The student will become familiar with performance charts and weight and balance. This lesson must be completed before flight lesson 2.

The student should display an understanding of performance charts and weight and balance.

Grading Items

• Weight & Balance computation
• Takeoff & Landing performance
• Time, Fuel & Distance to Climb charts
• Cruise performance charts (range, endurance)
• E6-B Flight Computer Usage
• Completing a Nav Log using Weather
• Computing Wind Problems - XWind, Headwind, Tailwind, Groundspeed
• Fuel Management

• Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (PHAK) Ch. 7, 9, and 10(1-26)
• Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 91.103
• Pilot’s Operating Handbook (POH) Sect. 5 and 6
• E6-B Instruction Manual