S R I-4 parasite drag .................................................................. 2-6 parking ........................................................................ 5-17 part 61 ........................................................................... 1-3 passenger briefing ......................................................... 7-2 pattern altitude ............................................................ 10-4 PAVE ............................................................................. 5-1 pendulum....................................................................... 1-2 pendulum effect...............................................2-9, 6-1, 6-2 pendulum stability....................................................... 2-10 personality tendencies................................................... 1-4 personal minimums................................................ 5-1, 5-3 photo identification ....................................................... 5-5 Pilot’s Operating Handbook................................... 1-2, 3-2 pilotage.......................................................................... 8-7 pilot certificate ....................................................... 1-2, 5-5 pilot error ...................................................................... 1-4 pilot induced oscillation................................................ 6-6 piston porting ................................................................ 4-1 piston seizure ................................................................ 4-5 pitch........................................................................ 2-9, 6-1 pitch angle..................................................................... 2-1 planform........................................................................ 2-2 POH........................................................................ 1-2, 3-2 poppet valves................................................................. 4-1 porpoising .......................................................... 2-14, 12-7 positioning the cart........................................................ 7-6 position lights.............................................................. 12-1 postflight ..................................................................... 5-17 powered parachute ........................................................ 1-2 powered parachute rating .............................................. 1-2 power loss ..................................................................... 7-7 powerplant..................................................................... 4-1 PPC ............................................................................... 1-2 PPCL ............................................................................. 1-2 PPCS ............................................................................. 1-2 practical test .................................................................. 1-3 Practical Test Standards ................................................ 1-3 preflight .................................................................. 5-1, 5-2 preflight checklist.......................................................... 5-5 preflight inspection........................................5-1, 5-6, 12-1 pressure knots................................................................ 7-4 primer.......................................................................... 4-10 private pilot ................................................................... 1-3 private property ............................................................. 5-2 proficiency check .......................................................... 1-3 prohibited areas............................................................. 8-4 propeller ..........................................................3-8, 4-6, 5-8 PTS................................................................................ 1-3 pull-overs .................................................................... 5-11 pulse-charging............................................................... 4-4 pump systems.............................................................. 4-10 pusher configuration...................................................... 5-9 radar facilities.............................................................. 10-2 radio communications................................................. 5-11 radios............................................................................. 3-4 ram-air wing.................................................................. 2-3 rate of turn..................................................................... 9-4 reciprocating engines .................................................... 4-1 rectangular course ......................................................... 9-4 rectangular shape .......................................................... 2-2 reduction drives............................................................. 3-8 reed valve ...................................................................... 4-1 reference line................................................................. 9-4 refueling ...................................................................... 4-12 rejected landings ......................................................... 11-8 rejected takeoff.............................................................. 7-7 relative wind........................................................... 2-1, 9-3 resource management.................................................... 1-4 restricted areas .............................................................. 8-4 right-of-way ................................................................ 10-5 risers....................................................................... 3-5, 3-7 risk management .................................................. 1-4, 11-9 roll-over....................................................................... 12-4 roll axis.......................................................................... 2-1 rolling preflight ............................................................. 7-4 rollover .......................................................................... 7-2 rotation ................................................................... 7-1, 7-5 roundout ...................................................................... 11-3 run-up.......................................................................... 5-10 runway................................................................ 5-17, 11-6 runway gradient ............................................................ 7-8 runway incursion prevention......................................... 3-2 runway slope ................................................................. 7-8 runway surfaces............................................................. 7-8 S-turn across a road....................................................... 9-6 safety belt ...................................................................... 7-2 scan ............................................................................... 3-3 scanning ..........................................................6-5, 8-7, 9-1 scavenging..................................................................... 4-4 scuba diving .................................................................. 1-8 search and rescue ........................................................ 12-9 seatbelts......................................................................... 3-2 seats........................................................................ 5-6, 7-2 sectional chart ............................................................... 8-7 see and avoid ........................................................ 8-7, 10-1 segmented circle................................................. 10-4, 10-5 shallow turns ................................................................. 6-6 shoulder harness............................................................ 7-2 side-by-side configurations ........................................... 3-1 signs ............................................................................ 10-2 simulated emergency landing...................................... 11-9 single-pilot resource management ................................ 1-4 situational awareness.....................................1-4, 1-5, 12-2 skidding......................................................................... 2-9 solo................................................................................ 1-3 spatial disorientation ..................................................... 1-8 special use airspace ....................................................... 8-4 speed ...........................................................2-12, 2-15, 6-1 sport jumping ................................................................ 1-1 sport pilot ...................................................................... 1-3