ICARUS Device Enhances IFR Training

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...

ちょっとマニアック？ かも.. 航空機の計器飛行(IFR)の訓練にICARUSというゴーグルを被ってのTraining のニュースです。

興味ある読者諸氏は目を通して下さい！

“Get on the gauges! Stay on the gauges!”

With this phrase, my instrument instructor took me into the clouds for the first time. We were on an IFR flight plan on a Marginal VFR (MVFR) day. He warned me that going in and out of the clouds, with that frequent change from light to dark and back again would induce spatial disorientation. He was correct. 

I also asked for this. I wanted at least 15 hours of actual IMC (instrument meteorological conditions) before I took the checkride. I had been reading accident reports from the National Transportation Safety Board, and I was disturbed by how many of those accidents were attributed to inadvertent flight into instrument meteorological conditions by a pilot who was either untrained, had never been in actual IMC, or lacked proficiency. I wanted to lessen my risk of startle factor, as the startle factor and spatial disorientation can lead to a loss of control.