June 7, 2018 Stalls in Turns Back in the days before Part 61 there was a Day VFR Syllabus for pilot training which included “Recovers from stall during a turn”… Continue reading
August 31, 2016 Loops, Voices and the Fear of Death This short story by Richard Bach written back when I started flying aerobatics has stuck with me for many years – it is available… Continue reading
April 26, 2016 Stay in Control: Incipient Spins Note: this article was updated on 19/6/19 mainly to reflect the changes with the FAA’s Airplane Flying Handbook revision of 2016. I avoid discussing… Continue reading
April 21, 2016 Stay in Control: Fully Developed Spins From the 1944 book, Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying by Wolfgang Langewiesche: “Almost all fatal flying accidents are caused by… Continue reading
December 6, 2015 Myths of Manoeuvring Speed “It turns out that our early training on maneuvering speed was badly over-simplified. The truth is that you can’t move all the controls to… Continue reading