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IT'S ALL ABOUT ANGLE OF ATTACK

by Jack Boyd

Top 9 deadly mistakes pilots make with the nose of their airplane. 1. They pitch it up prematurely (prior to Vr) or too aggressively (> 7 degrees of pitch) causing the stall warning to sound or a tail strike to...

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Say your engine fails at 10000 ft above acres of Nebraska cornfields. It’s nighttime and two options come to mind. I can glide and use a soft-field landing technique on a cushion of cornstalks or deploy CAPS.

by Jack Boyd

Most of the 30000 or so Cirrus pilots have trained on non-Cirrus airplanes and were drilled to glide to a safe off-airport landing when an engine fails. This whole concept is thrown right out the window when the Cirrus Transition...

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Anatomy of a textbook CAPS deployment this week.

by Jack Boyd

One never knows how one will respond when given an impending engine failure. Some freeze and take no action while others panic and do the wrong things. Then there is the pilot who methodically follows his training to a successful...

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If there was one thing that a Cirrus pilot could do to GUARANTEE nearly 100-percent survival after your engine fails, would you do it?

by Jack Boyd

Yep, you guessed it, properly using CAPS.I have been personally told by the Cirrus Director of Flight Training and Chief Pilot that he recommends the use of CAPS if no RUNWAY is available. Gliding to a road or field is...

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Ever wonder if you have the necessary “exceptional skill and alertness” required to land in crosswinds greater than the maximum demonstrated value published in your Cirrus POH.

by Jack Boyd

An NTSB accident report found the PIC of an SR22 at fault for running off the side of a runway while landing in stiff crosswinds. The probable cause was “the pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing in a...

IT'S ALL ABOUT ANGLE OF ATTACK

Say your engine fails at 10000 ft above acres of Nebraska cornfields. It’s nighttime and two options come to mind. I can glide and use a soft-field landing technique on a cushion of cornstalks or deploy CAPS.

Anatomy of a textbook CAPS deployment this week.

If there was one thing that a Cirrus pilot could do to GUARANTEE nearly 100-percent survival after your engine fails, would you do it?

Ever wonder if you have the necessary “exceptional skill and alertness” required to land in crosswinds greater than the maximum demonstrated value published in your Cirrus POH.

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