Instrument panel
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Instrument panel
A) Altimeter It shows the height of the plane 13-04827.gif
B) Radio Magnetic Indicator It shows the "magnetic bearing from transmitting station"(wikipedia, 200). rmi_243.jpg
C) Course Deviation Indicator It shows the lateral position of a plane GARMIN_MD_200_306lg.gif
D) Attitude Indicator It shows the attitude of the plane in pitch and roll. In this instrument blue represents sky and brown the earth, the join between them is the horizon. Markings from the to center are 0 degrees Angle of Bank (AoB), 30 degrees AoB, 60 degrees AoB, and the horizon is 90 degrees. Markings below the horizon, radiating from the center of the horizon line are 15 degrees AoB and 45 degrees AoB. Parallel with the horizon line are pitch lines with the shorter markings being 5 degrees and the wider marking 10 degrees 10-02748.jpg
E) Vertical Speed Indicator It shows if the aircraft is currently climbing or descending, and at what rate. Falcon-VSI2FM-2.jpg
F) Airspeed Indicator It displays the plane's airspeed airspeed-gauge.jpg
G) Turn Coordinator It shows how much the plane turns- on this instrument the wing bars display the rate of turn known as "rate 1" this equates to 3 degrees per second (in small aircraft this is approximately 15 degrees angle of bank. The second part of the instrument is the balance ball which, in a co-ordinated/balanced turn, will be maintained between the two vertical black lubber lines. Turn_indicator.png
H) Magnetic Compass It shows the plane's magnetic heading compass.gif
I) Direction Indicator It shows the aircraft's current heading c172_heading_indicator.jpg
L) Cockpit GPS It is where pilots enter the intended destination, and this device will lead the plane there Guimbal_Cabri_G2_1003_cockpit_GPS.jpg
M) Cockpit Radar To indicate other aircraft's position in nearby position. This is common in fighter jets but not normally fitted in commercial aircraft. In commercial aircraft other aircraft may be displayed on a TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) which uses information from other aircraft transmitted to the receiving aircraft to plot relative positions. Other aircraft may also have weather radar which scans and displays weather ahead of the aircraft. Weather generally being rain or significantly wet phenomena that is capable of providing a radar reflection. FA-18D-Cockpit-Night-Attack-S.jpg
N) Primary Flight Display It displays most of the important flight information on a single display. Commonly used in modern aircraft. pfd.jpg
O) Head-up Display It is a transparent display that presents flight data of the overall aircraft at the pilots eye height- this means the pilot does not have to look up and down between the instruments and outside the aircraft. 0365130.jpg
References
Wikipedia. (2009). Boeing website. (2009)

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instrument flight: http://www.gruner.com/flight/appendix/instruments/index.htm
altimeter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altimeter
Attitude indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attitude_indicator
Airspeed indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_indicator
Magnetic Compass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass
Heading indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heading_indicator
Turn indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn_indicator
Vertical Speed Indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_speed_indicator
Course Deviation Indicator: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_deviation_indicator
fighter cockpit: http://www.ausairpower.net/TE-Fighter-Cockpits.html


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