Squadron Leader Swatton joined the Royal Air Force in 1952. He qualified as an instructor in 1961 and taught, among other subjects, the then new subject of Scheduled Performance for Group "A" aeroplanes at the Argosy Operational Conversion Unit (OCU) as one of his duties. He was posted to the Andover OCU in 1964 as the senior navigation instructor and examiner, where he continued teaching and examining aircrew in scheduled performance until 1975.
Subsequently he completed tours at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough and at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down. His last tour of duty, before retiring from the Royal Air Force in 1988 was at the Empire Test Pilots School where he taught scheduled performance to trainee test pilots. In 36 years of service he amassed 7500 flying hours
On retirement from the RAF he joined the instructional staff at the Professional Pilot Study Centre where one of his duties was to teach scheduled performance to the trainee pilots. Subsequently he and two of his fellow instructors started their own ground school, Ground Training Services (GTS), for private, commercial and airline pilots where he currently teaches aeroplane performance to the JAA syllabus. He is the aeroplane performance consultant for the CAA and updated the CAP 698 at the request of the CAA.

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Weight and Mass

Introduction

PART 1 AERODYNAMIC THEORY

1 Preliminaries

Self-Assessment Exercise 1

2 Level Flight Aerodynamics

Self-Assessment Exercise 2

3 Take-off and Climb Aerodynamics

Self-Assessment Exercise 3

4 Cruise Control

Self-Assessment Exercise 4

5 Descent Aerodynamics

Self-Assessment Exercise 5

PART 2 Scheduled Performance Theory

6 Performance Planning

Self-Assessment Exercise 6

7 Aerodrome Geometry

Self-Assessment Exercise 7

8 Runway Surfaces

Self-Assessment Exercise 8

9 The Variables

Self-Assessment Exercise 9

10 Speeds

Self-Assessment Exercise 10

PART 3 Scheduled Performance Practice

11 Class 'B' Take-off

Self-Assessment Exercise 11

12 Class 'B' Take-off Climb

Self-Assessment Exercise 12

13 Class 'B' En-route and Landing

Self-Assessment Exercise 13

14 Class 'A': Take-off Theory

Self-Assessment Exercise 14

15 Take-off Calculations

Self-Assessment Exercise 15

16 Class 'A' Take-off Climb

Self-Assessment Exercise 16

17 Class 'A' En-Route

Self-Assessment Exercise 17

18 Class 'A' Landing

Self-Assessment Exercise 18

PART 4 CONCLUSION

19 Definitions

20 Answers to Self-Assessment Exercises

Self-Assessment Exercise 1

Self-Assessment Exercise 2

Self-Assessment Exercise 3

Self-Assessment Exercise 4

Self-Assessment Exercise 5

Self-Assessment Exercise 6

Self-Assessment Exercise 7

Self-Assessment Exercise 8

Self-Assessment Exercise 9

Self-Assessment Exercise 10

Self-Assessment Exercise 11

Self-Assessment Exercise 12

Self-Assessment Exercise 13

Self-Assessment Exercise 14

Self-Assessment Exercise 15

Self-Assessment Exercise 16

Self-Assessment Exercise 17

Self-Assessment Exercise 18

Bibliography

Index