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• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 7-8
  Chapter 7, Section I: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Straight-and-Level Flight › Turn-and-Slip Indicator (Needle and Ball)

  indicator provides two: turn-rate and trim. Although the turn-and-slip indicator needle provides an indication of turn only, it provides an indirect indication of aircraft ... attitude when used with roll indicators, such as a heading indicator or magnetic compass. As with the turn coordinator (after stabilizing from a roll), when the turn-and-slip indicator’s needle is aligned with the alignment marks, the aircraft…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 7-56
  Chapter 7, Section II: Airplane Basic Flight Maneuvers › Turns › Unusual Attitude Recovery Protection

  AHRS unit has failed. The altimeter and the VSI tape are the only clear indications that the aircraft is in a nose-high attitude. The one key instrument that is no longer present is the slip/skid indicator. There ... failed. Figure 7-74 depicts an AHRS and ADC failure. In this failure scenario, there are no indications of the aircraft’s attitude. The manufacturer recommends turning on the autopilot, which is simply a wing leveler. With a failure…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 8-19
  Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Instrument Check › Attitude Indicator

  This may be extremely hazardous when the aircraft is 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 ... most realistic flight instrument on the instrument panel. Its indications are very close approximations of the actual attitude of the aircraft. Heading Indicator The heading indicator is fundamentally a mechanical instrument designed to facilitate the use of the magnetic compass…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. G-4
  Glossary

  replace traditional mechanical gyroscopic flight instruments and provide superior reliability and accuracy. Attitude director indicator (ADI). An aircraft attitude indicator that incorporates flight command bars ... provide pitch and roll commands. Attitude indicator. The foundation for all instrument flight, this instrument reflects the airplane’s attitude in relation to the horizon. Attitude instrument flying. Controlling the aircraft by reference to the instruments rather than by outside…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. G-3
  Glossary

  replace traditional mechanical gyroscopic flight instruments and provide superior reliability and accuracy. Attitude director indicator (ADI). An aircraft attitude indicator that incorporates flight command bars ... provide pitch and roll commands. Attitude indicator. The foundation for all instrument flight, this instrument reflects the airplane’s attitude in relation to the horizon. Attitude instrument flying. Controlling the aircraft by reference to the instruments rather than by outside…

• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 8-5
  Chapter 8: Helicopter Attitude Instrument Flying › Straight-and-Level Flight › Attitude Indicator

  direct indication of the bank attitude of the helicopter. For instrument flight, the miniature aircraft and the horizon bar of the attitude indicator are substituted for the actual helicopter and the natural horizon. Any change in bank attitude ... attitude, heading, and turn indicators. Pitch-and-bank attitudes can be determined simultaneously on the attitude indicator. Even though the miniature aircraft is not level with the horizon bar, pitch attitude can be established by observing the relative position…