In the interest of safety and the desire to acknowledge the commonality in recovery techniques, the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid (URTA) was created as a reference guide to professional pilots. Aerodynamic principles applied to large, swept-wing jet airplanes are similar among all manufacturers, and the recommended techniques for recovering from an upset in an airplane subject to these principles are also compatible. Pilots who understand the conditions of an upset, though such an event is unlikely, will be better prepared to recover from it.
Duration:
3 hours
Causes of Airplane Upsets
- Environmentally-Induced Airplane Upsets
- Systems-Anomalies-Induced Airplane Upsets
- Pilot-Induced Airplane Upsets
Swept-Wing Aerodynamics
- Flight Dynamics
- Energy States
- Load Factors
- Angle of Attack and Stall
- Aerodynamic Flight Envelope
- Camber
- Crossover Speed
Control Surface Fundamentals
- Spoiler-Type Devices
- Lateral and Directional Aerodynamics
- Angle of Sideslip
- Wing Dihedral Effects
- Pilot-Commanded Sideslip
High Altitude Operations
- Stability and Speed Divergence
- Mechanics of Turning Flight
- Flight at Extremely Low Airspeeds
- Flight at Extremely High Speeds
Recovery From Airplane Upsets
- Situational Awareness of an Airplane Upset
- Use of Full Control Inputs
- Counter-Intuitive Factors
Upset Recovery Techniques
- Stall
- Nose-High, Wings-Level Recovery Techniques
- Nose-Low, Wings-Level Recovery Techniques
- High-Bank-Angle Recovery Techniques
- Consolidated Summary of Airplane Recovery Techniques
