AviationBanter - View Single Post - Head orientation in turns--how is it taught for aviation?

**Mxsmanic** · June 10th 07, 10:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.student,rec.aviation.piloting

writes:

I have fairly recently started motorcycling
and I was not taught anything about head
movement however I have found that it
seems to help my visual perception
(depth perception?) if I keep my eyes
horizontal (wrt the horizon:-). My natural
action is to lean my head with the bike.

In the training I received, it was made very clear that your head must remain
level with the horizon. The reason? Because you'll suffer spatial
disorientation if you move your head. The same should apply in an aircraft.

This, incidentally, is also a good way to distinguish between a full-motion
simulator and a real aircraft. If you keep your head in the same orientation
in the sim, you'll notice that you hardly feel any movement at all, whereas in
a real aircraft the movement is just as obvious even with your head held still
(although its orientation may change).