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My father was a flight engineer in the Navy on P3s. While in-flight his job was to monitor the instruments. If you've never seen the cockpit of a P3, its basica
by chevill 5y ago
My father was a flight engineer in the Navy on P3s. While in-flight his job was to monitor the instruments. If you've never seen the cockpit of a P3, its basically wall to wall instruments.
Low visibility flight is frequently dangerous even when you have proper training. A lot of people that fly are surprised how easy it is to get disoriented in low visibility conditions.
Learning to use only instrumentation is a great and valuable skill, but don't forget that even if you know what you're doing the best option is to avoid bad weather if you can help it.
- simonswords82 5y agoTotally agree, 100%. This is a "get out of jail free card" rating not a "let's fly in cloud because we can" rating. Thanks for your input, I'll bet your father is a cool dude!
- chevill 5y agoHe's a great father and I couldn't imagine a better one. Its kind of funny though because as a member of flight crew he jumped out of airplanes on a semi-regular basis and I am terrified of heights. It doesn't bother me to ride in a plane with someone else flying it but I'd probably have to get someone to push me out of one if I needed to parachute.