Pilot Aptitude Trainer

COMPASS: Spatial Orientation

Match the three cockpit instruments — RBI, Artificial Horizon and Heading Indicator — to the correct airplane in the grid. You have 10 minutes. Answer as many as you can.

How to read each instrument

  • RBI — the yellow arrow points from your aircraft toward the beacon (relative to your nose).
  • Artificial Horizon — shows pitch (up / none / down) and bank (left / none / right).
  • Heading Indicator — the current heading (N/E/S/W). Grid North is at the top.
  • The beacon (bulls-eye) sits at the centre of the 5×5 grid. Aircraft show heading and attitude via the green arrow (or dot for straight & level).

Pitch & bank reference

Pitch up
No pitch
Pitch down
Bank right
No bank
Bank left