Do you have any idea how the pilot fly the plane. i meant through the cluod how can he the destination??

Answer 1

<>Except for takeoff and landing, a pilot never really has to "see" anything. Radar, navigational compass, autopilot and the other features of modern planes practically allow them to fly without pilots. All destinations are now computer coded and can be "punched in," allowing the plane to steer itself. Even takeoffs and landings are largely automated on some of the newer planes. As long as everyone follows their pre-established flight plans and ATC directions, flying is easier than driving!

Answer 2

Well i must tell you this... It may baffle you... well now a days its the aircraft that flies itself... The pilot is just a person who monitors the systems... Its like you operating a fully automatic washing machine compared to the earlier manual types, all you got to do is turn on the washing machine put the clothes and detergent in and wait till the washing is complete, or attend to it in case it encounters a problem.
The pilot feeds the route onto a computer, what is called the FMC(Flight Management Computer), along with the cruise altitude, weight of the aircraft and weather he desires speed or economy. The FMC has an interface with a computers called the Auto Throttle Computer(A/T) and the Flight Control Computer(FCC) which are on many aircrafts form part of a single computer called the FCC. The two computers form part of what is called the DFCS(Digital Flight Control System) or what you simply know it as the 'Auto Pillot'. The pilot taxi's the aircraft front the stand/gate to the runway end. He then engages A/T system and presses a button called the TO/GA(Take Off/ Go Around) on the Throttle lever, the levers advance automatically thereby increasing the thrust of the engine to the best Takeoff thrust setting, and the aircraft rolls forward and the pilot has only one job to do then, that is to ensure that the aircraft remains on the runway center line and he is a able to abort the takeoff in case of any emergency. On reaching the takeoff speed the pilot pulls on the controls which causes the aircraft to gain altitude and upon reaching a altitude of about 400 feet the pilot engages the complete auto pilot system which is controlled by the FMC(the little computer i explained earlier), then the aircraft takes over the flight. The pilot has to communicate with the ATC and make appropriate changes(like Altitude heading etc) to the flight path by entering the same into the FMC or an interface to the autopilot system called the MCP(Mode Control Panel). The auto pilot systems on modern aircrafts are able to land the aircrafts with the pilots completely hands off.
Regarding flying through clouds, the aircrafts are equipped with a weather radar which is provides a display in the cockpit of the clouds ahead of the aircraft and depending on the type of cloud(weather it is a very turbulent cloud, ie the type we don't want to fly through) the pilot is able to make changes to the flight path/route by entering the same into the FMC of the aircraft, to avoid the same.
In another ten years or so you would be able to see civil aircrafts that don't have any pilots at all. They would be more efficient and safer than the ones we have today. The reason i would call them safer is because if you look at the number and causes of air crashes, they have been due to human error. Pilot error alone constitute for about 72% - 80%(in the past 5years) of total fatal air crashes. The reason for this increasing rate of air crashes due pilot is because the aircraft, being a machine is prone to making less errors, its like when you sum say a thousand numbers with a calculator the chances that you will get the wrong answer is zero, but if you were to calculate the same set of numbers without using a calculator there are chances that you may make an error. So the problem doesn't lie in the pilot, it's because the aircraft systems are becoming so advance and reliable that their chances of making an error, that results in a fatal air crash, are nearing ZERO. And besides not having a pilot will also result in saving lots of money for any airline as they wouldn't have to pay them the hefty salary(which on an average is above USD 6000/- roughly INR 2,40,000), besides pilots have a restriction of the number of hours they are permitted to fly in a day so for a fleet of say about 10 aircrafts where each aircraft flies for about 8 hours, doing about 8-10 flight sectors a day, you need a minimum of about 128-140 pilots in the organization. Multiply that with the minimum salary figure i have quoted per pilot for any airline in India, you get an amount of about INR 3,07,20,000/- to INR 3,36,00,000/-. That is only the minimum salary per month for 128-140 pilots, considering that a captains salary could be in the range of USD 8000/- to 15000/- that is INR 4,80,000/ to 9,00,000/- depending on the airline and the qualification/designation of the captain. Add all of this with the money you spend on their training, hotel accommodation, transport etc. it is a massive figure for a small airline with a fleet of about 10 aircrafts.


PS: I haven't made mention here of the various navigation systems on board the aircraft that tell the aircraft(ie FMC) the aircraft location, altitude etc.

Answer 3

In low visibility pilots use GPS. Which tells them where their plane is going. Usually pilots have a pre-planned flight so in the gps there usually is a line showing where the piltos are meant to go. During landing a pilot can catch the glide slope of a runway that's and can use autopilot to perform a full autoland which is called a ILS landing.

Answer 4

The pilot gets situational awareness from the flight instruments. Instruments give the pilot his/her heading, altitude, attitude and speeds. More sophisticated aircrafts have dedicated navigation instrumentations that help them compute the aircrafts position using signals from navigational aids. And now the GPS has solved almost everything in navigation.

Clouds are just one low visibility conditions, there is darkness of the night to consider or rains. Except for take-offs and landings, you neednot have a good visibility, the instruments are enough!

Answer 5

The pilot uses radar navigation to fly through the sky, once in the air or above, let's say 12,000 ft. Once he reaches the sky he has no idea where he is . The radar fitted to the Aircraft navigates the plane and hence reach the destination .

Answer 6

Pilots are able to fly planes with no windows at all. This is called IFR (Instrument Flight Rating) Using altitude, heading, VS, navaids, attitude, gps, ILS will get the plane to the destination and land in what is called "zero visibility."

Asleep yet?

Answer 7

Hi, a pilot can fly through the clouds with no problem! why because the carry a very powerful navigation unit and they also have computers for weather watch and also besides him he also has the co pilot's help toguide him too.

Answer 8

interior of united statesa., particular, you are able to fly in ordinary terms for relaxing, and not utilising a particular trip spot, and you do no longer even could report a flight plan. in lots of alternative countries, nevertheless, it is no longer fairly fairly hassle-free, so it relies upon on the place you reside. For an prolonged flight, it fairly is a stable theory to plot heavily and report a flight plan, in ordinary terms for secure practices. yet there is not any legal requirement to accomplish that, and whilst it is composed of brief flights around the "community" in ordinary terms for relaxing, in stable climate, flight plans etc must be overkill (no pun meant). As a qualified pilot, you are the only that comes to a decision freely what you will do (a minimal of in the u . s . a .).

Answer 9

Even back in the old days they had a compass and an airspeed guage. So they knew approximatel what direction and how fast they're going. This lets them plot where they are from where they started. Not exact, but close enough that you could get to the area.

Now, with GPS, radar, IR imaging, you can see exactly where you are.

Answer 10

There is powerful device known as RADAR.RADAR can see though anything and everything in dense cloud cover with the help of waves sent out,which Tell the position,size,speed of a foreign object when it bounces off it.