Flying blind?
Question: When pilots of jet aircraft are coming in to land, or indeed taking
off, do they look out of the window as the driver of a car would? Do they steer,
take off and land the aircraft by what they can see outside, or do they rely on
their instruments alone? If the latter, how?
Answer: The simple answer is yes, the pilot does look out of the window. But
as with many simple answers there are riders.
In an airliner one pilot looks out of the window while the other monitors the
instruments. During takeoff, the…
