Overview
This unit will provide you with the knowledge required to plan a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight in a small commercial aircraft. You will learn how to interpret small commercial aircraft performance data. From meteorological forecasts, you will determine the appropriate route, altitude and alternate aerodromes. You will also learn how to conduct a weight and balance assessment for a flight.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: AVAT12008 Meteorology (Commercial Pilot Licence); AVAT12009 Navigation (Commercial Pilot Licence) and AVAT11006 Aviation Law
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2018
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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- Interpret small commercial aircraft performance data
- Critically analyse appropriate route, altitude and aerodromes using forecast meteorological conditions
- Calculate weight and balance and prepare a load sheet for a small commercial aircraft
- Prepare a small commercial aircraft Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight plan, including navigation plan and fuel plan
- Exercise judgement in the flight planning process for small commercial aircraft.
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
AIRCRAFT OPERATION, PERFORMANCE AND PLANNING
5th EDITION (2014)
AVIATION THEORY CENTRE
AUSTRALIA
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.banu@cqu.edu.au
j.blair@cqu.edu.au
s.thatcher@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Aircraft Performance - 1
a.Understanding Density Altitude, Pressure altitude.
b. Density Altitude calculation using various methods.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Aircraft Performance - 2
a. Understanding take off and landing performance.
b. Take off and landing calculations using performance charts.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Aircraft Performance - 3
a. Take off and landing calculations using performance charts.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Aircraft Performance - 4
a. Understanding Climb, Cruise and Descent performance.
b. Climb, Cruise and Descent performance calculations using performance charts.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Discussion Board activity.
Module/Topic
Aircraft Loading - 1
a. Understanding various terminology associated with aircraft loading.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Quiz 1.
Module/Topic
Vacation week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Aircraft Loading - 2
a. Aircraft loading calculations using flight manual/graphs.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Aircraft Loading - 3
a. Aircraft loading calculations using flight manual/graphs.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Flight Planning - 1
a. Understanding flight planning preparation and various mandatory requirements.
b. National aeronautical information processing system.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Discussion Board activity.
Module/Topic
Flight Planning - 2
a. Understanding various terminology associated with flight planning such as PNR, PET, ETP , CP, PEF.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Assignment due date.
Written Assignment Due: Week 9 Friday (14 Sept 2018) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Flight Planning - 3
a. Flight Planning calculations - PNR, PET, ETP , CP, PEF.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Flight Planning - 4
a. Flight Planning calculations - PNR, PET, ETP , CP, PEF.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Quiz 2.
Module/Topic
Flight Planning and Loading
a. Flight plan form and Loading system.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lecture and Tutorial.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Group Work
Assignment type: Group work followed by individual report submission online.
Word limit: 2000 words.
Due date: 14 September 2018.
Task description: The assignment will require students to research and report on aircraft operations, performance and planning issues related to a typical general aviation charter operations within Australia. You are required to apply the basic principles learnt in this unit to an aviation business application of your choice. The assignment will be in a report format which will require the student to identify basic principles to the operational elements and critically analyse the key issues and apply key principles to develop operational solutions.
Please follow report writing format and referenced using the Harvard referencing style. Also, please use Arial font with 12 size and 1.5 line spacing.
Week 9 Friday (14 Sept 2018) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (5 Oct 2018)
Assessment criteria/ rubric will be provided to students during week 1 lecture.
- Interpret small commercial aircraft performance data
- Critically analyse appropriate route, altitude and aerodromes using forecast meteorological conditions
- Calculate weight and balance and prepare a load sheet for a small commercial aircraft
- Prepare a small commercial aircraft Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight plan, including navigation plan and fuel plan
- Exercise judgement in the flight planning process for small commercial aircraft.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
