Glossary

Home: Landing

45-Degree Angle: (Entry into Traffic Pattern)
Approach Speed
Base Leg
Best Rate-of-Descent Speed: (Vy)
Carburetor Heat: (Carb Heat)
Class C Airspace
Downwind Leg
Feet per Minute: (FPM)
Field Elevation: (Field Elev.)
Final Leg
Flap Extended Speed: (Vfe)
Flaps
GUMPS: (Landing Checklist)
Home: (Departure Point)
Mean Sea Level: (MSL)
Nautical Miles: (KTS, NM)
Runway Number: (RWY)
Tower Airport
Traffic Pattern: "Home: Landing"
Traffic Pattern Altitude: (TPA)
Wind Direction

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