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scenario, extract the communication and normal and emergency equipment required to be on board an aircraft.
2.7.3              State the responsibilities of a pilot in command with regard to:
(a)           daily inspections;
(b)           recording/reporting aircraft defects;
(c)           know the types of maintenance that may be carried out by a PPL or CPL holder, as appropriate;
(d)           given a copy of a maintenance release:
(i)             determine its validity;
(ii)            list the class(es) of operation applicable to the aircraft;
(iii)          list outstanding defects/endorsements and decide whether these affect the airworthiness of the aircraft.

Unit 1.9.2                                   POPA:  PPL operations, performance and planning – aeroplane

1.                       Reserved

2.                       General flight planning and performance
2.1                    Aerodromes and aeroplane landing areas (ALAs)
2.1.1              Explain/apply the following terms used in CASA publications and documents:
(a)           take-off safety speed;
(b)           take-off distance available (TODA);
(c)           take-off distance required (TODR);
(d)           landing distance available (LDA);
(e)           landing distance required (LDR).
2.1.2              Determine whether a given ALA is suitable for an aeroplane to take-off and land safety in accordance with guidelines contained in CAAP 92.1.
2.2                    Take-off and landing performance
2.2.1              State the effect (increase/decrease) of the following factors on take-off, landing, and take-off climb performance:
(a)           strength of headwind/tailwind component;
(b)           air temperature;
(c)           QNH;
(d)           density height (non-standard conditions);
(e)           airfield elevation;
(f)             runway slope and surface, including wet and slushy runways;
(g)           ground effect and windshear;
(h)           frost on an aircraft.
2.2.2              Differentiate between pressure height and density height.
2.2.3              Describe how to use an altimeter to obtain:
(a)           local QNH at an aerodrome; and
(b)           pressure height of an aerodrome; and
(c)           elevation of an aerodrome.
2.2.4              Explain the terms:
(a)           maximum structural take-off and landing weight; and
(b)           climb weight limit.
2.2.5              State the likely results of exceeding aircraft weight limits.
2.3                    Density height
2.3.1              Using the methods under subsection 2.3.2, determine density height, given the following:
(a)           OAT and pressure height;
(b)           using cockpit temperature and an altimeter setting of 1013.2 hPa.
2.3.2              For subsection 2.3.1, the methods are the following:
(a)           density altitude charts;
(b)           manual computer;
(c)           flight manual charts;
(d)           mathematics.
2.4                    Take-off and landing performance
2.4.1              Use the flight manual to extract maximum structural take-off and landing weights.
         2.4.2              Given a typical flight scenario, use performance charts to extract:
(a)           maximum take-off weight A;
(b)           maximum landing weight A;
(c)           take-off distance required (TODR) B;
(d)           landing distance required (LDR) B;
(e)           climb weight limit;
(f)             take-off parameters:
             1.          power;
             2.          flap setting;
             3.         take-off safety speed;
(g)           landing parameters:
             1.          flap;
             2.          threshold speed;
(h)           State the conditions on which the parameters listed in paragraphs (f) and (g) are based.
2.5                    Climb, cruise and descent performance
2.5.1              From typical charts