Organizational Skills Required During Instrument Flight

Al G wrote:
Boy, now you gone and done it. NOBODY hides under the wing of a Mooney
in a rainstorm.



No, but I've seen a pilot climb out of one in a rainstorm and getting down on
his knees in a mud puddle, kiss the ground. Happened at RDU back in 1989.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

On Feb 18, 8:33 pm, wrote:
What methods do you deploy? How many folks use a kneeboard? What
kind of timer (analog or digital stopwatch) do you use, and where do
you put it? Where do you keep the charts, approach plates, and
scratch paper? How many people write down every clearance, heading,
altitude and frequency change? How do you keep from dropping your pen
(or pencil)? Is it on a string? Where do you put in when not in
use? Velcro? Your pocket?

I've read the books, but I just wonder how people cope in real life.
Rod Machado talks about using a clipboard (with extra clips on the 3
other sides) in his excellent training manual. This seems like a good
idea to me.

Steve
PP ASEL
Instrument student

ASA lapboard with map on left, flight log on right, pen clipped to
board. + yoke mount that contains approach chart, additional pen, and
digital timer. Backup charts in own pocket in flight bag in back
seat. Approach charts for departure, destination airport and
alternate taken out of book and placed in spiral binder from
Sporty's. Pens are fat ones that don't easily slip out of holder. I
use Jepp's flight planner which prints airport freqs, provides space
for clearances, ATIS, etc. And the Garmin 430 to show all courses in
advance.

I don't write down enroute altitude changes or freqs any more, just
the initial ones. Departure heading I just put into the DG bug.