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Part 3 covers everything from steep turns to post-flight — performance maneuvers, ground reference, slow flight, all four stall types, emergency procedures, and navigation. This is the meat of the flight portion.

Key Takeaways

• You only need 3 of the 5 performance maneuvers. Appendix 7 lets the examiner choose steep turns OR steep spiral, chandelles OR lazy 8s, plus eights on pylons. But they can test all five if they want.
• Calculate pivotal altitude before you get in the airplane. Don't pull out a calculator at 800 feet AGL. Know your approximate pivotal altitude from preflight planning.
• Steep spirals connect to emergency landings. The steep spiral is how you get from high altitude to a key position for a power-off landing. I may combine steep spiral → emergency approach → power-off landing as one continuous sequence.
• Accelerated stalls are new at the commercial level. This is a G-stall demonstrating that the airplane stalls at a critical angle of attack, not a specific airspeed. It's quick — release back pressure and you recover immediately.
• Power-on stalls: watch the power setting in high-performance airplanes. 65% is the minimum, but Appendix 6 says reduce power if it produces pitch attitudes above 30° nose up.
• Navigation diversion: use all available resources. GPS, ForeFlight, 430/530 waypoint info — give me an ETA, fuel burn, and frequencies. Then I might "fail" your iPad to see your backup plan.