In 2009, the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration reported a rate of 1.13 fatal car accidents per 100 million vehicle miles. In 2009 the National Transportation Safety Board statistic showing an aircraft fatal accident rate of 1.32 per 100,000 hours flown in GA aircraft. Assuming typical aircraft speed of 150 miles per hour, fatal aircraft […]
FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education Stabilized Approach and Landing Notice Number: NOTC4888 Focusing on establishing and maintaining a stabilized approach and landing is a great way to avoid experiencing a loss of control. A stabilized approach is one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glide path towards a […]
Published March 30, 2013 News.com’s Cristina Corbin and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Authorities in Tennessee have found the body of a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while an instructor was teaching him to fly. Bradley County Interim Fire Chief Troy Spence said search crews located the deceased student pilot […]
Flight School: Tailwheel Training By Pia Bergqvist / Published: Sep 30, 2011 Read more at http://www.flyingmag.com/training/learn-fly/flight-school-tailwheel-training#szZwlMssPUGR4s5m.99 Does it make sense to do primary training in a tailwheel airplane? (September 2011) Rich Stowell has been instructing full time since 1987. He has logged 32,000 spins, 23,000 landings and 8,300 hours of tailwheel time. Stowell was […]