What The Pilot Sees

The view from the front seat of a K21 glider at Longmynd an few miles south of Shrewsbury

The photograph shows Wings level ( the top of the instrument panel is parallel with the horizon)

  • Airspeed is 47 knots (top left instrument).
  • Heading is 020 degrees (Compass is centre instrument)
  • Sink rate is 1 knot ( top right hand instrument is a variometer).
  • The prominent red lever is the canopy emergency release.