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8 Aviation Visual Illusions Pilots Often Experience

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When pilots are flying in VMC ( visual meteorological conditions ), vision plays a major role in sending correct signals to the brain on the pilots position, movement, and orientation. A narrow runway can cause the eyes to perceive the aircraft being too high on approach, so the pilot flies too low of approach.

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