1. Cessna 152 @ Sumter Airport
Just fly until 500’ AGL
(700’ MSL)
Then turn crosswind
Roll out on extended runway centerline:
Set wind correction
Flaps full??
Hold 65 KIAS
Set aimpoint
Trim off yoke pressure
Assess / fix glide slope
Maintain runway centerline
Priorities:
Aviate (fly first)
then Navigate (steer)
then Communicate (talk)
Landing Zone*: First 1/3 of runway
Touch & go:
Flaps – UP
Carb heat – COLD
Throttle – full power
Normal take-off
Aimpoint
Airspeed
(repeat until flare)
Turn:
Lift wing
Clear for traffic
Pick 90º reference
Turn 20-30º bank angle
Repeat for each turn 23
Final
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 48967, final, runway 23, (touch & go / full stop / etc) Sumter” 5
500 AGL
Rollout parallel to runway:
Level off at pattern alt:
(800’ MSL for Sumter,
normally 1000’ AGL)
Set wind correction
Set / check / fix distance from the runway – halfway up the strut
Clear for traffic entering from “45”
Roll out angled toward runway:
Set wind correction
Flaps 20º
Hold 65 KIAS
Hold descent picture
Trim off yoke pressure
Clear for traffic on final
Crosswind
Base
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 48967, clear of runway 23, Sumter”
45º
800 MSL
Downwind
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 48967, left base, runway 23, Sumter”
45º Pattern Entry
Abeam Landing Zone*:
Carb heat – ON
1500 RPM
Slow – 65 KIAS
Inside white arc – Flaps 10º
Set descent picture
Half sky, half ground
Trim off yoke pressure
Clear for traffic on base / final
Turn when end of runway is 45º behind you
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 48967, left downwind, runway 23, Sumter”
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna entering left downwind, runway 23 from the 45, Sumter”
Clearing:
“Clear” above means “clear visually”
Also “clear” by listening to radios
Radio calls for Rwy 5:
“Right downwind”
“Right base”

2. Cessna 172 @ Sumter Airport
Just fly until 500’ AGL
(700’ MSL)
Then turn crosswind
Roll out on extended runway centerline:
Set wind correction
Flaps full??
Hold 70 KIAS
Set aimpoint
Trim off yoke pressure
Assess / fix glide slope
Maintain runway centerline
Priorities:
Aviate (fly first)
then Navigate (steer)
then Communicate (talk)
Landing Zone*: First 1/3 of runway
Touch & go:
Flaps – UP
Carb heat – COLD
Throttle – full power
Normal take-off
Aimpoint
Airspeed
(repeat until flare)
Turn:
Lift wing
Clear for traffic
Pick 90º reference
Turn 20-30º bank angle
Repeat for each turn 23
Final
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 73388, final, runway 23, (touch & go / full stop / etc) Sumter” 5
500 AGL
Rollout parallel to runway:
Level off at pattern alt:
(800’ MSL for Sumter,
normally 1000’ AGL)
Set wind correction
Set / check / fix distance from the runway – halfway up the strut
Clear for traffic entering from “45”
Roll out angled toward runway:
Set wind correction
Flaps 20º
Slow to 70 KIAS
Hold descent picture
Trim off yoke pressure
Clear for traffic on final
Crosswind
Base
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 48967, clear of runway 23, Sumter”
45º
800 MSL
Downwind
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 73388, left base, runway 23, Sumter”
45º Pattern Entry
Abeam Landing Zone*:
Carb heat – ON
1500 RPM
Slow – 70 KIAS
Inside white arc – Flaps 10º
Set descent picture
Half sky, half ground
Trim off yoke pressure
Clear for traffic on base / final
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna 73388, left downwind, runway 23, Sumter”
Turn when end of runway is 45º behind you
“Sumter Traffic, Cessna entering left downwind, runway 23 from the 45, Sumter”
Clearing:
“Clear” above means “clear visually”
Also “clear” by listening to radios
Radio calls for Rwy 5:
“Right downwind”
“Right base”

3. PA-28 @ Sumter Airport Priorities: Aviate (fly first)
Just fly until 500’ AGL
(700’ MSL)
On final:
Airspeed – 90 MPH
Gear – check DN
Flaps – as desired
Take-off / Touch & go:
Flaps – as desired
Prop – check full forward
Throttle – smoothly full power
Rotate – MPH
Alt & VSI – climbing
Gear – UP
Check Gear up & locked
Level off at pattern alt:
Throttle – 25 in
Prop – 2500 RPM 23
Final 5
500 AGL
On base:
Airspeed – 90 MPH
Gear – check DN
Flaps – as desired
Crosswind
Base
800 MSL
Downwind
45º Pattern Entry
Abeam Landing Zone*:
Throttle – 15 in
Flaps – as desired
Airspeed – 95 MPH
On downwind – GUMPS
Gas – fullest tank
-- fuel pump on
Undercarriage (gear) – DN
Mixture – rich
Prop – full forward
Speed – slow to within white arc
Priorities:
Aviate (fly first)
then Navigate (steer)
then Communicate (talk)