What does Einweisung mean from an aviation standpoint?

[RolandF]

What I wanted to know was the difference between Einweisung and Einweisungsflug - not the same as we know now.
Just remember the famous Me 262 familiarization movie with "White 10" - quite clearly a Einweisung on the ground.
An Einweisungsflug with a trainer beside you or on the rear seat goes off quite different. Thx for the clarification.
Btw, "Platzflug" seems to be a short flight around the airfield only accompanied by the instrucor, but otherwise a rather independent flying without interference by the Fluglehrer.

Regards

Roland

[ouidjat]

Still from a pilot point of view, if "Einweisung" is written on the flightlog it's necessarily an "Einweisungflug".
More, and this did surprised me reading some Lw flightlogs, it's obvious that time flight is counted only when the aircraft is in the air.
So, an einweisung "on ground" isn't registered on it.

As for Platzflug, either with instructor or in solo, when the flight occurs around the base/field (touch and go, maneuver in the field vicinity ...) .. No, navigation; hence Platzflug .
Vol local in French, and local flight in English.

Regards, Franck.

[Nordpol54]

@ Franck,

More, and this did surprised me reading some Lw flightlogs, it's obvious that time flight is counted only when the aircraft is in the air.

Why? As far as i can say it is still common - even for civilian flight training - in Germany. A flight book only is used as a personal certificate for gathered flight experience. For my eyes this makes sence as one really doesn't fly whilst sitting in an aircraft on the ground.
In my flight book as a glider student of 1979 there i've never had noticed any lessons i was attended on the ground.

Cheers
Norbert

P.S.: I would like to see Your entries in Your personal flight-log as a pilot to make out the difference...