21st Century Flight Training

E. Lane Sean

Description

Effective flight training in this advanced technological age calls for improved teaching methods. Sean Lane's 21st Century Flight Training discusses core concepts such as flight phases, task prioritization, proficiency segments for performance maneuvers, as well as visual situational awareness-all of which lead to improved training efficiency and intelligent aeronautical decision making.The book introduces new training models such as Integrated Sensory Flying (ISF): a concept that answers a long-awaited call for a visual flight instruction program similar to that of Basic Attitude Instruments (BAI). The new training models and teaching methods provide tools to help resolve the inherent conflict between technically advanced aircraft and an increasingly complex flight environment, and general aviation accident trends.21st Century Flight Training teaches all the primary flight training maneuvers from the perspective of an examiner with countless checkride insights, guiding readers from initial flight instructor lessons to conducting flight reviews on their own. Flight instructor candidates are led through the development of a complete set of lesson plans, learning how to teach maneuvers, navigate oral exams and practical tests, and on to operating as twenty-first century flight instructors.

Informations

• Publié par: Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781644251355
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

21st Century Flight Training by Sean E. Lane
Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. 7005 132nd Place SE Newcastle, WA 98059 [phone] Email: [e-mail] Internet: www.asa2fly.com
© 2009 21st Century Aviation, LLC; www.XXIAviation.com eBook edition published 2021 by Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book, the publisher and Sean E. Lane assume no responsibility for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.
None of the material in this book supersedes any operational documents or procedures issued by the Federal Aviation Administration, aircraft and avionics manufacturers, flight schools, or the operators of aircraft.
ASA-C21FT-EB ISBN 978-1-64425-135-5 Additional formats available: Softcover ISBN 978-1-56027-720-0 eBook PDF ISBN 978-1-64425-136-2
Cover photo courtesy Cirrus Design


dedicated to
Bob and Rose Filla
acknowledgments
With special thanks to:
Richard A. Skovgaard, Col., USAF (Ret.), for writing the foreword and for your experience and expert communication, friendship, support, and good nature. Thank you for the opportunities.
Of ASA Publishing: Michael Lorden for your vision and leadership; Jackie Spanitz for your tenacity, patience, and experience; James Bryant-Trerise for your tireless editorial work and for caring enough about the project to challenge key concepts; Anne Grande-Wickwire for project management; Anupa Patel for graphic illustration and Mandi Huffman, design and production. Thank you all.
Joseph E. Marsh, Sr., Bernard R. Marsh, Richard A. Skovgaard, and John M. Sturgeon, experts all, for first reading the manuscript and providing expert input and editorial refinement.
Bob and Rose Filla, and Floyd, for the first airplane ride, planting the bug, and instilling an ambition to last a lifetime.
Michael R. Mireles for your brotherhood and confidence. Robert “TJ” Scott for your dependability, the contracts, steadfast loyalty, and friendship. Bernard R. Marsh and Gray Wells Snipes for lasting camaraderie, alliance, guidance, and the humor to persevere. Bill Bair, Robert Buell, Michael A. Clark, Tom Clark, Michael Gleaton, Scott Green, Jay McKeever, Trevor Nissen, Brian North, and John M. Sturgeon for your enduring confidence and friendship.
Lety and Garrett for your intelligence, patience, and understanding.
Mark P. Lane, G. David Lane, and Kevin J. Lane for the most important role of watching over me.
All those at FlightSafety, International, for proficient flying; your insightful interpretation of the Federal Aviation Regulations and Practical Test Standards; strict adherence to discipline in the training environment; setting high standards and maintaining those standards; and for providing the challenges to achieve perfection. Thank you to all the professionals at FlightSafety Academy, Vero Beach, Florida, for retaining your integrity, ethics, and business principles toward fulfilling customer needs. Together you have achieved a superior combination offering the best in flight training anywhere.
Coffee Plantation - Biltmore Plaza, Scottsdale, AZ.; Gold Bar Espresso, Tempe, AZ.; Paradise Cafe, Scottsdale, AZ.; Caffe Italia, San Diego, CA.; and The New York Public Library, Manhattan, NY. for providing public spaces that foster and inspire creativity.
All my colleagues, instructors, students, and candidates, too many to name, who taught me everything I know. Thank you. My eternal gratitude goes to all those who contributed to my career as a mechanic and pilot, particularly those who trained me.
It is my hope this book will move GA flight training to the forefront of the twenty-first century, permitting all GA pilots to enjoy dramatic safety gains similar to those achieved by the airlines.
Sean E. Lane Superstition Mountain, Arizona April, 2008
foreword
The environment pilots operate in today is much more complex than in the past. The airspace and the rules for operating therein, traffic density, and cockpit technological advancements have added immeasurably to pilots’ workloads. Students receiving their initial training and pilots adding certificates or ratings must be trained to cope with these additional responsibilities, and that challenge clearly rests on the shoulders of their flight and ground instructors.
Having trained as an Air Force pilot, followed by three decades of military aviation and nearly two decades with one of the foremost civilian pilot training organizations, I’ve had the opportunity to observe many pilots, both in training and in operational flying. Although there are a few distinct differences in some aspects of military versus civilian flying, in both cases the better pilots seem to have similar strengths and are the products of high quality training, particularly that received in the earlier phases of their training.
It is clear that pilots who are particularly good at what they do are highly skilled in aircraft handling, are on top of what is happening with their airplane and are constantly aware of the changing environment in which they are operating. They understand the pertinent rules and procedures, and above all have a genuine love of flying. Which leads to the question, where do these qualities come from? The answer is they probably come from at least two different sources.
Good pilots are undoubtedly born with some of their qualities, or at least they are born with the ability to develop the skills important to flying an airplane. Hand–eye coordination, ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, adept at mental calculations, reasonably good memory, and possess the kind of adventuresome spirit that attracts them to flying airplanes. But what about the other source of abilities a pilot must possess, the source which happens to be one which we can influence? That source comes from the pilot’s flight and ground training, with the biggest factor being the quality of that training.
The key to quality pilot training is the student’s instructors — flight instructor and ground instructor. Instructors influence a student’s motivation, probably the most important aspect of the learning process. Instructors can organize lessons so they make sense and flow logically. To be most effective, instructors must have a clear understanding of how students learn — how different people require different keys to unlock their gates to understanding. Instructors must ensure that students play a major role in the teaching/learning process, in particular during pre- and postflight briefing phases of pilot training. This book shows how highly-accomplished professionals complete these tasks.
The most effective instructors are able to help their students visualize flight maneuvers, cockpit actions, and the general flow of training flights. A student who can clearly visualize what will take place on an upcoming lesson is able to mentally fly the lesson before the actual flight, which results in more productive lessons. That same visualization process can again be used following the training flight to review and reinforce what took place during the lesson. Students who practice this technique invariably are the ones who excel in their training and ultimately become the more capable pilots. Visualization is the most effective tool leading to proficiency and reduces training time and expense.
Over the past several years pilots, flying in visual conditions, have relied increasingly on the information displayed in their cockpits, paying less attention to what their senses are telling them. Technological advances make it possible to display more information in the cockpit, and extensive use of personal computers and flight training devices during early phases of pilot training have tended to detract from students’ use of the changing feel of their flight controls, air flow sounds, and outside visual attitude references. Recognizing this serious void the author has advanced the concept of Integrated Sensory Flying, answering the call of diminishing mishap reduction trends and increasing system challenges.
In his book 21st Century Flight Training the author has laid out in significant detail many of the most important aspects of effective pilot training. It provides one of the best roadmaps available for instructors and students pursuing expert airmanship.
Richard A. Skovgaard Colonel, USAF (Ret.) Former Inspector General, U.S. European Command Former Wing Commander, USAF Strategic Air Command, Western Pacific Former Director, FlightSafety Academy NATA Excellence in Pilot Training Award (2003)


chapter one
introduction
The twenty-first century aviation system is growing increasingly and irreversibly complex. Technological adaptations like GPS, radar, and glass cockpits that were once found only in the most advanced aviation sectors are now becoming increasingly commonplace in the general aviation (GA) arena. Airspace regulation and infrastructure modernization proliferate in many of the areas where GA pilots fly. Yet far from offering seamless functionality transparent to end-users, system enhancements present ever greater challenges to today’s aviators. Defined airspace increases workload and technically advanced, higher-performance aircraft demand new and greater skill proficiencies. Unfortunately, for GA pilots at the dawn of this new century, these changes are contributing to diminishing accident reduction trends.
High-tech infrastructure with collated monitoring, computerized hardware components, advanced software applications, and improved weather detection and prediction