This category contains my briefings for informing pilots and passengers during flights.
Taxi briefing
This page contains an outline of an VFR taxi briefing for an general aviation aircraft.
1. ANWB
Aircraft
During the pre-flight inspection, we have searched for possible reasons to not fly. We could have seen things we don’t like and we don’t want to take risks with, so our taxi briefing actually starts here.
NOTAMs
We review again the possible NOTAMs that apply for our flight, and how they can affect our flight.
Weather
We will again take a look at the weather for a proper risk assessment. The weather can change very fast sometimes, so we review at this point of the weather is still within our aircraft and personal limits.
Briefing (what we will do)
In the briefing part, we will brief our co-pilot and passengers on what to do to all be on the same page and to minimize questions in more critical phases of the flight.
2. Taxi-ing
We will start taxi-ing by testing the brakes of the aircraft at both sides. Then we will make a turn onto the taxiway where we will do our taxi checks. Here we check if every primary flight instrument works as expected.
We will also note all emergency equipment we must have on board.
In short:
- Brake tests
- Route to run-up area/hold short
- Taxi checks
3. Passenger briefing (only with passengers)
We must also brief passengers on various features and things:
- Seats and Belts
- Silence
- Sterile cockpit meaning
- Radio first
- Sickness
- Call out
- Waste bags
- Smoking
- Never allowed within 100 meters of an aircraft
- Emergency
- Brace
- Exit aircraft to the tail because of the propellor
4. Taxi checks
On the taxiway, we will perform some taxi-checks, checking our primary instruments which must work without airspeed.
4.1 Left turn
When we perform a left turn, we check and call-out the following
- Symbol left
- Ball right
- Compasses decrease
- Attitude Direction Indicator stable
4.2 Right turn
When we perform a right turn, we check and call-out the following
- Symbol right
- Ball left
- Compasses increase
- Attitude Direction Indicator stable
The checks summarized
We checked all instruments who are not dependent of airspeed, as these are very critical in flights. These belong to the basic 6 of aviation.
- Turn coordinator angle
- Turn coordinator ball
- Directional gyro compass
- Magnetic compass
- Attitude Direction Indicator
That were all taxi checks and briefings.
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Take-off briefing
This page contains an outline of an VFR take-off briefing for an general aviation aircraft.
We do the take-off briefing as part of the Before take-off checklist. We brief our co-pilot and passengers to be both at the same page. This as the take-off is a very critical part of a flight.
I will outline every subject and describe what must be briefed.
1. Route
We will park the plane in a 45 degree angle to view the Base and Final legs.
We then start the take-off roll with these speeds:
- Rotate at 55 knots
- Climb to 200ft with 65 knots (flaps 10)
- Climb to 700/1000ft with 75 knots (flaps up)
2. Non-flyable failure
When a non flyable failure occurs, we will do one of these steps:
- Stop at or before rotation (or 55 knots)
- After rotation, we land the aircraft on the same runway when having enough runway (33 meter per second average)
- After rotation, with not enough runway we perform a Emergency landing in a 30 degree angle, preferably into the wind
3. Flyable failure
When a flyable failure occurs, we will complete a circuit and we will safely land the aircraft.
4. Threat and Error Management
We also assess possible risks and threats after the briefings. These are events at the airport which can make our take-off harder than in perfect conditions. Examples of these risks are:
- Wind (crosswind, gusts, tailwind)
- Fast developing weather
- Birds
- Traffic
- Low sun
- Parachutes
- Glider planes
- Helicopters producing wake-turbulence
In cases of parachutes/gliders we will go around at the opposing side of the runway.
5. Runway memory items
When lining up, we need to perform the runway memory items:
- Carb heat: OFF
- Transponder: Alt
- Landing lights: On
- Pitot heat under 10 degrees
- Compass runway heading
6. Ground roll
During ground roll we need to call out some points to ensure a positive climb:
- Airspeed alive at 40 or more knots
- Engine RPM stable and at a value of 2500RPM (take-off/climb RPM)
- Rotate
7. After take-off memory items
Shortly after take-off (around 200ft), we will do the after take-off memory items
- Flaps up
- Carb heat: OFF
- Landing light: Off
- Engine Instruments: Green
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