Next up is Instrument Training, for those of you reading this who don't know instrument training is basically training you to fly the airplane without looking out the window and flying on instruments alone (think driving your car with the windows blacked out). This is so I can fly through clouds and other poor visibility situations safely (and no I'm not allowed to use GPS or autopilot).
Today I was given my instrument Approach/Departure plates which until recently always seemed to complex to comprehend by any human as if written in a strange alien language (See picture on the right).
I also received my "Foggles" these are strange devices intended to obscure the pilots view of the outside world so they can only use their instruments as would be the case when flying through clouds etc (a bit like goggles but someone forgot to take the label off the lenses).
The other purpose of the Foggles is to make the wearer look like Geordie La Forge from Star Trek (the one with the visor) or some character from some other cheesy 80's Sci-Fi movie. I did take a picture of me wearing them for you to see but thought it looked so silly I didn't want to post it on the web, instead I got a google photo instead.Back to the books for me now, I wish I could learn the same way they do in the movie the Matrix it would save so much time and money!
2 comments:
use the force
The trick with the Jepp Charts is to read, fully understand and commit everything to memory within 60 seconds, whilst hand flying on instruments in turbulence that makes your eyeballs bounce.. then go and fly the procedure within +/- 10degs,100ft and 10 kts. That's easy isn't it!!
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