Aircraft Handling & Instrument Flying

Instrument scan, unusual attitudes, stalls and load factor, pitch-power-performance, crosswind landings, PAPI/VASI, runway incursions and airspace.

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• Instrument Scan Trainer

  Six-pack environment: maintain awareness and identify changing indications in timed and scenario exercises with feedback.

  • Cross-check patterns
  • Detecting indication changes
  • Scan discipline
  OpenAvailable

• Unusual Attitude Recovery

  Nose-high, nose-low and banked scenarios: interpret the instruments and choose the recovery actions, with PFD concepts and assumptions stated.

  • Recognising unusual attitudes
  • Nose-high and nose-low recoveries
  • Recovery sequence
  OpenAvailable

• Stall / Load Factor Visualizer

  Load factor, bank angle, stall speed, accelerated stalls and manoeuvring limits.

  • Load factor in a turn
  • Stall speed increase with load factor
  • Manoeuvring speed
  OpenAvailable

• Pitch-Power-Performance

  Pitch and power give airspeed, vertical speed, altitude, attitude and trends for an explicit aircraft model with stated assumptions.

  • Pitch plus power equals performance
  • Trend recognition
  • Configuration changes
  OpenAvailable

• Crosswind Landing Visualizer

  Crab, wing-low sideslip, heading, track, runway alignment and wind as a visual tool, not a certified simulator.

  • Crab versus sideslip
  • Runway alignment at touchdown
  • Wind effect on track
  OpenAvailable

• PAPI / VASI Approach Trainer

  Height and distance on final give the PAPI and VASI indications and their relationship to the flight path.

  • PAPI light combinations
  • VASI indications
  • Glide path geometry
  OpenAvailable

• Runway Incursion & Taxi Trainer

  Airport diagram with taxi clearances, hold-short lines, markings, signs, lighting, route compliance and incorrect entries.

  • Taxi clearance compliance
  • Hold-short lines and signs
  • Runway incursion avoidance
  OpenAvailable

• Airspace Explorer

  2D and 3D FAA airspace classes: lateral and vertical limits, controlled and uncontrolled airspace, requirements and aircraft movement relative to boundaries.

  • Airspace classes A-G
  • Entry and equipment requirements
  • Altitude versus boundary
  OpenAvailable

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