Airline pilot training (ATP) previously focused on stall avoidance and recovery at the *first indication* of an impending stall, rather than practicing actual full stall recovery. This training ...

When we simulate flight in training devices, differences between the simulator and real flight are inevitable. While we complain about these differences when we’re flying “the box,” we also learn to ...

Current stall/spin training is often inadequate, focusing narrowly on recovery rather than developing pilot judgment, awareness of warning signs, and proficiency in avoiding inadvertent stalls/spins.

While investigations into the loss of Air France flight AF447 centred on the Airbus A330 crew's failure to exit a high-altitude stall, investigators have never attempted to determine the point at ...

In Part 2, we discussed Learjet’s research into improving the stall characteristics of its aircraft. Bombardier’s Clinton E. Tanner, senior technical advisor of flight sciences, points out that ...

An initial report from the investigation into what brought down Air France flight 447 shows that the plane stalled before rapidly plunging more than 30,000 feet into the ocean. Now, some industry ...

Stalls account for a high percentage of loss-of-control accidents, and therefore fatalities. Question: How do pilots correctly go through a stall procedure? -- submitted by reader Sandon, Arlington, ...

In May, a Republic of Korea Navy P-3CK maritime patrol aircraft crashed, resulting in the deaths of four service members. It has since been revealed that the Navy had not conducted stall recovery ...

The Obama administration announced new standards for commercial pilot training Tuesday, with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx calling it a “significant advancement for aviation safety and pilot ...

Says a stall may have played role in four fatal crashes New FAA rule is expected soon Voluntary reporting by pilots found stalls 28%25 of the time while cruising at high altitude WASHINGTON — A ...

Russian investigators have concluded that a lack of adequate training in handling the Tupolev Tu-154 at high altitudes and angles of attack led a Pulkovo Airlines crew to stall their aircraft and ...