Thu, May 31, 2018
Winner Is Jake Ribbe, A Student At LeTourneau University
The 2018 Aviation Performance Solutions Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Scholarship has been awarded to LeTourneau University student Jake Ribbe. The annual merit-based scholarship awards a student pilot with the Professional Pilot Upset Training Course, an intensive program which mitigates the risk of loss of control in-flight, the number one cause of fatalities across all sectors of aviation.
Jake is working toward a B.S. in Professional Flight, Maintenance Concentration. He currently works as a dispatch manager for LeTourneau University, and he has also recently completed an aviation internship with a major corporation.
Every year, APS offers its UPRT scholarship to a deserving pilot currently in flight school or just starting their professional aviation career. The Professional Pilot Upset Training course provides comprehensive UPRT, integrating academics and on-aircraft instruction to mitigate the risk of Loss of Control-Inflight (LOC-I), the number one cause of fatalities across all sectors of aviation. Properly delivered UPRT compliments certification training by ensuring pilots have a deep understanding of upset causes – with critical focus on prevention – and are trained to proficiency in the often-counterintuitive skills necessary to recover from a developed airplane upset. Moreover, this training greatly improves overall handling skills.
“Training in upset prevention and recovery is critical for pilots to be fully prepared for any unexpected, time-critical flight situation that could occur in-flight,” said Paul Ransbury, President of APS. “Providing this yearly scholarship opportunity allows us to give back to the aviation industry and accomplish the core APS purpose: to help pilots bring everyone home safely.”
(Image provided with APS news release)
More News
Touchdown Zone Lighting Two rows of transverse light bars located symmetrically about the runway centerline normally at 100 foot intervals. The basic system extends 3,000 feet alon>[...]
“Discovery and innovation are central to our mission at Virgin Galactic. We’re excited to build on our successful record of facilitating scientific experiments in subor>[...]
"We are reaching out to you today on behalf of the Popular Rotorcraft Association because we need your help. We are dangerously close to losing a critical resource that if lost, wi>[...]
UAS Traffic Management (UTM) The unmanned aircraft traffic management ecosystem that will allow multiple low altitude BVLOS operations and which is separate from, but complementary>[...]
Aero Linx: Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) SAFE is a member-oriented organization of aviation educators fostering professionalism and excellence in aviation through>[...]