Ground Training Lesson 18
1.5 Hours Ground
by Philip Greenspun and Kasim Te; revised July 2008
Developed for students at East Coast Aero Club which operated under FAR Part 141 from July 2008 through July 2010.
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Objective
The student will review procedures and considerations when
operating at night. The student will review aeromedical factors
for pilots.
Elements
Night Flying Considerations
- Night vision and best scanning procedures
- Physiological aspects of night flying
- Importance of celestial and surface lights
- Night flight planning, including weather considerations
- Night flight takeoff and landing techniques
- taxiway/runway lighting
- Airport and heliport beacons
- pilot-controlled lighting
- runway approach lighting systems
- Required lighting and equipment
Aeromedical Factors
- The eye
- Visual Illusions
- Autokinesis
- Myopia
- Landing illusions
- Flicker vertigo
- Spatial disorientation
- Motion sickness
- Middle ear-sinus
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Hypoxia and prevention
- Hyperventilation
- Decompression sickness
- Alcohol, drugs, and performance
Completion Standards
This lesson will be complete, when by oral examination, the student
displays a commercial pilot's level of nderstanding of the material
presented.
Study Assignments
- AIM -- Chapter 2, Sections 1-3; Chapter 8, Section 1
Instructor's Evaluation and Recommendations:
Ground Training Record, Lesson 18
Any deviations from the completion standards should be noted in the previous section.
After completing an item in the Elements section, place a check mark next to that item.
- Student Name:
- Instructor Name/CFI#/expiration:
- Instructor Endorsement:
- Date of Lesson: