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Emergency Maneuver Training

Upset Prevention & Recovery Training

Why EMT / UPRT

Using the syllabus and procedures taught and developed by Master CFI Rich Stowell, we are pleased to offer our greatest training course. During Emergency Maneuver / Upset Prevention and Recovery Training we dive deep into aggravated and dangerous situations with the goal of increasing the pilot's capability of not only recovering an aircraft from the worst situation should it be encountered, but knowing the symptoms that lead to it in order to avoid it in entirety. We dive deep into stall spin scenarios at various airspeeds and attitudes, as well as spiral recoveries in various speeds and attitudes. The student will learn the basics of the aileron roll as we practice recovering from inverted attitudes, as well as wake turbulence simulation. 

We use the ACA Citabria for this training as it is a very capable aircraft in Sportsman to Intermediate level  aerobatic maneuvers, and it's non-symmetrical wing shape simulates how most General Aviation aircraft will respond in inverted attitudes. 

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The goal of this training course is to decrease accident rates and increase pilot ability and awareness. It has always been said; good instruction is the best and most reliable form of aircraft insurance. There are over 1100 general aviation accidents every year in the U.S. around 19 percent of which tend to be fatal. These accidents occur among student pilots, private pilots, all the way up to multi thousand hour commercial pilots. It is essential for every pilot to always be growing their skills to become the safest pilots they can be. 

Module 1

Stall / Spin Awareness

Lesson 1
  1. Climbing Dutch Rolls

  2. Turns & Slow Flight

  3. Stalls - Power On & Power Off

  4. Rudder Stall Excercise 

  5. Introduce One-Turn Spin

Lesson 2
  1. Review 

  2. One-Turn Spins Left & Right

  3. Two-Turn Spins Left & Right

  4. Spin Orientation 

  5. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

Lesson 3
  1. Review Spins

  2. Spin Dynamics 

  3. Selected Aggravated Spin Modes

  4. Unusual Attitudes - Spin Recoveries 

  5. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

Lesson 4
  1. Incipient Spin Entries

  2. Skidding Turns

  3. Critical Flight Operations 

  4. Spirals

  5. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

  6. Optional - Introduction to Rolls

Module 2

In-Flight Emergencies

Lesson 1
  1. ​Review Dutch Rolls & Spins

  2. Aileron Rolls Left & Right

  3. Half Aileron Rolls Left & Right

  4. Inverted Flight

  5. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

Lesson 2
  1. Review Spins

  2. Rolls & Half Rolls Left & Right

  3. Unusual Attitudes - Overbanked Recoveries 

  4. Aerobatic - Style Turns 

  5. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

Lesson 3 
  1. Review Spins & Rolls

  2. Slips Left & Right

  3. Slipping Turns Left & Right

  4. Turning Dutch Rolls

  5. Slip to Land on Final Approach

Lesson 4
  1. Review Spins & Rolls 

  2. Simulated Control Loss Practice 

  3. Simulated Off-Airport Landings 

  4. 180 Degree Power Off Approach to Land

  5. Optional - Introduction to Loops

Module 3

Basic Aerobatics

Lesson 1
  1. Review Spins & Rolls

  2. Half Loops

  3. Full Loops

  4. Imelmanns 

Lesson 2
  1. Review Loops, Spins, & Rolls

  2. Half Cuban Eights

  3. Reverse Half Cuban Eights

  4. Hammerhead Turns

Lesson 3 
  1. Review All Maneuvers

  2. Design & Fly an Aerobatic Sequence

Lesson 4; End of Course Check
  1. Stalls and Slow Flight, Slips vs Skids

  2. One-Turn Spins, Spirals,

  3. Unusual Attitude & Aggravated Spin Recoveries 

  4. Basic Aerobatics Review

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