FAA And Aviation Groups Form Summer Flying Safety Campaign

Safety and flying are both words that everyone loves to hear together. There’s no such thing as being too safe when it comes to aviation. One of the major causes for aviation crashes is due to the loss of pilot control. It’s with this concern that the FAA and the Georgian aviation community has joined forces to coordinate a new effort called the “Fly Safe Campaign” for private pilots, starting this past week.

Aviation experts and the FAA cite the leading cause for a pilot to lose control of their aircraft is due to the plane suddenly moving outside the normal flight path and entering an engine stall or tailspin. This is every pilot’s worst nightmare, as these critical moments are so hard to correct, without over-correcting, especially for a pilot who has just gotten his license recently. There are a slew of reasons why an aircraft could enter into a tailspin or engine stall, and without years of regular flying experience, it can be happen to even the most careful pilots out there.

This is certainly a great step that the FAA and the Georgia community has taken towards educating and combatting these tragic occurences within the aviation industry. They recognize that while this is a major problem, it is a preventable one that can be fixed and reduce crashes overall. This isn’t just a PR stunt, either, as the FAA and Georgia’s top leading pilots have done their research on the various causes of accidents resulting from a loss of control or pilot errors, trying to identify any patterns or common mistakes.

Changing the Angle of Attack

The FAA will work together to post the findings of the pilots leading the cause in Georgia and post their reports on the official government website. To set things off, they have written their first guide on angle of attack indicators and how to effectively follow them.

This concept of angle of attack pertains to the degree in which the airplane’s wing intersects the air rushing around it. If your angle of attack goes off course, you may quickly find your plane uncontrollable and entering into a stall. A wing that stalls can’t create enough lift from the air below, so it cuts through it, straight down, like a rock. The key to combatting a stall is to avoid one altogether. The pilot needs to be aware of their angle of attack indicators and be able to correct it before they experience any loss of control. The FAA states that in Georgia, this scenario accounts for over one fourth of in-flight accidents.

So, it is with that in-mind that the FAA and the Georgia Aviation community would like to spread valuable aviation knowledge to pilots all over the country. There can be a lot of misinformation or inadequate teachings out there that don’t tell you what to look for in times of an emergency.

Another obstacle, pertaining to the angle of attack indicators, was that these tools were too expensive to have in all planes, but the FAA is also trying to remedy this problem by changing the requirements to allow for simpler designs and more choices. Many pilots will now be able to install these indicators and avoid being caught off guard by potential wing stalls. A great day for the aviation community.

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