Flying as I mentioned in my last post is a difficult business, If you have ever seen the flight deck of a modern aircraft it's a daunting array of instruments and switches with no obvious sense to them. The screen grab above is just from a little light aircraft and even this looks confusing. However an experienced pilot will concentrate on just six instruments and I have magnified and numbered these :
- How fast you are going (airspeed indicator)
- The orientaton of the plane in the sky (artificial horizon)
- How high you are (altimeter)
- How the plane is turning (bank indicator). This is how a pilot can turn the plane tightly while you don't notice and your coffee doesn't end up over the next passenger.
- Which direction you are going (compass)
- Whether you are going up or down (vertical speed indicator)
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