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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-9
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Diving or Rolling Beyond the Vertical Plane › Coping with Spatial Disorientation

  Coping with Spatial Disorientation To prevent illusions and their potentially disastrous consequences, pilots can: 1. Understand the causes of these illusions and remain constantly alert for them. Take the opportunity to experience spatial disorientation illusions in a device, such ... Barany chair, a Vertigon, or a Virtual Reality Spatial Disorientation Demonstrator. 2. Always obtain and understand preflight weather briefings. 3. Before flying in marginal visibility (less than 3 miles) or where a visible horizon is not evident, such as flight…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 3-8
  Chapter 3: Human Factors › Demonstration of Spatial Disorientation › Diving or Rolling Beyond the Vertical Plane

  time the maneuver so the roll is stopped as the pilot returns his or her head upright. An intense disorientation is usually produced by this maneuver, and the pilot experiences the sensation of falling downward into the direction ... then tells the pilot to look up and recover. The benefit of this exercise is the pilot experiences the disorientation while flying the aircraft. Coping with Spatial Disorientation To prevent illusions and their potentially disastrous consequences, pilots can: 1. Understand…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 3-7
  Chapter 3: Human Factors › Demonstration of Spatial Disorientation

  Demonstration of Spatial Disorientation There are a number of controlled aircraft maneuvers a pilot can perform to experiment with spatial disorientation. While each maneuver normally creates a specific illusion, any false sensation is an effective demonstration of disorientation. Thus, even ... demonstrating these various maneuvers. 1. They teach pilots to understand the susceptibility of the human system to spatial disorientation. 2. They demonstrate that judgments of aircraft attitude based on bodily sensations are frequently false. 3. They help lessen the occurrence…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-8
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Visual Illusions › Demonstration of Spatial Disorientation

  acceleration forces overpowering gravity. [Figure 17-6] These situations include uncoordinated turns, climbing turns, and turbulence. Demonstration of Spatial Disorientation There are a number of controlled aircraft maneuvers a pilot can perform to experiment with spatial disorientation. While each maneuver ... normally creates a specific illusion, any false sensation is an effective demonstration of disorientation. Thus, even if there is no sensation during any of these maneuvers, the absence of sensation is still an effective demonstration because it illustrates the inability…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 3-8
  Chapter 3: Human Factors › Coping with Spatial Disorientation

  adaptation. Remember that illness, medication, alcohol, fatigue, sleep loss, and mild hypoxia are likely to increase susceptibility to spatial disorientation. 8. Most importantly, become proficient in the use of flight instruments and rely upon them. Trust the instruments and disregard…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 7-28
  Chapter 7, Section I: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Unusual Attitudes and Recoveries › Common Errors in Unusual Attitudes

  develop the skill required for immediate recognition. Attempting to recover by sensory sensations other than sight. The discussion of disorientation in Chapter 3, Human Factors, indicates the importance of trusting the instruments. 5. Failure to practice basic instrument skills ... confidence necessary for use of flight instruments during departures under conditions of low visibility, rain, low ceilings, or disorientation at night. A sudden rapid transition from “visual” to “instrument” flight can result in serious disorientation and control problems. Instrument takeoff…