Thursday, October 29, 2009

FTD (FLIGHT TRAINING DEVICE)


Since I've been away from flying for 6 months it's only obvious that some important procedural stuff has been either forgotten or lacks finesse. Here is the B767 FTD (Flight Training Device) I will be using this weekend along with another pilot. As the name implies, this training device is a simple mock-up of the B767 with functional ancillary controls, fuel control switches and EICAS (Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System) but it lacks control columns and communications radios. The aim of the FTD is a refresher on procedural stuff, check lists and basic memory work before heading off to YVR (Vancouver) for simulator on Monday.

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