Stallion 51 Corporation provides Unusual Attitude Training
for pilots flying an airplane in flight regimes that they do not normally experience
in their routine day-to-day flying.
All pilots receive practice during their early training in returning an airplane
to level flight from what is termed an "unusual attitude". One shortcoming
of this training is that it is normally done in a small low-performance aircraft
with power and bank-angle limitations. Although this training addresses recovery
from an "unexpected attitude", it generally does not address extreme
pitch and roll excursions and thus does not prepare flight crews for flying in
today's high performance environment. The advent of automated flight control systems
and the mixing of many types and sizes of airplanes in the traffic pattern of
many airports has increased the potential for the aircraft to be "upset"
from level flight resulting in loss of control if the upset is not corrected immediately.
The NTSB has recommended for many years that air carrier and commercial operators,
"provide their flight crews with training in the recognition of and recovery
from unusual attitudes and aircraft upsets, including upsets that occur while
the aircraft is being controlled by automatic flight control systems, and unusual
attitudes that result from flight control malfunctions and uncommanded flight
control surface movements"
This is the basis for Stallion 51 Corporation's Unusual Attitude
Training Program. The TF-51 has control pressures much like corporate and commercial
airplanes and can be flown without pitch or bank restriction to replicate any
aircraft's possible flight envelope.
Several major flight corporations are utilizing the Unusual Attitude Program
as additional training and upgrades for their flight departments.