jasonfriedlin |
09-08-2009 11:56 AM |
Instrument flight rules, basically what Woody said flying solely by reference to the flight instruments, for example, in the clouds or fog where there is no outside visual references. Sounds easy enough, but there is some weird stuff that happens to your mind and body in that situation and its something you really have to practice alot and stay up on or you lose the ability to be able to handle it. IFR flying is a very busy work environment for the air traffic controllers and especially for a single pilot with five passengers causing distractions. Also on an IFR flight plan, you have to have a clearance to go anywhere or do anything, headings and altitudes are assigned by air traffic control and in the continental U.S. you are almost always under radar coverage by air traffic control and guaranteed traffic and obstacle separation from other aircraft and obstacles such as towers and mountains. I could probably go on all day about this as there is a lot to it but thats pretty much the basics. Hope that helps :c:
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Heres a pretty good example of what I mean, there is a lot of videos on youtube for anyone interested. this video is a commercial airliner shooting one the lowest instrument approach you can possibly shoot but its a good example of the transition from visual flight to instrument.
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