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  • Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Electronic Flight Display (EFD) › Heading Indicator

    Heading Indicator The heading indicator is located below the artificial horizon and is normally modeled after a Horizontal Situation Indicator (HSI). [Figure 8-12] As in the case of the attitude indicator, the heading indicator receives its information from ... information to the AHRS unit and then out to the PFD. Figure 8-13. Multi-function display (MFD). Turn Indicator The turn indicator takes a slightly different form than the traditional instrumentation. A sliding bar moves left and right below…

  • Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Gyroscopic Flight Instruments › Turn-and-Slip Indicator

    Turn Indicators Aircraft use two types of turn indicators: turn-and-slip indicators and turn coordinators. Because of the way the gyro is mounted, the turn-and-slip indicator shows only the rate of turn in degrees per second ... mounted at an angle, or canted, so it can initially show roll rate. When the roll stabilizes, it indicates rate of turn. Both instruments indicate turn direction and quality (coordination), and also serve as a backup source of bank information…

  • Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Instrument Check › Attitude Indicator

    operating in instrument meteorological conditions or confuse a pilot during an unusual attitude recovery. A number of modern attitude indicators do not have this problem. Every pilot should be able to interpret the banking scale illustrated in Figure ... Most banking scale indicators on the top of the instrument move in the same direction from that in which the aircraft is actually banked. Some other models move in the opposite direction from that in which the aircraft is actually…

  • Chapter 3: The Learning Process › The First Flight › Analysis of the First Flight and Check Ride

    Analysis of the First Flight and Check Ride Between Beverly’s first day of training and the day before her practical test, she has undergone some remarkable changes: 1. She has developed a collection of memorized facts into ... quickly identifies and corrects them. 5. Her motivation and enthusiasm remain as high as they were on the first day of training. 6. She displays proficiency in all areas now: those at which she naturally excels as well as those…

  • Chapter 1: Introduction To Flying › History of Flight

    Benoist Aircraft Company in St. Louis, Missouri, about starting a flight route from St. Figure 1-3. First flight by the Wright brothers. Petersburg across the waterway to Tampa. Benoist suggested using his “Safety First” airboat ... signed an agreement for what would become the first scheduled airline in the United States. The first aircraft was delivered to St. Petersburg and made the first test flight on December 31, 1913. [Figure 1-4] A public auction decided…

  • Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Instrument Check › Remote Indicating Compass

    panel-mounted components of a typical system are the pictorial navigation indicator and the slaving control and compensator unit. [Figure 8-29] The pictorial navigation indicator is commonly referred to as an HSI. The slaving control and compensator unit ... free gyro” mode. This unit also has a slaving meter and two manual heading-drive buttons. The slaving meter indicates the difference between the displayed heading and the magnetic heading. A right deflection indicates a clockwise error of the compass…