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	Instrument flight rules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Instrument flight rules (IFR) is a set of regulations and procedures for flying aircraft without the assumption that pilots will be able to see and avoid obstacles, terrain, and other air traffic; it is an alternative to visual flight rules (VFR), where the pilot is primarily or exclusively responsible for see-and-avoid.
		In such conditions the pilot will control the attitude of the aircraft by watching the flight instruments, and will rely entirely on ATC for separation (though large airliners and, increasingly, smaller aircraft now carry their own terrain- and collision-avoidance systems such as TCAS).
		All instrument approaches have minimum altitudes: if it is not possible to complete a landing visually from the specified altitude (decision height) and location, the pilot must commence a missed approach and return to en route flight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Instrument_flight_rules (999 words)

	Erroneous Flight Instrument Information - Text Only
		Flight deck automation and flight control technology, coupled with excellent systems reliability and redundancy, allow flight crews to easily control their airplanes from takeoff to touchdown regardless of outside visibility.
		The stall was precipitated by the crew’s reaction to erroneous airspeed indications caused by atmospheric icing blockage of the pitot probe.
		Data from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) indicate that the airspeeds displayed to the captain during the takeoff roll were incorrect and that the captain was aware of this during the takeoff roll.
	www.boeing.com /commercial/aeromagazine/aero_08/erroneous_textonly.html (4595 words)

	Instrument Flight
		In instrument flight turns are typically made at a rate of three degrees per second or less; steeper turns are considered dangerous.
		This is caused by the motion-sensing organs of the inner ear becoming confused during instrument flight.
		If the symptoms of vertigo appear and the instruments confirm the aircraft is in straight-and-level flight, the pilot should hold the aircraft's attitude for a minute or two allowing the disorientation to pass.
	www.gruner.com /flight/appendix/instruments (896 words)

	Flight instruments (from airplane) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The purpose of simulation is not to completely substitute for actual flight training but to thoroughly familiarize students with the vehicle concerned before they undergo expensive and possibly dangerous actual flight training.
		The evolutionary modifications necessary for true flight in warm-blooded animals include those of the forelimbs into wings; lightening and fusion of bones; shortening of the torso; enlargement of the...
		According to the standard method of instrument classification introduced in the early 20th century, all wind instruments (that is, all instruments in which air is the primary vibrating medium for the production of sound) are called aerophones.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-196036?tocId=196036&ct=eb (928 words)

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		Altitudes assigned to aircraft in controlled airspace under Instrument Flight Rules are indicated altitudes, except for flights operating in the high altitude route structure.
		The limitations of the instrument are due primarily to the fact that its design and operation are based upon its response to conditions that rarely exist.
		However, since instrument flight in controlled airspace is accomplished at assigned indicated altitudes, aircraft separation is maintained because all aircraft using the same altimeter setting are equally affected by nonstandard conditions at various levels.
	www.faatest.com /books/IFRH/4-0.htm (3042 words)

	Flight instruments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most aircraft are equipped with a standard set of flight instruments which give the pilot information about the aircraft's attitude, airspeed, and altitude.
		The flight instruments of a Slingsby T67C light aircraft.
		While reliable in steady level flight it can give confusing indications when turning, climbing, descending, or accelerating due to the inclination of the earth's magnetic field.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flight_instruments (651 words)

	Aeronautics - Flight Instruments - Level 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Very early in the science of flight there were no sophisticated flight instruments in the airplane to assist the pilot in navigating.
		Flight instruments which assist a pilot in navigating are numerous and some are highly sophisticated.
		In IFR flying, or "instrument flying," as pilots refer to it, the pilot is allowed to fly through clouds and to make an instrument approach to an airport.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/fltmidinst.htm (780 words)

	Flight Instruments
		During the early days of the automobile, very little in the way of instruments was available to monitor the performance of the vehicle or its power plant.
		The flight instruments in 1910 might have consisted of a compass (of dubious capabilities), altimeter.
		The pilot estimated his altitude, followed the 'iron' compass on cross-country flights, and as long as the whine of wind through the flying wires was at the right pitch he was at the proper speed.
	www.abbysenior.com /aviation/flight.htm (293 words)

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		Static pressure is obtained through an opening in the instrument case which is shielded form the pressure created by the movement of air past the aircraft by an instrument panel or pod.
		Because the instrument is measuring he difference between the air pressure in the pitot tube and that surrounding the instrument.
		"Square" instruments mount from behind the panel in standard 2 1/4" holes and attach with screws in each corner, matching flight instruments mountings such as the airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, slip, vario, etc. The mechanisms in both types are the same.
	www.airstuff.com /abtinst.html (5091 words)

	Popular Aviation Links, Gulf Coast Avionics
		ASA, Aviation Supplies and Academics, is the leading publisher of flight training, maintenance training, and FAA test preparation materials, and the leading producer of pilot training supplies, software, pilot training manuals, and aviation reference publications.
		Horizon Instruments manufactures modular electronic indicators providing today's pilot with high-visibilty, accurate and reliable indication of their powerplant and electrical systems.
		AOPA Flight Training magazine magazine offers insight and counsel to both instructors and pilots-in-training as they progress toward their goals in aviation.
	www.gulf-coast-avionics.com /links.asp (1597 words)

	World war and aviation. Flight control instruments developed before World War II.
		Instrument flight is flying with no earth horizon as a reference.
		Without the ability to control the flight of an aircraft, from takeoff to landing, despite clouds, haze, smoke, snow and other obscurations to earth and particularly earth's horizon reference, the progress of aviation, strong in its first three decades, would have been completely stunted.
		When new instruments came to the pilot's panel, and ground/air radio aids to navigation replaced light beacons, instrument flying became the foundation for much of aviation's experience.
	www.daileyint.com /flying/flying2.htm (1251 words)

	NASA SimLabs - VMS - Flight Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Analog instruments at the VMS can be modified as needed, and electronic instruments can be programmed to display information in numerous ways.
		Among the hundreds of flight instruments at the VMS are these analog instruments.
		The symbology representing a compass at the bottom of this electronic instrument is an example of the simulation of an analog instrument.
	www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov /vms/instruments.html (492 words)

	The Adrenaline Vault \| Velocity Servers \| Demos \| Micro Flight v4.2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Micro Flight is a state of the art flight simulator specializing in simulating ultralight flying vehicles and micro meteorological conditions.
		Unlike other flight simulators, Micro Flight simulates the intricate flow of air over the ground and the effects of thermals created by the sun, making it ideal for simulating gliders of all types.
		Flight instrumentation and navigational aids were made to resemble real ones, this includes the hand held GPS, standard flight instruments, head up display and more.
	www.avault.com /pcrl/demo_temp.asp?game=microflight (229 words)

	AOPA Flight Training - Rod Machado: Scanning PFDs
		One of the questions raised by instrument instructors training students in airplanes with PFDs (primary flight displays such as Garmin's G1000) is how to scan the flight instruments.
		The answer is, you scan the same way you do with any other arrangement of flight instruments in terms of what data is acquired in what order.
		Maybe the location and shape of the instrument you're scanning, but not the information it provides or the order in which you seek that information.
	flighttraining.aopa.org /cfi_tools/publications/inst_reports2.cfm?article=5449 (290 words)

	NAPPF Flight Instruments
		Indicated airspeed (IAS) is the direct instrument reading obtained from the airspeed indicator, uncorrected for variations in atmospheric density, installation error, or instrument error.
		VS the stalling speed or the minimum steady flight speed at which the airplane is controllable.
		In this system, the impact air pressure (air striking the airplane because of its forward motion) is taken from a pitot tube, which is mounted either on the leading edge of the wing or on the nose, and aligned to the relative wind.
	www.nappf.com /nappf_flight_instruments.htm (1660 words)

	300 Series of Flight Instruments
		Cambridge Aero Instruments is pleased to introduce the 300 Series, a completely new variometer and sensor platform for soaring.
		The Operators Card describes the basic operation of the instrument and has been written to be carried in the glider for quick reference.
		Secure flight logs can originate in the Model 302, and are transferred to the PDA just as they would be to a laptop computer.
	www.cambridge-aero.com /300series.htm (2107 words)

	Flight Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Only one instrument would be needed if the aircraft were flown strictly in visual conditions and in the local area.
		When the pilot wishes to operate in instrument conditions, that is by reference to instruments alone, then all the instruments are necessary.
		This section will discuss each of the flight instruments, how they operate and the errors associated with each of them.
	www.aviationgroundschool.com /sample_instruments.html (188 words)

	The Real Cockpit - Flight Simulators
		The TRC472 is designed to be used at home or in flight schools to learn students to recognize the function of all instruments present in a fully IFR equipped Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft.
		The TRC472 Table Top Flight Simulator is so realistic that you can hardly tell the difference between the simulator and the real aircraft.
		They are not projected on an LCD screen like other flight simulators, but instead real instruments which behave and move like the original instruments.
	www.therealcockpit.com /trc472.php (461 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Fossett nears flight record goal
		Despite a fuel shortage, the pilot had crossed the coast of California just before 1400 GMT and is expected to land in Kansas at about 1920 GMT.
		Flight sponsor Sir Richard Branson said the team was "reasonably confident that by midday...
		Mission controllers have been at a loss to explain the discrepancy - whether the plane was incorrectly filled on the runway, or if it burnt off too much fuel in the early stages of the flight.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4313645.stm (399 words)

	Articles - Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The number of lift surfaces varied in the pre-1950 period, as biplanes (two wings) and triplanes (three wings) were numerous in the early days of aviation.
		The vast majority of flights flown around the world each day belong to the general aviation category, ranging from recreational balloon flying to civilian flight training to business trips to firefighting to medevac flights to cargo transportation on freight aircraft.
		Within general aviation, the major distinction is between private flights (where the pilot is not paid for time or expenses) and commercial flights (where the pilot is paid by a customer or employer).
	www.izeez.com /articles/Aircraft (1602 words)

	Lesson 8
		Understand the function and use of primary flight instruments, pitot static.
		These lessons include concepts that the students must know in order to successfully complete the unit on flight and apply what they are learning on the simulators.
		It is important that the students have a full understanding of all the main aircraft instruments.
	www.advancedsimulation.com /lab/8.htm (864 words)

	PC Flight Evaluation Software
		You need to download the flights from the 302 using the utility program and then view them using the Aero Explorer.
		It will also facilitate easily downloading of flight logs, downloading and uploading waypoint files, as well as viewing single and multiple flights.
		The CAI Utility allows you to: transfer flight logs, transfer waypoints and tasks, configure your GPS-NAV (set the pilot name, units, control point radius etc.), and create and edit waypoint and task files.
	www.cambridge-aero.com /CA_explorer.htm (643 words)

	Mike's Flight Deck
		Mike's Flight Deck is an introduction to home cockpit building, the hobby that takes off where flight simulation game software ends.
		Synchros are a common element in many surplus aircraft instruments.
		Having a low cost synchro interface will allow at least some of these surplus instruments to be used in a home flight simulator.
	www.mikesflightdeck.com (407 words)

	The Real Cockpit - Flight Simulators
		TRC's flight training devices are so faithfully designed, that even experienced pilots find it difficult to tell the difference between a flight simulator device produced by TRC and the original aircraft.
		Where others take existing instruments and modify them for use with simulators, TRC has redesigned and redeveloped flight instruments from scratch especially for simulator use.
		Serialised production of these instruments makes it possible to offer a flight simulator whose cockpit is identical to that of the original aircraft, for the same price as most LCD-based imitations of instruments that you find elsewhere.
	www.therealcockpit.com (363 words)

	Principles of Flight Resources for Students (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aeronautics is the term applied to the flight of In aircraft through the atmosphere.
		An airplane supports itself in flight by deflecting the passing airstream downward.
		World of Flight is an interactive look at flying machines from early discoveries to modern fighter aircraft, famous pilots and builders, the science of flight, and the history of aviation.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/flightsc.htm (1423 words)

	Caleb Flerk Directory of Flight - MFR Instruments
		The LRI is a unique aviation instrument which dramatically increases aviation safety....
		Bräuniger Flugelectronic +++ flight intruments, variometer, GPS +++...
		Instruments for sports aviation and recreational vechicles are designed, manufactured and sold by Tasman Instruments in Australia....
	www.calebflerk.com /links/mfrinstruments.htm (187 words)

	Flight Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This precision aircraft instrument provides immediate climb and descent information with an easy to read dial and is extremely reliable and durable.
		With a 2" vertical dial which is compared to a miniature airplane to present the magnetic heading of the aircraft at all times, heading information is more natural and easy to read presentation and see the complete 360 dial.
		The Falcon Gauge Manifold Pressure gauge is designed for use on aircrafts and is a standard diaphragm pressure instrument.
	www.affordablepanels.com /flight_instruments.htm (851 words)

	Flight Instruments
		Flight path guidance is from navigation radios, FMC or a combination of both.
		The first 737-300's were not fitted with EFIS and the flight instruments were almost identical to the 737-200Adv.
		The flight instruments use information from 2 Air Data Computers -Classics / Inertial Reference Units -NG's, which have separate pitot-static sources.
	www.b737.org.uk /flightinsts.htm (1975 words)

	Aero Instruments and Avionics Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Established in 1968, Aero Instruments and Avionics has been a leader in LRU testing and avionics repair for over 35 years.
		As the avionics industry has advanced, we have continued to acquire and use the industry's most advanced testing technology to maintain our level of excellence with the latest instrumentation and avionics.
		Located in North Tonawanda New York, our repair facility is an FAA and EASA approved avionics repair center with a large, highly trained staff.
	www.aeroinst.com (167 words)

	Airplane Flight Crews (from airplane) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Smaller planes have a captain and a copilot in the cockpit, or flight deck, and a flight attendant in the cabin.
		Larger airliners also have a flight engineer, a navigator, and up to 19 flight attendants.
		The instrument panel of an airliner or a bomber presents a seemingly confusing cluster of dials, switches, and levers.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-196042 (938 words)

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