J Milland said: I was taught this back up emergency method in instrument training about 50 years ago
I understand very well how the compass, works, BUT The Airplane Flying Handbook, printed by ASA approved by the FAA as the approved Private Pilot Manual, states to use the SOUTH heading due to the increased sensitivity in a Southerly direction, and the correct behavior of direction, just a slight lead if the pilot is also using rudder pedal inputs only, but the compass card is easiest to read due to NO DIP ERROR, which WILL occur in an Easterly or Westerly direction. Alot of teaching has changed in aviation in 50 years that was once thought to be good, but now has been shown to cause problems. One is the lack of instrument training, which the new PTS requires (the old thinking was that more IFR/hood training encouraged inadvertent IMC flight); the other that immediately comes to mind is the spin training of Private Pilots. "In the day" all students were required to be taught and demonstrate spins. Later it was found that spin awareness, and avoidance was better; actual spin training encouraged exploring spins on their own. Colin Rainey brokerpi...@bellsouth.net
