Flight Theory |
How does an airplane fly? |
Turn radius and Turn rate |
Control Surfaces |
Corner velocity |
Control surface authority |
Radial G, Gravity and Departure |
Angle of Attack (AoA) |
The lift vector |
Airspeed |
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Instrumentation |
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Flight instrumentation |
Types of engine |
Navigation instrumentation |
Types of propeller |
Powerplant Instrumentation |
Putting it all together |
Power plant management |
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Basic Airmanship |
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Airfield operations |
Aerobatics |
Airfield features |
Aircraft handling |
Takeoff |
Assessing your aircraft |
Landing |
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Combat |
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Dicta |
How do you get energy? |
Dicta Boelcke |
How do you waste energy? |
Dicta Hartmann |
How do you wisely use energy? |
Energy |
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Gunnery |
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Firing methods |
Angle off |
Gravity and muzzle velocity |
Setting up the shot |
The effect of range on gunnery |
Machine gun versus cannon |
Convergence and gun placement |
Sight Types |
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Combat Priorities |
Combat posture |
Survival |
Keep fast |
Assistance |
Keep high |
Engaging |
Keep Looking |
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Combat Awareness |
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Situational awareness |
Combat Status Brevity |
Spatial awareness |
Brevity Terms |
Communication for the spatial picture |
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Preparing the engagement |
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Environmental considerations |
The bounce |
Positioning for the fight |
The merge |
Engaging |
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Air Combat Manoeuvring |
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Pursuit methods |
Evasive methods |
The energy battle |
Escape |
In combat energy management methods |
Turn fighting versus rate fighting |
Engagement methods |
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Lone Ship tactics |
Element Tactics |
One versus One |
Element turning |
One versus Two |
Lesser turns |
One versus more |
Element formations |
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Two versus One |
Flight Tactics |
Two versus Two |
Flight formations |
Element merge strategies |
Flight turning |
Element defence strategies |
Flight Merge Strategies |
Beam Defence |
Controlling the fight |
Defensive split |
Flight defence strategies |
Vertical defence |
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Bogey clouds |
Fighter Missions |
Breaking the enemy |
How missions work together |
The top down engagement |
Fighter-Bomber operations |
Flight defence |
Ground threats |
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Attack profiles |
The Online World |
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Simulating combat |
Weapons summary |
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Axis Weapons |
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Muzzle velocity comparison chart |
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Takeoff and Landing Checklists |
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Dicta Bard
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