Editing Visual flight

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'''Visual flight''' or '''visual attitude flying''' is the control of an [[aircraft]] via outside references (such as the [[sky]] or the [[runway]] in [[takeoff]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Le45AQAAIAAJ&dq=%22Visual+flight%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA442 |title=Design for the National Airspace Utilization System |date=30 June 1962 |publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]] |others=Federal Aviation Agency |edition=1st |pages=442 |language=en}}</ref> For aircraft, the primary visual reference used is usually the relationship between the aircraft's "nose" or [[cowling]] against the natural [[horizon]].{{Cn|date=January 2024}} Regulations for visual flights are under a separate set of [[visual flight rules]].<ref name=":0" />

The [[aviator|pilot]] can maintain or change the [[airspeed]], [[altitude]], and direction of flight ([[Aircraft heading|heading]]) as well as the [[rate of climb]] or [[rate of descent]] and rate of turn ([[bank angle]]) through the use of the [[aircraft flight controls]] and [[aircraft engine controls]] to adjust the "sight picture". Some reference to [[flight instruments]] is usually necessary to determine exact airspeed, altitude, heading, bank angle and rate of climb/descent.

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