Instrument Departure Procedures

CHAPTER THREE

RADIO INSTRUMENTS

Instrument Departure Procedures

A published Departure Procedure (DP) will normally be filed when available. Should a DP not

be available, a radar departure may be requested in the remarks section of the flight plan. When

utilizing a radar departure, ATC will provide the departure aircraft with headings to place the

aircraft on course. The student should be familiar with local terrain in order to maintain

obstruction clearance should lost communications occur prior to joining the route of flight.

The Aeronautical Information Manual, paragraph ADHERENCE TO CLEARANCE states, in

part...

"The guiding principle is that the last ATC clearance has

precedence over the previous ATC clearance. When the route or

altitude in a previously issued clearance is amended, the controller

will restate applicable altitude restrictions. If altitude to maintain

is changed or restated, whether prior to departure or while

airborne, and previously issued altitude restrictions are omitted,

those altitude restrictions are canceled, including departure

procedure (and STAR) altitude restrictions."

NOTE

An aircraft does not have to be airborne for the change or

restatement of altitude to omit altitude restrictions. 2F101

instructors will occasionally provide VT-86 students an

opportunity to display knowledge of the above procedure during

RI simulator events.

Instrument Takeoff

The Instrument Takeoff (ITO) is performed without viewing visual references outside the

cockpit. It is performed during conditions of low ceilings and visibility to facilitate the abrupt

transition from takeoff roll on the surface to a climbout at low altitude in IMC conditions. As a

non-visual trainer, the 2F101 will simulate a "zero-zero" takeoff and climbout. During an ITO, a

close scan of flight instruments by the student is required for safety. After completion of MRT

checks, the instructor will approve raising the hook in the 2F101 and the simulator will

commence a takeoff roll, during which time the BDHI is the critical instrument. At 10 KIAS

below lift-off speed (about 100 KIAS), the scan should shift primarily to the VGI as the nose is

rotated 8 - 10 degrees up. As the aircraft lifts off at approximately 110 KIAS, the attitude gyro

will remain the central instrument for scanning pitch and bank. When the vertical speed

indicator and altimeter indicate that a positive climb has been established, the 2F101 will

automatically retract the landing gear. The gear handle must then be raised by the student to

extinguish the light in the gear handle. At 135 KIAS and 300 feet AGL the simulator will

automatically retract the flaps.

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