Hobbies And Interests
Instructions
Push down the small needlelike button located on the top left of the yoke (steering wheel). If there is a tower at your airport, ask the tower for permission to take off. A sample request would be: "Tower, this is Cessna (insert end number) requesting take off on runway (enter runway number written on the runway)." The tower will tell you that you are "cleared for takeoff."
Put the carburetor heat to cold. This lever is located on the control panel next to the yoke. You can put it on either heat or cold. Grasp the large handle to the right of the pilot seat and pull it up till it clicks once. This will be 10 degrees of flaps. You will see and hear the flaps on the wings go down. Push the larger black handle on the control panel (the throttle) forward very lightly to get the aircraft moving. Controlling the plane with the foot pedals, push the left pedal lightly until the plane moves onto the center line of the runway. You'll know that you are on the center line because it will line up with the center crease on the cowling.
Push the throttle all the way forward. Sit back, and let the plane accelerate. When the airspeed indicator on the control panel says 56 knots, pull the yoke back slightly. The nose of the plane will rise, and then the plane will become airborne.