Visual Scanning and Collision Avoidance - QT
Updated: Jan 17
Lesson Quicktakes cover the items that should be memorized from each of the wifiCFI Lessons. They do not cover all of the lesson details in-depth.
RIGHT OF WAY RULES (order of priority):
Aircraft in Distress
Balloon
Glider
Aircraft Towing Another Aircraft
Airship
Airplane and Helicopter
RIGHT OF WAY RULES (converging aircraft):
Aircraft Converging = Aircraft to the RIGHT has the Right of Way.
Aircraft Approaching Head On = Each Aircraft alters course to the RIGHT.
Overtaking Another Aircraft = Overtake to the RIGHT. Aircraft being overtaken have Right of Way.
Approaching to Land = Aircraft at the LOWER Altitude has Right of Way.
VESTIBULAR ILLUSIONS
The Leans = Feeling as if you are in a turn.
Coriolis Illusion = Rapid head movement in a turn.
Graveyard Spiral = Extended condition of the Leans.
Somatogravic Illusion = Acceleration/Deceleration feels like climbing or descending.
Inversion Illusion = Rapid level off from steep climb feels like tumbling backward.
Elevator Illusion = Updrafts/Downdrafts feel like nose high/nose low attitudes.
VISUAL ILLUSIONS
False Horizon = Lights obscure the horizon.
Autokinesis = Stationary lights appear moving.
Runway Width = Wide runways make pilots feel low. Narrow runways make pilots feel high.
Runway Slope = Upsloping runways make pilots feel high. Downsloping runways make pilots feel low.
Featureless Terrain = Makes pilots feel high.
Haze = Makes pilots feel high.
Fog = Can create the illusion of pitching up.
SCANNING TECHNIQUE
BLIND SPOTS
High Wing Aircraft = Blind spots above pilot.
Low Wing Aircraft = Blind spots below pilot.