Guide for Mooney Flight Training
Jaeger Aviation offers nationwide flight instruction tailored to the individual client's experience and current needs. In 40 years as a pilot with more than 16,000 flight hours primarily in Mooney aircraft, owner Bruce Jaeger has personally experienced many critical flight situations. It is that experience that distinguishes his Mooney-specific flight instruction from others.
The following is an outline describing items typical to initial and recurrent visual and instrument flight training and reviews.
- Review client record
- Pilot's license
- Medical certificate and history
- Pilot logbook and flight experience
- Confirm pilot currency
- Aircraft insurance
- Determine aircraft airworthiness
- Review aircraft logbooks
- Confirm current airframe inspection status
- Confirm current instrument certification
- Confirm current ELT battery
- Review any known aircraft or equipment discrepancies with client
- Review Federal Aviation Administration regulations
- Part 61 pilot certification records
- Part 91 General Operating and Flight Rules
- Sound communication and traffic pattern practices
- Review pilot owner's handbook
- Weight and balance records
- Compute actual weight and balance
- Review effects of heavy aft and forward loading
- Aircraft limitations and airspeeds
- Aircraft construction and controls
- Aircraft systems with emphasis on electrical, vacuum and landing gear
- Normal operations procedures
- Engine management, power settings and leaning mixture
- Cold weather concerns
- Performance charts
- Emergency operations
- In-flight fire
- Electrical and vacuum system failure
- Engine power loss
- Landing gear failure
- Lost communications for instrument flight
- Review installed avionics
- Navigation equipment (VFR/IFR flight)
- Standby vacuum and electrical systems
- Autopilot operations
- Engine monitor
- Review flight charts
- Sectional
- Instrument enroute
- Approach plates
- Weather evaluation
- Weather briefing options
- Interpreting charts
- Thunderstorm avoidance
- Icing
- Airmet and segment interpretation
- Accident review and prevention
- Review NTSB reports
- Runway incursions
- Importance of conservative decision making
- In-flight operations
- Preflight, engine startup and taxi
- Before takeoff procedures
- Takeoff and climb (normal, crosswind, best rate and angles)
- Fuel mixture management
- Cruise with emphasis on engine and systems management
- Maneuvers
- Climbs, slow flight, stalls, steep turns and descents
- Precision, non-precision and partial panel approaches
- Missed approach and holding procedures
- Autopilot operations
- In-flight emergencies
- Engine power loss
- Fire
- Lost communication
- Electrical and vacuum system failures
- Failure of landing gear to extend
- Traffic pattern operations
- Normal, crosswind, short and soft field landings
- Landings with power loss
- Go-around procedures
- Night flight
Review client concerns
These general guidelines will be used as part of initial, recurrent VFR or instrument training as well as biennial flight reviews. Training will be tailored to a client's specific needs, desires and ratings with emphasis on decision making.