Slow flight on Cessna 172 is a mandatory procedure for PPL training according to Transport Canada
Slow Flight Procedure Video
This is full flight video (from take off to landing). Watch an explanation about the slow flight procedure at 25:48 (chapter “Slow Flight). You can also “jump” to any video’s chapter.
Video Chapters
- Engine start
- ATIS
- Brakes checking
- Radio: initial contact with Ground
- Engine run-up
- Before take-off check list
- Hold position
- Give way to a track 🙂
- Mic problems
- Setting up the mic
- Pre take-off briefing
- Tower: hold short
- Take off
- Changing frequency
- St Mathias airport
- Increasing alt after St Jean Baptiste
- Traffic advisory
- Climbing to 5000ft
- Lesson “Slow flight” is started
- Slow flight Cessna 172 procedure (a certified Canadian instructor explains the procedure)
- How to know that stall is comming?
- Stall
- Stall
- Spin!
- (My) Slow Flight
- Traffic advisory
- Slow Flight (no flaps)
- Spiral
- Lesson is over, “Bring us back”
- Chambly bassin call up point
- Disp changes RWY
- Descent at your discretion…
- Descent check list
- Downwind
- Number 2 on RW06L follow Cessna at short final
- Base
- Final RW06L
- Landing
- After landing check list
- Gnd contact
- Shut down check list
Slow flight procedure’s performance Criteria:
– complete appropriate safety precautions before entering slow flight;
Transport Canada. Exercise 11 — Slow Flight
– stabilize and maintain the airspeed at 1.2 Vso, +/-5 knots;
– establish straight and level flight and complete level turns, with gear and flaps selected as specified by the instructor;
– maintain the specified altitude, +/-100 feet;
– maintain the specified heading during straight flight within +/-10°;
– maintain the bank angle within +/-10° during turns;
– roll out on a specified heading within +/-10°;
– maintain co-ordinated flight;
– divide attention between aeroplane and lookout;
– prevent a stall;
– recover promptly and smoothly to normal flight.
For flight simulators’ users
Default Cessna 172’s in Microsoft Flight simulator 2020 is very close to the real aircraft behaviour. Try to simulate this procedure in your simulator and see flight model behaviour. You can see all parameters such as IAS, RPM etc in the video above.
Write below in comments – was it easy to simulate slow flight on Cessna 172 in your simulator 😉