*** Posted by RUN ***
[Hi to all,

How do fighter pilots deal with disorientation. I've heard of things like picking an object on the ground and rotating your head while constantly looking at it. Would'nt this make a pilot dizzy?

Rapier]

Never heard of that one.
Most of the time when pilots become spatial disoriented it normally happens when they are flying in the clouds or at night. Rotating the head would just make it worse. The best way to fight it is concentrating 100% on your instruments. Especially the ADI. I don't understand why somebody suggested rotating your head, because a lot of times moving your head is what causes spatial disorientation. It screws up the orientation in the inner ear and gives you false indication of what is happening.

RUN