| |
|
|
PDF Article Downloads |
|
|
|
| Please give us a call
for a copy of any of the articles listed below. |
| |
| 
|
Instrument Recovery
Training
Published in
Flying Magazine, July 2006
- By Jay Hopkins
Back in January of 2002 I wrote
an article titled, “Extra Maneuver
Training.” In that article I
lamented the minimal training on spins
and upset recoveries received by student
pilots and even instructors. Because of
this, stall/spin accidents are
responsible for about 25 percent of
fatal general aviation accidents, and
about 20 percent of those occur during
dual instructional flight with an
FAA-certified flight instructor on
board...
Read More. |
|
|
 |
The AutoPILOT - For
the Aviation Enthusiast
July/August 2003
Emergency Maneuver Training with APS
"... the best way to describe the overall
experience of this program is like receiving a
Masters Degree in Emergency Maneuver Training
(EMT) - tremendously valuable from newly rated
pilots through the most experienced. APS has
turned a very important element of every pilot
skill set into a thorough and detailed learning
experience both on the ground and in the air,
and they have done this while making it fun!" |
|
 |
International Aerobatic Club's: SPORT AEROBATICS
May 2003 - Download Article
Have
you ever been upside down in an airplane? There
are those of us who intentionally fly aero-batic
maneuvers for fun, profit, fulfillment of the
competitive spirit, and even to defend our
country. As an instructor teaching emergency
maneuvers, unusual attitudes, and aerobatic
training to other pilots, I see the benefits of
such training daily... |
|
 |
International Aerobatic Club's: SPORT AEROBATICS
February 2003
Emergency Maneuver Training at APS
"...power management and unusual attitude
recovery are a major part of EMT course work,
but they are usually intended for pilots less
accustomed to aerobatic flight - a whopping four
out of five pilots. For aerobatic pilots, who
presumably already know not to perform a split-S
out of inverted dives, and who should know how
to roll to the horizon and work the nose down
when skill takes a vacation, unusual attitude
recoveries are nothing more than botched
maneuver recoveries... however, what about those
times when we are not operating our favorite
aerobatic aircraft? Is our mind still trained to
know how to fly out of unusual attitudes, or the
flip side, do our aerobatics hearts have a
kinesthetic feel for the load restrictions of
our non-aerobatic aircraft?" |
|
 |
PLANE & PILOT MAGAZINE - THE MAGAZINE FOR
ACTIVE PISTON-ENGINE PILOTS April 2003 Emergency Maneuver Training
An
examination of NTSB accident reports fuels
arguments as to whether pilots are learning all
they need to know...
When
American Airlines Flight 587 ended in a New York
neighborhood just 103 seconds after takeoff, it
began a trail of mysteries. Radar imagery showed
a probable wake-turbulence encounter from
another airliner… |
|
 |
WINGS
-
CANADA'S NATIONAL AVIATION MAGAZINE
Issue #2, Volume 39, April/May 1998
Emergency Maneuvers: To Fly Another Day by
Mike Reyno
"... although all pilots learn emergency
maneuvers as part of their flight training early
in their careers, chances are that these
procedures are not practiced outside the
simulator on a regular basis, especially in
commercial and corporate sectors of aviation. In
many instances, accident investigators conclude
that it was a simple maneuver that put pilots
into an unrecognizable and hence unrecoverable
situation..." |
|
 |
FLYING
- WORLD'S MOST WIDELY READ AVIATION MAGAZINE
November 2002
Training for Emergency Maneuvers by Tom
Benenson
"...taught by ex-military fighter pilots and
instructors, the five-mission APS Emergency
Maneuver Training course gives pilots an
opportunity to experience - and to learn to cope
with - extreme unusual attitudes..."
|
|
 |
WINGS
- CANADA'S NATIONAL AVIATION MAGAZINE
Special Supplement - Flight Training in Canada,
January 2002
Emergency Maneuver Training: Controlling Your
Airplane During a Crisis
by Rich
Stowell
"...the
EMT Program continues to evolve as a means to
improve pilot proficiency and confidence in all
flight attitudes. It strives to develop
awareness, recognition, and avoidance of
situations that can lead a pilot into an unusual
attitude. Through such hands-on experience,
pilots learn what their role is in the flight
process. They also learn to appreciate more
fully the true function of the flight controls
and how to interface with the airplane. All of
this is conducted in a controlled environment,
with instructors who specialize in emergency
techniques. Next time you're looking for some
advanced flight training, consider enrolling in
an emergency maneuvers program..." |
|
 |
FLYING
- WORLD'S MOST WIDELY READ AVIATION MAGAZINE
January 2002
EXTRA MANEUVERS TRAINING
by
Jay Hopkins
"...our industry has committed an error in not
teaching stalls and spins properly. Instructors
do not teach stalls properly because they are
afraid to get into a spin by accident. Accidents
that occur during instructional flights are
occurring because a maneuver goes bad and the
student and/or instructor have not had the
training to recover...
"...does training make a difference? Stowell
reports that an FAA-funded study showed
unequivocally that just 30 minutes of the right
kind of spin training reduced the accidental
spin rate of the test group to ZERO..." |
|
 |
SW AVIATOR
- THE VOICE OF AVIATION IN THE
SOUTHWEST
November/December 2001
ADDICTED TO ADRENALINE by Wanda Kowalski
|
