a guide for the new instructor.

I believe that too often the newly certificated instructor feels he is left on his own and needs a written reference to which he can turn for information about students and more advanced pilots problems that he will encounter. Ive tried to list common errors in each area or maneuver, and I have suggested methods of coping with them.

The manual is set up so that if the instructor is starting to teach advanced stalls, for instance, he can refer to that chapter for suggestions without reading the rest of the book. While each chapter is a part of the whole book, Ive written each so that it can be used by itself as a reference for a particular phase of instruction. As an example, the advanced stall material repeats some of the common errors noted earlier in the chapter on elementary stalls. Or a chapter on other advanced flying may cover a review and lead-in from the more elementary sessions.

The reader will note that I advocate the teaching of integrated ground and flight instruction, rather than a block of ground school that doesnt apply to the flying at that time. Lest it appear that I am a late convert to the system, I have been using this method of instructing with every student Ive worked with since 1949, and The Student Pilots Flight Manual was published in 1960 using this approach, I believe, for the first time in print. I feel that this is the best technique to keep the students interest and to help him learn.

The Flight Instructors Manual, with minor variations, parallels the material as presented in The Student Pilots Flight Manual, The Advanced Pilots Flight Manual, and The Instrument Flight Manual, respectively. This might be considered the instructors text for those three manuals; and it is a how to instruct guide rather than a detailed text on the basics. The other three manuals should be used for details as they would be presented to the new pilot.

Again, as in my other books, changes were made by the FAA in forms and releases during the process of writing. Ive tried, in most cases, to stick to the general idea of teaching people how to become safe pilots. As you work on the flight instructors certificate, use this manual for the principles, but refer to your Flight Safety District Office for the latest specific requirements.