I give up, after many, many years!

Jay Honeck wrote:


In normal instrument flight, pilots are trained to ignore what their
body is telling them.

Not exactly. I was told to understand and be able to recognize various
physiological illusions, but I was told NOT to ignore others.

For example, if my ears--my body--tell me that the prop or engine is
winding up, I might be experiencing a change in power, airspeed or a
rapid descent even though the pitot-static instruments are not moving?

To extend this logic, if my eyes--my body--tell me that there's a
mountain in my way, do I ignore it just because the altitude indicator
is stuck on 12,000?

If my nose--my body--smells smoke or burning oil but the engine
instruments don't show a problem, do I ignore my senses?

If all of a sudden I feel like I weigh 500 pounds or an unbelted
passenger is floating around the cabin, odds are something isn't right.

-c
Commercial Pilot, Instrument, ASEL
Advanced Ground Instructor

gatt writes:

If all of a sudden I feel like I weigh 500 pounds or an unbelted
passenger is floating around the cabin, odds are something isn't right.

Your instruments will tell you if something isn't right.

Mxsmanic wrote in
:

gatt writes:

If all of a sudden I feel like I weigh 500 pounds or an unbelted
passenger is floating around the cabin, odds are something isn't right.

Your instruments will tell you if something isn't right.


Not always. Though to be fair my bull****ometer is through the red line.


Bertie