AVIATION ILLUSIONS EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+

AVIATION ILLUSIONS EXAM | QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (VERIFIED) | LATEST UPDATE | GRADED A+ The leans Correct Answer: Sudden return to level flight after a long, gradual and unnoticed turn The feeling that the airplane is banking in the opposite direction when in straight and leven flight Coriolis illusion Correct Answer: When a pilot is in a long turn and turns his head, leading his ear fluid to flow into a different canal Feeling that the airplane is performing a maneuver it isn't; avoid by not moving your head too much when you fly Graveyard Spiral Correct Answer: When a pilot is in a prolonged, constant rate turn, he feels as if he is no longer turning Gives the impression that you are in level or descending flight when you are actually turning; can lead to increased control inputs and loss of control of the aircraft Somatogravic illusion 2 Correct Answer: Rapid acceleration or deceleration Gives the feeling of having a nose up attitude, or nose down attitude with deceleration. Inverse Illusion Correct Answer: Sudden leveling out from a climb Gives the illusion of tumbling backwards; can lead the pilot to drop the nose Elevator illusion Correct Answer: Abrupt upward, vertical acceleration Gives the illusion that you are climbing False Horizon Correct Answer: Clouds, lights, etc., give you the feeling that something is the horizon that isn't Flying with the wrong horizon