Female Faculty in STEM Disciplines Take Flight as Part of Research Funded by NSF A dozen female faculty members from Rutgers University recently completed a two-day aviation workshop funded by the Rutgers Office for the Promotion of Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (SciWomen) and a National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant (award HRD-0810978) designed to [...]
Rich Stowell’s Books Now in Apple’s iBookstore
Rich Stowell recently announced that his books, Emergency Maneuver Training and Stall/Spin Awareness, are now available through Apple’s iBookstore. A long time subject matter expert on loss of control, Stowell produced the books as well as four DVD programs specifically to address spins, emergency maneuvers, and aerobatics. He was on the team that created last [...]
Stowell Earns Master Instructor Designation for 8th Time
Rich Stowell, now an eight-time Master and a member of IAC and SAFE, recently renewed his Master CFI-Aerobatic accreditation through Master Instructors LLC. Stowell is an aerobatic instructor specializing in emergency maneuver, spin, aerobatic, and tailwheel training at Santa Paula Airport (SZP) and Cascade Airport (U70). The 2006 National CFI of the Year, he is also a noted aviation [...]
Stowell to be Featured during 2012 Safety Standdown
Standdown will Debut during Sun-n-Fun The General Aviation Joint Steering Committee identified loss of control–inflight (LOC-I) as the number one cause of fatal general aviation accidents over the last decade. Consequently, this year’s FAASTeam Safety Standdown offers a multi-layered approach to help pilots reduce the risk of an inflight loss of control. The recently videotaped program is [...]
CP Aviation Named Santa Paula Business of the Year
Flight School also Celebrates 25 Years in Business NEWS—The Chamber of Commerce for the City of Santa Paula, CA recently named CP Aviation, Inc. its 2011 Business of the Year. Presented annually since 1983, CP Aviation is only the second airport business in Santa Paula to receive such recognition. The flight school will be honored [...]
Risk Assessment during Turnbacks Following an Engine Failure
Several pilots have been asking where they can get a copy of the Canadian Study of stall/spin accidents over a ten-year period where the risk of serious injury or death was assessed as eight times greater when attempting a low-altitude turnback to the runway following an engine failure. The study is now available from my website [...]
AOPA Live: “Aerodynamics: The Alpha Factor”
ASI’s Bruce Landsberg discusses “Aerodynamics: The Alpha Factor” with Rich Stowell as part of AOPA Live during AirVenture 2011 (25 minutes).
First Project using Nflightcam and iMovie
On Friday I experimented for the first time with a Contour HD camera by Nflightcam and Apple’s iMovie editing software. The test shots were hand held as I had not figured out the clamps needed or the best mounting points yet. The flight was EMT Module II, Lesson 1, full and half aileron rolls left [...]
Qref Syllabi, Checkride Checklists Now Free
Training Reform Symposium Continues to Yield Positive Results As founding members and an early provider of member benefits of the Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE), Qref recently announced its support for the goals of pilot training reform. Consequently, Qref is now offering PDF versions of its syllabi and acclaimed checkride checklists at no [...]
Video of Training Reform Symposium Now Online
Safety Panel Available, Others to Follow The Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) has announced that the first in a series of high-definition videos of its Pilot Training Reform Symposium is now available for online viewing. Produced by the symposium’s official media partner, Aero-News Network, the Safety Panel has successfully been uploaded. In time, the [...]