to measure their altitude
The protagonist in "Hatchet," Brian Robeson, was flying in a Cessna 406 when the pilot had a heart attack and the plane crashed.
An altimeter (altitude meter) tells the pilots how high the aircraft is flying. There are 2 types of altimeters commonly used in aircraft: pressure altimeters and radar altimeters.
No plane has trouble flying in the rain.Only the smallest like cessna may have trouble flying in the rain.
A plane that is very small and only fits 2 people. (The pilot and the passenger)
depends on which plane you are flying in a little cessna can easily bin run by only 1 pilot. but for big Boeing 747 there are 4 maybe even 5 pilots in the cabin.
In the plane, the pilot is advised of his altitude by means of an altimeter. The altimeter registers height by sensing the barometric pressure at the altitude at which the plane is flying. This is done by a pi tot (pronounced "pee tot") tube assemble mounted to the outside of the plane. The tube samples the air outside the plane and the altimeter basis it's reading on this information. However, the pilot must set his altimeter base line from information from the weather service prior to flight and be aware any changes during flight. Another means of determining aircraft altitude is with RADAR. RADAR is sound waves sent out from a broadcast antennae and is bounced off an object in the air. by calculating the time it takes to get a "return" signal man or machine can tell height, distance, number, and size.
The pilot checked the altimeter to be sure the plane had reached the optimum altitude before the skydivers were allowed to jump. Most altimeters have to be set to local air pressure to correctly determine the plane's height above the ground.
Why do I have to be a pilot
No. The co-pilot may take over as pilot in "command".
No it did not run out of gas, the pilot had a heart attack
spitfire
The plane that Brain and the pilot transported with.