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APS Now Offering Two New Affordable Online Upset Recovery Video Training Courses
APS Emergency Maneuver Training is now offering private pilots and professional pilots two new affordable online upset recovery video training courses which can be purchased without signing up for a monthly membership. The company has trained more pilots in fully comprehensive upset recovery training skill development than any other training organization. All instructors have extensive experience in general aviation, aerobatic maneuvering, military instruction, technologically advanced aircraft and commercial and/or transport flight operations… |
Online Upset Recovery Training: Crucial to Every Pilot
Mesa, AZ – Aviation Performance Solutions, LLC (APS) announces the release of its online upset recovery training academic program previously only available to pilots participating in-person at the APS Emergency Maneuver Training campus at the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Arizona USA. Over a decade in development, this ‘pilot skills training enhancement course’ will further support the APS commitment to providing pilots of all experience levels the knowledge necessary to be academically prepared to address aviation’s most lethal threat, loss of control in-flight. |
Upset Training Deficiencies: Response to Colgan 3407
Aviation Performance Solutions, LLC (APS) announces its firm commitment to actively support the Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act of 2009 requiring enhanced stall and airplane upset recognition and recovery training for Part 121 Air Carriers. APS has augmented its on-going training solutions to further assist commercial aviation operators to mitigate the loss of control in-flight threat tragically demonstrated by the Colgan 3407 fatal crash in Buffalo, New York in 2009. |
(USA Today) NTSB: Pilots Need Air-Hazard Skills
Pilots at airlines receive almost no hands-on training in how to recover from aerodynamic stalls and other extreme scenarios, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The reason for the glaring shortfall is that current flight simulators, the backbone of airline training programs, cannot accurately reproduce such calamities… |
Upset Recovery Training: Practical Survival Skills
Enter APS Emergency Maneuver Training, whose motto is ‘to fly another day.’ APS is located in Mesa, Arizona, and is one of a handful of schools around the country that offers upset training to pilots of all backgrounds. APS is one of the few that is 141 approved, and that is dedicated to this type of training. We recently completed the APS Professional Pilot Upset Recovery Training Course, which included the core upset recovery program, spin training and instrument recovery training. While there are a number of schools that offer this type of training, we feel that APS offers an excellent value based upon the qualifications of the instructors, the quality of the curriculum, and the suitability of the airplane used. |
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. |
Arizona Flight School’s Chief Instructor Designated Nation’s 20th Master CFI-Aerobatic
The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) take pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of J Clarke McNeace, the chief flight instructor at APS Emergency Maneuver Training (www.APSTraining.com) and a resident of Queen Creek, Arizona. Recently, Clarke was designated a Master CFI-Aerobatic by NAFI and IAC. |
Arizona Flight School Launches Advanced Simulator Solutions to Mitigate the Loss of Control In-Flight Threat
Mesa, AZ – APS Emergency Maneuver Training launches expansion of upset recovery training services to include full motion simulator training courses pioneered specifically to mitigate Loss of Control In-Flight, the leading cause of fatalities in commercial aviation worldwide. |
Pilot Skills in Upset Recovery Need Overhaul at All Certification Levels
APS Emergency Maneuver Training, a division of Aviation Performance Solutions LLC (APS), announced today the release of research results on the status of pilot skill level in upset recovery, specifically a pilot’s ability to deal with Loss of Control In-Flight (LOC-I). APS research offers insight into contributing factors to LOC-I being the leading cause of fatalities in commercial aviation worldwide. |
Arizona Flight School’s Chief Instructor Designated Nation’s 11th Master CFI-Aerobatic
Paul “BJ” Ransbury recently earned his Master CFI-Aerobatic accreditation. BJ, a 12-year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, is the chief flight instructor and President of APS Emergency Maneuver Training (www.APSTraining.com) at Mesa’s Williams Gateway Airport (IWA). The National Association of Flight Instructors (NAFI) and the International Aerobatic Club (IAC) take pride in announcing a significant aviation accomplishment on the part of Paul BJ Ransbury, the chief flight instructor at APS Emergency Maneuver Training and a resident of Mesa, AZ. Recently, BJ was designated a Master CFI-Aerobatic by NAFI and IAC. |