[elky] Re: [non] Flying
- From: Jared Ryan <jryan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 08:15:22 -0600
Oh, it was ILS, all the way. The King Air is actually flown IFR at all times,
regardless of visibility.
The most interesting part of the flight, to me, was the dramatic demonstration
of how the human body is not set up to determine acceleration in three
dimensions. Even though I wasn't in command, I had to keep looking at the
instrument panel, especially the artificial horizon, for my own sanity. My
body was telling me lies about our pitch and bank attitude, starting shortly
after takeoff. Note that this is *not* airsickness; it's spacial
disorientation. My stomach was fine.
I was glad the pilots left the cockpit door open and turned off the cabin
lights. It was hard to convince the kids not to turn on any lights (it has
reading lights like an airliner) but well worth it to preserve night vision and
look through the cockpit windows.
On Jan 6, 2011, at 8:09 AM, Robert Adams wrote:
> With that visibility it should have been an ILS landing
> anyway.
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