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Strange Relations between Flight Crew and Flight Manuals: Part 1
An aircraft flight manual (AFM) is a book containing the information required to safely operate the aircraft. A typical flight manual will contain the following: operating limitations, Normal/Abnormal/Emergency operating procedures, performance data and loading information.
NIGHT FLYING TIPS FOR AB-INITIO PILOTS- PART 1
Flying at night presents a unique set of challenges, as well as opportunities.
Crosswind Landing Technique
The most commonly taught crosswind landing technique is the cross-control, or wing-low landing. The pilot slips the airplane to the runway with just enough cross control to keep the aircraft aligned with the centerline. Remember that the ailerons control the airplane’s lateral movement.
Distractions in Cockpit
The airlines make a conscious effort to expose its flight crew to the potential hazards of distractions. Strict adherence to the ‘Sterile Cockpit Rule’ is implemented. Cabin crew and ground staff are trained and instructed to refrain from interrupting the cockpit crew while they’re in the midst of a briefing or entering critical flight data into the FMS, including computation of takeoff speeds. Strict adherence to SOP is mandated and checklist discipline is reinforced during line and simulator training. The key here is for every company to “educate” it’s staff with regards to the challenge that is posed by distraction, affecting the safety of the flight.
Critical Thinking for Pilots: Self debrief and Learning from our own mistakes…
What’s the point in thinking about what could have been or what might have happened? What’s done is done. We’ve heard this. We’ve probably thought this. But don’t drown your sorrows or celebrate too soon, because this self debrief is how important insights are revealed that will improve your decision quality in the air as well as on the ground. But before we start let me say that it is best to learn from others’ mistakes then make your own. However, as pilots we undertake multiple flights every day and not one flight is…
What is a blindfold check for military pilot and why is it important?
Before a military pilot goes solo, he/she has to successfully demonstrate the ability to locate switches blindfolded. It is not without reason. And this is checked periodically, generally every fortnight along with critical emergency actions. The pilot is made to sit in the cockpit as if during flight with eyes shut and instructor checks out pilots’ ability to locate and activate cockpit switches, to make sure they could find them in a nerve blinding situation (bird strike, smoke in the cockpit, electrical failure by night, etc.). This practice remains with…
What to expect at the end of Lockdown?
What to expect at the end of Lockdown?
What Airline Pilots need to know about difference in bird and drone strike?
US Airways flight 1549 presents a single most illustrious example of the kind of damage a bird strike can cause and piloting-skill required to be able to bring out everyone safely from a disastrous situation. Birds are intelligent species which have natural instinct to survive and avoid a collision while in the air or on the ground. With their sharp vision and quick decisive ability, they are able to avert not only other avian traffic but also human-made obstacle and flying objects. Differences between drone and birds. 1. For the same…
What mistakes pilots should avoid during landing flare?
The Landing Flare, in a fixed wing aircraft, is the one most difficult task a pilot executes on routine basis. The landing flare is a transition phase between the final approach and the touchdown on the landing surface. This sub-phase of flight normally involves a simultaneous increase in aircraft pitch attitude and a reduction in engine power/thrust, the combination of which results in a decrease in both rate of descent and airspeed. What is landing flare? The flare process requires that the pilot adjust the aircraft attitude and power settings…