Aeronautical Terms beginning with F

False Horizon

An optical illusion where the pilot confuses a row of lights along a road or other straight line as the horizon.


Fixation

A psychological condition where the pilot fixes attention on a single source of information and ignores all other sources.


Flicker Vertigo

A disorientating condition caused from flickering light off the blades of the propeller.




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