NATOPS FLIGHT MANUAL: NAVY MODEL F/A-18A/B/C/D 161353 AND UP AIRCRAFT
Contents PART I THE AIRCRAFT 1 CHAPTER 1 The Aircra?? 3 CHAPTER 2 Systems 9 CHAPTER 3 Service and Handling 219 CHAPTER 4 Opera??ng Limita??ons 221 PART II INDOCTRINATION 233 CHAPTER 5 Indoctrina??on 235 PART III NORMAL PROCEDURES 237 CHAPTER 6 Flight Prepara??on 239 CHAPTER 7 Shore-Based Procedures 243 CHAPTER 8 Carrier-Based Procedures 283 CHAPTER 9 Special Procedures 301 CHAPTER 10 Func??onal Checkflight Procedures 319 PART IV FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS 367 CHAPTER 11 Flight Characteris??cs 369 PART V EMERGENCY PROCEDURES 403 EMERGENCY INDEX 405 CHAPTER 12 General Emergencies 409 CHAPTER 13 Ground Emergencies 463 CHAPTER 14 Takeoff Emergencies 467 CHAPTER 15 Inflight Emergencies 475 CHAPTER 16 Landing Emergencies 541 CHAPTER 17 Ejec??on 563 CHAPTER 18 Immediate Ac??on 603 PART VI ALL WEATHER PROCEDURES 609 CHAPTER 19 Instrument Flight 611 CHAPTER 20 Extreme Weather Procedures 613 CHAPTER 21 Hot Weather Procedures 617 CHAPTER 22 Cold Weather Procedures 619 PART VII COMM-NAV EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES 621 CHAPTER 23 Communica??on-Iden??fica??on Equipment 623 CHAPTER 24 Naviga??on Equipment 643 CHAPTER 25 Backup/Degraded Opera??ons 725 CHAPTER 26 Visual Communica??ons 731 CHAPTER 27 Deck/Ground Handling Signals 741 PART VIII WEAPONS SYSTEMS 747 PART IX FLIGHT CREW COORDINATION 749 CHAPTER 28 Crew Resource Management 751 PART X NATOPS EVALUATION 757 CHAPTER 29 NATOPS Evalua??on 759 PART XI PERFORMANCE DATA 779 APPENDIX 781 FOLDOUTS 811