Wake Turbulence Avoidance – A Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Briefing 1995
July 23, 2009
Vintage Federal Aviation Administration training film.
Courtesy: public.resource.org
Wake Turbulence Avoidance – A Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Briefing AVA19661VNB1, 1995
Video production using re-enactments and animation to illustrate the hazards and physical dynamics of wake turbulence caused by aircraft.
http://www.ntis.gov/search/product.aspx?ABBR=AVA19661VNB1
Duration : 0:24:16
How Airplanes Fly 1968 Vintage Aviation Training Film
July 16, 2009
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
How Airplanes Fly
NTIS AVA08357VNB1
What makes an airplane get off the ground and stay in the air? Easy to understand film combines animation and live sequences to explain … all » basic aerodynamics. Forces of lift, weight, thrust and drag are shown in relation to flight.
Duration : 0:18:30
profpilot.co.uk | #8 Induced and Parasitic Aircraft Drag (Sounds Thrilling)
July 14, 2009
Video number 8 looks at what hinders an aircraft in it’s merry way along the sky: drag. Parasite drag, Form drag, Skin Friction drag and Induced drag are all discussed – from how they are created, to how they can be minimised.
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Duration : 0:4:54
profpilot.co.uk | #7 Secondary Effects
June 23, 2009
Video 7 looks at the secondary effects of the primary flight controls, Adverse Yaw, frise and differential ailerons, and how the engine can effect flight dynamics.
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Duration : 0:4:57
Angel Flight Central (and Others) Threatened!
June 9, 2009
In one year alone, more than 35,000 people, many of them Hoosiers received needed medical attention thanks in part to a group called ‘Angel Flight Central’ and hundreds of volunteer pilots.
Now those same pilots say they could be grounded by new fees the Federal Aviation Administration wants congress to approve.
For Tonya Woods, Angel Flight Central was truly a godsend
The volunteer organization flew Woods to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota last October where she was diagnosed with rectal cancer and began lifesaving treatment.
“Without Angel Flights, a lot of people can’t get medical attention they need, and it’s real nice of the pilots. They fly with their own plane, with their own fuel.”
Pilots like Dan McElroy retired from Delta and donates his time and resources to help those in need.
But new ‘user fees’ proposed by the FAA may clip McElroy’s wings and those of other pilots under the umbrella of ‘General Aviation.’
That’s basically anyone who doesn’t fly for the airlines of the military.
“They want to tax us for tower use, for ground control use, if we want to call and get the weather to fly our airplane. They want to tax us for that. Every time we want to take off, they want to tax us. Every time we land, they want to tax us.”
McElroy says the current system of generating funds through fuel taxes is fairer, but he believes the airlines are looking for a way to shift their rising costs.
“With the increased burden of these user fees it will cut back to how many hours I can fly, how many people I can help. It will also cut back how much training I can do to stay current, and some people will get costed right out being able to fly.”
The proposed user fees could also mean big bills for future pilots like Clint Hill who will start aviation school at Indiana State in the fall.
“It’s already pretty pricey to go through the flight program at a college because you pay for the normal part of college and you also pay for flight training and everything, so to add even more would be pretty difficult.”
“I really hate if they don’t be here cause I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for them.”
Dan McElroy says he hopes people in Indiana and other states write to their congressmen and women and ask them not to support these new fees.
Copyright © 2009, WXIN-TV, Indianapolis
Published on www.Fox59.com
Duration : 0:2:13
Colgan Flight 3407 NTSB Animation of Buffalo Accident Q400
May 18, 2009
Courtesy: National Transportation Safety Board
The NTSB.GOV website keeps going down, so here’s the animation.
This three-dimensional (3-D) animated reconstruction shows the last 2 minutes of the February 12, 2009, accident involving a Bombardier DHC-8-400, N200WQ, operated by of Colgan Air, Inc., which crashed about 5 nautical miles northeast of Buffalo-Niagara International Airport, Buffalo, New York, while on an instrument landing system approach to runway 23. During the approach, a pitchup motion occurred, followed by a left roll and then a right roll. During these maneuvers, both the stick shaker and stick pusher were activated, and the speed decreased. After further pitch and roll excursions, the airplane entered a steep descent from which it did not recover.
The animation shows excerpts from the flight data recorder (FDR), the pit voice recorder (CVR) transcript, recorded radar data, and aircraft performance data. It does not depict the weather or visibility conditions at the time of the accident. The animation does not include audio.
The upper portion of the animation shows a 3-D model of the airplane and the airplanes motions during the accident sequence. In this area, selected content from the CVR transcript or other annotations are superimposed as text at the time that the event occurred. All times (in eastern standard time) are shown on the right side of the screen.
The lower portion of the animation depicts instruments and indicators, which display selected FDR or calculated parameters. The instruments and indications are shown in three sections, which are (from left to right):
•Airspeed, airspeed tape, low speed cue, attitude indicator showing pitch and roll attitude, altitude, altitude tape, rate of climb, and heading;
•Stick shaker and stick pusher indicated as text, control wheel/column icon depicting the control wheel (rotating right or left) and control column (moving up or down) inputs, and an indicator showing rudder pedal inputs; and
•The power lever and condition lever as indicators, the flap handle selection as an indicator, and auto pilot status and gearhandle position indicated as text.
Excerpts from CVR transcript:
22:15:06.3 HOT-1 flaps five.?22:15:08.1 HOT-2 what??22:15:08.8 HOT-1 flaps five please.?22:15:13.5 APP Colgan thirty four zero seven three miles from KLUMP turn left heading two six zero maintain two thousand three hundred until established localizer. cleared ILS approach runway two three.?22:15:22.2 RDO-2 left two sixty two thousand three hundred til established and cleared ILS two three approach Colgan thirty four zero seven.?22:15:31.7 HOT-1 alright approach is armed.?22:15:32.8 HOT-2 roger.?22:16:04.1 HOT-1 gear downlocs alive.?22:16:06.4 APP Colgan thirty four zero seven contact tower one two zero point five. have a good night.?22:16:11.5 RDO-2 over to tower you do the same thirty four zero seven.?22:16:21.2 HOT-2 gears down.?22:16:23.5 HOT-1 flaps fifteen before landing checklist.?22:16:26.6 HOT-2 uhhh.?22:16:37.1 HOT-2 I put the flaps up.?22:16:42.2 HOT-1 [grunt]?22:16:45.8 HOT-2 should the gear up??22:16:46.8 HOT-1 gear up.?22:16:50.1 CAM [increase in ambient noise]?22:16:51.9 CAM [thump]
Duration : 0:2:39
profpilot.co.uk | #6 Secondary Flight Controls
May 11, 2009
Episode 6 looks at elevator trim and flaps on the aircraft; the two main secondary flight controls you will be using in small aircraft.
For European/UK pilot training course information, requirements, descriptions, listings, flight school reviews and more videos, go to http://www.profpilot.co.uk
Duration : 0:4:46
“Pilot Training Courses”
May 6, 2009
http://www.pilottraining.com MS Aviation’s Video Catalog for Private Pilots, Instrument Ratings, Commercial Pilots, Sport Pilots and courses on the Garmin 430, 530 and G1000.
Duration : 0:5:17
AOPA Runway Safety series Part 3
April 23, 2009
AOPA Runway Safety Series DVD … “AOPA Runway Safety” FAA Aviation “Aviation Safety” “Air Traffic Control” “Runway Incursions” “Aircraft Safety
Duration : 0:8:7
AOPA Runway Safety series part 1
April 19, 2009
AOPA Runway Safety series DVD
Duration : 0:5:46
