Words for: Attitude Instrument Flying
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It is how the pilot tilts the wings left or right, and holds them at the angle they want, by moving the control wheel or stick sideways.
Bank control is the management of the airplane's rotation about its longitudinal axis (the line running from nose to tail) by use of the ailerons to establish or maintain a desired angle of bank relative to the horizon.
Used in attitude flying when a pilot is to the airplane by to the horizon and .
Bank' comes from the older sense of a sloped or tilted surface — the same root as the bank of a road or racetrack that leans into a curve. An airplane in a turn does the same thing: it leans into the turn. 'Control' here means active management, not just the physical control surface.
Accurate bank control produces coordinated turns, prevents slips or skids, and keeps altitude and airspeed stable.
Bank does not mean a financial bank here. It means the airplane’s wings are tilted sideways compared with the horizon. Control does not mean forcing the airplane; it means setting and holding the desired tilt with smooth pilot input.
The instructor demonstrated bank control by rolling smoothly into a 30-degree left turn and holding the bank steady on the horizon.
Small corrections with bank control helped maintain heading during straight-and-level flight without changing pitch.