The Pilot’s Manual: Instrument Flying

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The Pilot’s Manual: Instrument FlyingAttitude Flight 1 Introduction to Instrument Flight 2 Instrument Scanning Techniques 3 The Instruments 4 Straight-and-Level Flight 5 The Straight Climb and ... Descent 6 Turning 7 Unusual Attitudes 8 Normal Instrument Flight on a Partial Panel 9 Suggested Training Maneuvers 101In troduction to Instrument Flight Air travel becomes much more reliable when airplane operations are not restricted by poor weather or by darkness. Greater reliability can be achieved with a suitably equipped airplane and a pilot skilled in instrument flying. The instrument-qualified pilot and the instrument-equipped airplane must be able to cope with flying in restricted visibility, such as in cloud, mist, smog, rain, snow, or at night, all of which may make the natural horizon and ground features difficult, or even impossible, to see. Figure 1-1 Control and performance. As an instrument pilot, you must learn to trust what you see on the instruments. We generally use vision to orient ourselves with our surroundings, supported by other gravity-perceiving bodily senses, such as feel and balance. Even with the eyes closed, however, we can usually manage to sit, stand and walk on steady ground without losing control. This becomes much more difficult standing on the tray of an accelerating or turning truck, or even in an accelerating elevator. In an airplane, which can accelerate in three dimensions, the task becomes almost impossible unless you have the use of your eyes. The eyes must gather information from the external ground features, including the horizon; or, in poor visibility, they gather substitute information from the instruments. [Show More]

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