How Do We Fly The Plane?
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How Do We Fly The Plane?
This free booklet has been updated and can be accessed from the link below. It's intended for those thinking of starting pilot training or who might be a passenger in a light aircraft and who is offered the chance to take the controls.
How Do We Fly The Plane?
How Do We Fly The Plane?
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Can I please remind everyone that PPRuNe does not support advertising of any kind. That said, as the original poster is referring to a free product we'll let things ride for now in the hope that the topic can generate discussion on how a passenger might rescue themselves from an incapacitation.
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As a supplement to the ‘How Do We Fly’ booklet, these points might be worth including in passenger briefing when appropriate:
- stress the 'see and avoid' responsibilities of both pilot and passenger. It's unreasonable to expect passengers to use the clock code, so brief them to point to potential intruders and say 'traffic'. If nearby (detail visible) say 'traffic close'. In a tandem cockpit with the passenger in the rear seat the call can be 'traffic left' or 'traffic right'.
- pilot incapacitation: it would be too alarming to explain to a passenger how to deal with pilot incapacitation. So brief on the use of the PTT, telling them 'if my transmit button fails you'll need to do the comms'. The unspoken message is - if the pilot keels over you can call for assistance on the RT.
- stress the 'see and avoid' responsibilities of both pilot and passenger. It's unreasonable to expect passengers to use the clock code, so brief them to point to potential intruders and say 'traffic'. If nearby (detail visible) say 'traffic close'. In a tandem cockpit with the passenger in the rear seat the call can be 'traffic left' or 'traffic right'.
- pilot incapacitation: it would be too alarming to explain to a passenger how to deal with pilot incapacitation. So brief on the use of the PTT, telling them 'if my transmit button fails you'll need to do the comms'. The unspoken message is - if the pilot keels over you can call for assistance on the RT.
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I learnt to fly in open cockpit gliders with just an altimeter, ASI and variometer. No turn and slip or anything like it.
I didn't get my powered licence for some time by which time I could easily 'convert' to a PPL however I still had to complete the syllabus which in those days required 35 hours dual and solo under an instructor.
I didn't get my powered licence for some time by which time I could easily 'convert' to a PPL however I still had to complete the syllabus which in those days required 35 hours dual and solo under an instructor.
