Index

Drift angle ..................................................................16-10 Filing a VFR flight plan .............................................16-21 Drugs ..........................................................................17-16 Flameout ......................................................................7-24 Dutch roll .....................................................................5-20 Flaperons ........................................................................6-5 Dynamic hydroplaning ...............................................11-13 Flaps ...............................................................................6-8 Fowler flaps ................................................................6-9 E Plain flap ....................................................................6-8 Split flap .....................................................................6-8 Eddy current damping ..................................................8-27 Flicker vertigo ............................................................17-27 Electrical ........................................................................7-1 Flight ..............................................................................1-2 Electrical system ..........................................................7-30 Flight computers ........................................................16-12 Electronic flight display (EFD) ...............3-12, 8-12, 13-18 Flight controls ................................................................6-2 Elevator .................................................................. 3-6, 6-5 Flight control systems ....................................................6-1 Emergency locator transmitter (ELT) ............................9-9 Flight diversion ..........................................................16-34 Empennage ............................................................. 3-3, 3-6 Flight limits ....................................................................9-4 Empty-field myopia ...................................................17-22 Flight maneuvers ..........................................................5-36 Engine ............................................................................7-1 Flight planning ...........................................................16-17 Engine cooling systems ................................................7-17 Flight school.................................................................1-18 Engineered materials arresting systems (EMAS) ......14-35 Flight service station ....................................................13-4 Engine pressure ratio (EPR) .........................................7-22 Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) .......................1-9 Engine temperature limitations ....................................7-23 Flight Standards Service (AFS) .....................................1-8 Enhanced flight vision system ...................................17-28 Floor load limit ............................................................10-5 Enhanced night vision systems ..................................17-27 Flux gate compass system ............................................8-20 Enhanced situational awareness ...................................2-30 Fog ................................................................. 12-15, 17-10 Enhanced taxiway centerline markings .....................14-12 Advection fog .........................................................12-15 En route forecast ..........................................................13-5 Ice fog .....................................................................12-15 Environmental control systems ......................................7-1 Radiation fog ..........................................................12-15 Equipment use ..............................................................2-27 Sea smoke ...............................................................12-15 Equivalent airspeed (EAS) .........................................11-18 Steam fog ................................................................12-15 Equivalent shaft horsepower (ESHP) ..........................7-24 Upslope fog ............................................................12-15 Estimated time en route (ETE) ..................................16-17 Forces in climbs ...........................................................5-23 Exhaust gas temperature (EGT) ...................................7-22 Forces in descents ........................................................5-24 Exhaust gas temperature (EGT) gauge ..........................7-9 Forces in turns ..............................................................5-22 Exhaust heating systems ..............................................7-29 Foreign object damage (FOD) .....................................7-23 Exhaust systems ...........................................................7-18 Free directional oscillations .........................................5-20 Explosive decompression .............................................7-36 Free-stream velocity .......................................................5-6 Exposure to chemicals ...............................................17-13 Friction ...........................................................................4-2 Engine oil ...............................................................17-14 Fronts .........................................................................12-18 Fuel .........................................................................17-14 Cold front ...............................................................12-20 Hydraulic fluid .......................................................17-13 Fast-moving cold front .......................................12-20 Occluded front ........................................................12-21 F Warm front .............................................................12-18 Fairings ..........................................................................5-6 Fuel ................................................................................7-1 False horizon ..............................................................17-26 Fuel consumption .......................................................16-11 Fascination (fixation) .................................................17-27 Fuel contamination .......................................................7-27 Fatigue ........................................................................17-13 Fuel fired geaters ..........................................................7-29 FDC NOTAMs.............................................................1-13 Fuel gauges ..................................................................7-26 Featureless terrain illusion .........................................17-10 Fuel grades ...................................................................7-27 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ........................1-3 Aviation gasoline (AVGAS) ....................................7-27 Federal certification of pilots and mechanics ................1-4 Supplemental type certificate (STC) ........................7-27 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) . 9-13, 14-22 Fuel injection system ...................................................7-11 Field offices ...................................................................1-8 Fuel load .......................................................................10-5 I-4