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Flight Research offers URRT program in Mojave

by Cathy Hansen acronym UTAP — Unload, Throttle, advantage is. Whether you’re flying
special to Aerotech News Ailerons, Pitch. a Gulfstream IV, a Piper Cherokee,
“Loss of control in flight is the the Sabreliner or an Impala, the
Private and corporate pilots come number one cause of accidents principles stay the same. You guys
to Mojave Air and Space Port to worldwide,” Scott Glaser, Flight Re- hit them hard, you hit them fast and
attend the Upset Recognition Re- search vice president of Operations, the principles are drilled into you.
covery Training program at Flight said at a Plane Crazy Saturday pre- The confidence building in the pilot
Research. sentation in 2016. “It is document- is phenomenal, where I come away
According to the Flight Research ed by the National Transportation and I know I’m a better pilot right
website, “Since 1981, Flight Re- Safety Board, the Federal Aviation now. I am absolutely better equipped
search Test Pilot Instructors have Administration and other aviation to handle an upset. I do feel that I am
been teaching Upset Recognition regulatory agencies worldwide,” he a much more proficient pilot. It’s a
Recovery Training in jets, pistons, said. great course and I recommend it for
turboprops and helicopters. De- “We believe our Upset Recovery all pilots, whether you are flying a
signed to take pilots to an advanced Training program helps save lives,” small privately owned two-seater or
stage of learning by incorporating Glaser said. “Our program teaches up to a 747, this course is fantastic!”
academics from our flight test sylla- pilots to recognize a departure from According to a website video, a
bus, Flight Research URRT teaches regular controlled flight. We teach corporate pilot being interviewed
about aircraft certification testing, methods to safely recover from these at Flight Research said, “Flight Re-
limitations and how these relate to conditions.” search offers a different view on Courtesy photograph
aircraft capability and performance “The Flight Research URRT air- their training from what you get in Upset training above the Mojave Air and Space Port.
in the air. Pilots learn lifesaving re- craft have been carefully selected, Flight Safety and other courses.”
covery techniques IN FLIGHT and certified, and maintained for this Another corporate pilot stated,
AT ALTITUDE, preparing pilots for training. The North American Sabre- “They teach you to unload the air-
in-flight situations where the major- liner is a business jet with military craft, control your speed and recover
ity of aircraft accidents and fatali- pedigree and outstanding stall char- without overstressing the aircraft.”
ties occur due to pilot recognition acteristics allowing pilots to maneu- “To be able to go out and perform
failure and/or improper recovery ver an airplane very similar to their the upsets in jet aircraft they use to
procedures.” home aircraft while learning to rec- train these upsets, really gives you
Bill Korner, Flight Research ognize and recover from upsets. The the confidence and the muscle mem-
Chairman & CEO said in a video Aermacchi Impala is a heavier, fully ory,” said another pilot.
online, “Simulators might act like a aerobatic training jet with handling Wake turbulence, crossing jet
real airplane, but there is not emo- qualities similar to transport jets. As streams at altitude or wind shear
tion to it. You get upside down in a the military says, “Train like you fly, can cause an upset scenario. Pilots
real airplane, there’s emotion to it. fly like you train!” is found on the relay experiences that happened
You will never forget it.” Flight Research website.
He also stated, “If you are flying A Flight Research student was while flying professionally and they
were thankful to have had the train-
along and get into an upset condition asked to describe his experience ing received from Flight Research in
and you haven’t been trained for it, with the Upset Recovery Train- Courtesy photograph
instinctively, most of the time, you ing and he stated in a video, “The Mojave and felt better prepared for The Flight Research International Sabreliner conducts upset training above
any upset scenarios.
will do the wrong thing.” course is superb and I believe the Southern California.
Flight Research teaches a univer- principles you guys are teaching “Flight safety simulator training
sal recovery procedure that uses the are universal, and that is what the does not give you the actual experi- first of all, the safety of your passen- sive upset prevention training in the
ence of feeling the g’s, and the air gers, protecting the investment that world.
loads on the flight controls,” said an- people have in their airplanes and In an AOPA video about Flight
other pilot. “You just can’t replicate saving lives,” another pilot stated. Research URRT, Scott Glaser said,
in a simulator the physiological ex- “One of the most rewarding times is
periences and the apprehension that According to their website, Flight
you have when you know you are in Research URRT meets all FAA, when you get the phone call from a
a real aircraft and not in a simula- EASA, and ICAO UPRT compliance pilot (a former student) and he says,
tor.” standards. Catering to any profes- “I was climbing out behind a 747
“Upset Recovery Training is sional pilot’s training needs, Flight and I found myself in a ‘wake upset’
worth the investment 10-fold,” said Research training is customizable and I remembered your training and
one pilot. “The value of training far and versatile. It is a necessary part I remembered UTAP and recovered
exceeds the cost.” of any safety and training program the airplane.” There is just no great-
“I think you need to consider, as the most robust and comprehen- er feeling in the world,” said Glaser.

FlightSafety International, Flight

Research to offer in-aircraft URT

On May 3, FlightSafety International, the premier “We share a mutual safety obsession with Flight Re-
professional aviation training company, and Flight Re- search, so working with them to develop this enhanced
search, an industry leader in advanced pilot training and upset recovery training makes perfect sense,” said Brad
human spaceflight training, announce the launch of their Thress, president and CEO of FlightSafety International.
joint Upset Recovery Training. “This innovation to upset recovery training demonstrates
This offering aims to reduce loss of control in flight FlightSafety International’s commitment to providing the
accidents by fusing FlightSafety International’s un- best in immersive training and preparing aviators who are
matched type-specific simulator training with Flight capable and confident in every situation.”
Research’s in-aircraft instruction. “As the leading provider of inflight upset recognition
This Upset Recovery Training will give pilots the op- and recovery training we are very pleased to be partner-
portunity to experience inflight upset with real gravita-
tional forces, vestibular excitation and mental stress that ing in joint upset recovery training with FlightSafety, the
can only be delivered in a plane; further building upon leading provider of simulator-based training,” said Bill
FlightSafety’s simulation programs that replicate scenar- Korner CEO of Flight Research. “Because we share a
ios which cannot be safely accomplished in an aircraft, strong commitment with FlightSafety for innovative and
such as very low-level stall events. Using technology and state of the art training which better prepares pilots and
the aircraft provides the most thorough training possible advances the safety of flight, this is a natural fit for us and
Courtesy photograph against loss of in-flight control, the single greatest cause demonstrates our continuing focus on training excellence
Scott Glaser of fatal aviation accidents for more than a decade. for today’s aviators.”

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