Yeh, that is what I always wanted to do, now he is gone I'll have to work on it.He's trying to usurp the dearly departed Colonel.
One of the least taught and understood methods of situational awareness is using peripheral vision.
Somewhere back in time someone decided that scanning the instruments sounded like a great idea and from that inspiration came the " Instrument scan " concept of using instruments as a partial or complete means for maintaining or changing the flight path of an airplane.
Scanning means there is a temporary halt in the picture the eye is transmitting to the brain as you stop at each instrument and thus information and reaction to the information is chopped up into separate bites of the picture.
I was taught to " See " the flight instruments as a package and operate the flight controls as needed to point the airplane where I want it to go.
For instance.....you are chugging along straight and level at 1000 feet VFR looking outside of the cockpit for situational awareness......the instrument you most rely on the maintain 1000 feet is the altimeter.....you do not need to look down at the altimeter to confirm the needle is at or near zero because you should be able to see it in your peripheral vision.
At least that is how I was taught and that is how I do it ...and how I teach it..
...and it works just fine for me and the students I taught.
