Arizona Flight School Launches Full Motion Flight Simulator Training for Light Airplane Pilots to Mitigate the Loss of Control In-Flight Threat

Arizona Flight School Launches Full Motion Flight Simulator Training  for Light Airplane Pilots to Mitigate the Loss of Control In-Flight Threat

MESA, ARIZONA USA: APS Emergency Maneuver Training announced today the unveiling of its all-new full motion simulator dedicated to providing upset recovery training to light general aviation pilots. Upset recovery training develops the piloting skills necessary to reduce the loss of control in-flight threat, the leading cause of fatalities and hull losses in commercial aviation worldwide.

APS Emergency Maneuver Training made the decision to integrate a full-motion general aviation training device in response to the aviation industry’s need for pilots to develop the skills necessary to be able to recover from a wide variety of loss of control situations. The current general aviation certification training is limited to very benign unusual attitudes and stall situations. Through the use of a certified full motion simulator training device it is possible to train pilots, with little or no experience recovering from unusual attitudes, how to recover their airplane safely to save lives and to ultimately reduce the accident rate in aviation. Some of the typical limitations to simulator training, over real or plain training, are; flight envelope fidelity, motion queuing, G-loading and unloading, as well as a general lack of reality that is unavoidable regardless of the complexity of the ground-based simulator used. These limitations can be overcome through proper identification and integration with a robust, proven curriculum to develop real-life skills necessary to reduce the loss of control in-flight threat.

“Integrating motion as part of simulator training is a very important aspect of this type of pilot skill development to ensure the training being given maximizes the ability of students to deal with a real loss of control situation.” says Paul BJ Ransbury, President of APS Emergency Maneuver Training, “Startle Factor, one of the most challenging aspects of upset recovery training, must be dealt with in a manner by which the pilot can retain positive control of the airplane and deal with the situation properly and correctly despite the threatening nature of the flight condition.” Mr. Ransbury explains that although there are limitations to full motion simulator training, is important for pilots to be capable of recovering an airplane in spite of motion and disorientation as opposed to recovering in response to motion cues. In appropriate response to mis-interpreted motion cues of the vestibular systems can quickly lead to spatial disorientation. Simply put, according to Ransbury, a pilot in an airplane upset must recover an aircraft despite their instincts prompting them to make inappropriate control inputs due to the disorientation of rarely experienced motion cues.

The most important aspects of this type of specialty training, is that it is delivered by upset recovery training experts. The training must be combined with an integrated thorough academic program utilizing repetition to proficiency techniques and recall technologies. The core elements must be integrated into a comprehensive program for pilots to develop the skills necessary to deal with a counterintuitive flight condition rarely experienced in day-to-day flight operations.

ABOUT APS EMERGENCY MANEUVER TRAINING

APS provides a spectrum of specialized training services to benefit almost any organization’s budget constraint to mitigate the Loss of Control In-Flight threat. With stand-alone and combined programs integrating multi-media academic seminars, up to Level D full flight simulators and real aircraft flight training in high performance aerobatic platforms, APS provides the safest environment possible while allowing pilots to explore any flight envelope or maneuver series desired. All APS instructor pilots are commercial airline pilots, formal course military instructors and graduates of the APS Platinum Seal Instructor Pilot Upgrade Program specially trained to deliver enjoyable, educational and safety-first aviation courses to pilots of all skill and experience levels. APS Emergency Maneuver Training offers what has been appropriately coined the “Master’s Degree Program in Upset Recovery Training” and is receiving an influx of positive attention by pilots and aviation companies throughout the aviation industry.

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