Chapter One Basic Instrument Procedures

CHAPTER ONE

BASIC INSTRUMENT PROCEDURES

100. INTRODUCTION

The importance of a proficient basic instrument scan is paramount in military aviation. Day and

night all weather capability depends on instrument flight proficiency. For this reason, Basic

Instruments (BI) is the cornerstone of the advanced syllabus. Actual and simulated flight into

Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) will start with BI events and then progress to Radio

Instrument (RI) events. Later in the syllabus, section flight procedures in IMC conditions will be

introduced.

Basic Instrument events are an important part of the Naval Flight Officer's training. During the

course of flying BI events in the simulator, the student will learn to satisfactorily perform all

basic transitions from the instrument take-off to the final approach phase. BI events are intended

to improve student knowledge and performance in the following areas:

CHECKLISTS: Designed to improve student skills in the accurate and efficient completion of

aircraft checklists. During BI events, the simulator time will be broken down into two phases.

In the first phase, the student will focus on checklists and T-2 FAM procedures with the

simulator in the NFO mode. In the NFO mode, the simulator is flown by the simulator

instructor. In phase two, the simulator will be placed into the PILOT mode and the student will

fly the aircraft as a solo pilot. During phase two, the emphasis will be on instrument scan

development. Checklists and FAM procedures will not be graded during the second phase of the

simulator.

SCAN: Rapidly develop and improve student instrument scan.

AIRCRAFT KNOWLEDGE: Increase student knowledge of the T-2C aircraft through operation

of the aircraft systems.

COMMUNICATIONS: Improve student radio communication skills by the practice of local

communication procedures.

COCKPIT RESOURCES: Improve student cockpit organizational skills through management of

cockpit equipment and controls and kneeboard documents.

CREW COORDINATION: Improve integration of student tasks with pilot actions. Student will

gain an appreciation of pilot responsibilities, tasks, and workload.

UNUSUAL ATTITUDES: Develop student capability to recognize different types of unusual

attitudes as well as provide verbal instructions for correct T-2C unusual attitude recoveries.

SIMULATED FLIGHT: Enhance follow-on Emergency Procedures (EP), Radio Instrument

(RI), and Special Use Airspace simulator instruction by gaining an understanding of the

characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of the 2F101 Flight Simulator.

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