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KING AIR LANDING GEAR• Complete Sets• Individual Components• Removal and Installation601.936.3599www.traceaviation.comFAA CRS R39R997XYour Source for King Air Landing Gear30 • TWIN & TURBINEThis prioritization:1) Maintain control2) Aim in a good direction3) Perform the checklist actions.is another way of expressing a similar axiom of aviation: Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. Faced with an emergency or abnormal condition, continue to aviate through the flight controls (or an available autopilot as appropriate), navigate the airplane toward a recovery zone (the Second Rule of Emergencies), and communicate with the airplane by means of memory and printed checklists.Once you’re headed in the right direction, don’t let the abnormality distract you away from continuing to fly the airplane. Attitude, Altitude, Angle of Attack, Heading all are intertwined with every step of an emergency procedure. For example, I teach the memory Engine Failure in Flight steps in a piston, multi- engine airplane to be:• Fly the plane (attitude, airspeed, heading)• Mixture, prop, throttle all forward• Fly the plane• Gear up, flaps up• Fly the plane• Identify (the failed engine using dead foot, dead engine)• Fly the plane• Verify (the failed engineusing throttle)• Fly the plane• Troubleshoot (perform the engine restart steps if time and altitude permit)• Fly the plane• Feather (the dead engine’s OCTOBER 2011