aviation

AVIA 2400 Transport Aircraft Systems and Operations

The first section of this course covers the normal and emergency operating procedures for the Beech King Air 200. This material prepares you for flight in the King Air simulator.

The remainder of this aviation course covers the normal and emergency operating procedures for transport category aircraft as well as the principles of operation of typical systems found in transport aircraft. Several different aircraft will be selected for study based on their representative design. Emphasis will be on pilot centered knowledge such as diagnosing a systems failure and employment of redundant or backup systems where available and recognition of key failures that have no redundancy.

The main topics covered are: general considerations for the operation of heavy aircraft; Vspeed concepts; Transport Aircraft Flight Manuals; performance charts; Transport Aircraft systems; minimum equipment lists and other record keeping for transport aircraft; Trans-oceanic operation.

* Note that transport aircraft electronics such as the flight instrument displays, ground proximity warning, weather radar, etc. are covered in Avia 261.

This course is delivered via: On Campus

Prerequisites:

AVIA 140. Students are expected to know how aircraft systems work and are operated, as well as how to recognize a failure and trouble shoot it.