pilot-direction indicator
41Flight instruments — Most aircraft are equipped with a standard set of flight instruments which give the pilot information about the aircraft s attitude, airspeed, and altitude.Most aircraft have these six basic flight instruments:; : Gives the aircraft s height… …
42Instrument approach — Terminal procedures for an ILS approach in the United States. (The disclaimers shown in red in the illustration do not appear on the original approach plate.) For aircraft operating under instrument flight rules (IFR), an instrument approach or… …
43Primary flight display — A primary flight display or PFD is a modern aircraft instrument dedicated to flight information. Much like multi function displays, primary flight displays are built around an LCD or CRT display device. Representations of older six pack or steam… …
44Compass — This article is about the direction finding instrument used in navigation. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A simple dry magnetic pocket compass …
45Instrument landing system — The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a ground based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high intensity lighting arrays to… …
46Flight control modes (electronic) — New aircraft designs like this Boeing 777 rely on sophisticated flight computers to aid and protect the aircraft in flight. These are governed by computational laws which assign flight control modes during flight Aircraft with fly by wire flight… …
47Airport — For other uses, see Airport (disambiguation). Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg, Russia (2005) …
48Aircraft compass turns — In aviation, aircraft compass turns are turns made in an aircraft using only a magnetic compass for guidance.DescriptionA magnetic compass aboard an aircraft displays the current magnetic heading of the aircraft, i.e., the aircraft s direction of …
49Funkkompass — Ein Radiokompass, auch ADF (engl. automatic direction finder ), RDF (engl. radio direction finder), oder Funkkompass ist eine bordseitige Empfangsanlage zur Funknavigation mittels Funkpeilung zu einem NDB (dtsch. ungerichtetes Funkfeuer ) oder zu …
50Funkkompaß — Ein Radiokompass, auch ADF (engl. automatic direction finder ), RDF (engl. radio direction finder), oder Funkkompass ist eine bordseitige Empfangsanlage zur Funknavigation mittels Funkpeilung zu einem NDB (dtsch. ungerichtetes Funkfeuer ) oder zu …
