Tue, Nov 18, 2008
Spread The Word: It's All About Attitude When Talking
Of Stalls/Spins
The AOPA Air Safety Foundation wants
pilots to remember a basic tenet from their days in flight
training: when it comes to stalls... it's all about attitude, NOT
airspeed.
Understanding why an aircraft flies -- and more importantly,
when and why it stops flying -- is key to avoiding stall/spin
accidents, which remain one of the leading causes of fatal
accidents.
In order to reach pilots who might otherwise be unaware of it,
the ASF recently mailed CDs containing its Essential Aerodynamics:
Stalls, Spins, and Safety online course to 180,000 pilots, both
members and non-members of AOPA, for whom the Association has no
email address.
"This is an unprecedented outreach campaign and it addresses one
of our greatest challenges," said Bruce Landsberg, executive
director of the Air Safety Foundation. "It’s the people who
are not routinely continuing their pilot education who could
probably benefit the most from our online courses, so we’re
not waiting for them to come to us – we’re putting the
course right in their mailboxes."
Essential Aerodynamics is the AOPA Air Safety Foundation's
popular interactive course that provides need-to-know concepts for
avoiding maneuvering accidents. Without going into the complexities
of flight, it explains what happens when a pilot moves a control,
and when and how those control movements could potentially lead to
trouble.
Essential Aerodynamics is the latest online course offered free
to all pilots by the AOPA Air Safety Foundation. The Air Safety
Foundation is the world’s only safety organization dedicated
exclusively to general aviation safety.
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