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QUIZ SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
September 17, 2008
NEW QUIZ HIGHLIGHTS HAZARDS OF SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
Humans are VFR-only creatures. The senses we use to
maintain our balance and know "which end is up" are
completely unreliable when our bodies are in motion without
visual reference to the world around us. Spatial
disorientation can set in rapidly and has claimed the lives
of both instrument- and noninstrument-rated pilots alike.
Test your knowledge of the hazards with the latest quiz
from the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. To see how spatial
disorientation can contribute to a fatal GA accident—and
learn how the crash could have been prevented—check out the
foundation's new accident re-creation minicourse, Accident
Case Study: VFR Into IMC. 
  
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