Task 5.16: Listening practice, p.99
Listen to audio as you Unit 5 Listening Exercise 3. Listen to an instructor teaching
straight and level flight. As you listen, fill in the missing words.
“

Well, today we’re going to practice flying straight and level. We’ll do this exercise at 3500
feet. The first thing we do is we pick a out in front of the airplane so we can fly towards it. Then we set the correct nose for straight and level flight. See? That’s it there!
I am now trimming the aircraft. I move the trim wheel until the attitude remains the same with no pressure required on the control wheel.

“Next, we set the power. In this aircraft that’s 2500 . And we have to check the
wings are level. This is a low-wing aircraft, so we look to see both wings are the same distance
below the . If the wings are not level, the aircraft will turn.

Lastly, let’s check the performance. There are things we need to check. One, are we keeping ? Look at your reference point, and see if it has . No, it’s still in the same place in the windshield.

Two, are we maintaining level flight? We check the and we are still at 3500 .
Three, is the aircraft ? Make sure the is in the center of the coordinator.
To maintain straight and level, we need to keep our going. That’s , level, . Ok. we’ve the correct attitude.

Now we must have a very good lookout. Look all the aircraft, starting behind you on one side and turning your head to look right past my head to the other. Make sure you look both and the horizon. You must keep your eyes outside the cockpit 90% of the time and 10% inside, OK? Have you got the traffic sighted, low position?

How’s our performance? Looking good! We are flying straight, our altitude is still 3500, and
is the aircraft still ? No, the ball’s a little out to the so we need to maintain a slight pressure of right rudder. We will repeat the scan again and again as we fly along.

OK? I want you to have a go now at flying straight and level. You have .