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10 Commercial Pilot Oral Exam Questions and How to Answer Them

Northstar VFR

Under VFR, the MEF guarantees 100’ obstacle/terrain clearance within that quadrant. If ailerons affect the longitudinal axis of the plane, then how do they turn the plane? Ailerons control the roll of the plane by turning around its longitudinal axis. When the aileron is deflected up on one side, lift is decreased on that wing.

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Getting Back in the Air

Plane and Pilot

Out in the practice area, I did some of my favorite beyond-ACS but still normal category exercises—alternating steep turns with full aileron deflection, extended low speed flight, and Dutch rolls to 45-degree bank each way, again with full aileron deflection. Then the CFI gave me a few unusual attitudes, and all was well.