— -- Question: How do pilots correctly go through a stall procedure? -- submitted by reader Sandon, Arlington, Texas Answer: This is a very timely question. In recent weeks the FAA has released ...
When we simulate flight in training devices, differences between the simulator and real flight are inevitable. While we complain about these differences when we’re flying “the box,” we also learn to ...
The Colgan pilots said the training policy -- which the FAA had approved -- has since been reversed and that the airline's pilot training has vastly improved in recent months. But they also said the ...
With loss of control still the primary cause of aircraft fatalities, the FAA last year released the new Airmen Certification Standards, some aspects of it controversial, to replace the practical test ...
In Part 2, we discussed Learjet’s research into improving the stall characteristics of its aircraft. Bombardier’s Clinton E. Tanner, senior technical advisor of flight sciences, points out that ...
In May, a Republic of Korea Navy P-3CK maritime patrol aircraft crashed, resulting in the deaths of four service members. It has since been revealed that the Navy had not conducted stall recovery ...
Russian investigators have concluded that a lack of adequate training in handling the Tupolev Tu-154 at high altitudes and angles of attack led a Pulkovo Airlines crew to stall their aircraft and ...