Of opportunity lost.
Or; the great waste. Only my opinion - but, perhaps more than any of the recently published ATSB accident reports this particular item - HERE - highlights the loss of an invaluable resource; the 'Crash Comic'.
"These Loss Of Control -Inflight (LOC-I) accidents occur, and continue to occur because of a general misunderstanding that is pervasive throughout the industry: that is that stall occurs because the pilot flew too slow. WRONG. This thought process has, does, and will continue to kill pilots if it is allowed to continue. An aircraft does not stall because it flies too slowly. It stalls only because it exceeded the critical Angle of Attack. Most pilots as some level do know this, but it’s the lack of understanding about how AoA and speed relate to each other; how to use airspeed EFFECTIVELY as stall protection."
Loss Of Control (LOC1) should be, along with flight into IMC topics, examined in detail, put into a narrative form and published regularly. Your old mate Google will, if asked properly provide dozens of weighty tomes; all academically correct; it will provide all manner of 'risk assessment matrix and proforma which can 'quantify' a risk level. All mind bending boring, if essential. The 'Crash Comic' on the other hand provided many examples - the time honoured "I learnt about Flying" series which distilled a pilot's adventure into 'brass tacks' common sense understanding of where, when and how it all turned to worms. Invaluable short narratives which 'stuck' and, I believe prevented many a potential accident. The report (above) from the ATSB fails, dismally, to provide anything in the way of prevention, reoccurrence or increased awareness; so why bother spending time and money providing it, if it serves no purpose? Apart from the obvious..
Our Ag pilots and fire bombers and the folk who train 'em could provide a page or two of valuable insight; probably be happy to do so in the interests of general education. There is a vast storehouse of knowledge available to those who seek it; from dry scientific theory to yarns told over a beer. The thing missing - nowhere to publish them. Perhaps its time ATSB got serious about getting knowledge and a safety message out into industry in a format that delivers the message.
Back in the day, every flight office and flying school had a library of the 'Crash Comic' all dog eared from constant use; the articles discussed when the weather was liquid and lousy; read by itinerant juniors (and seniors) on charter wait time. The articles served a useful purpose; I can't imagine the Kickatinalong flying school leaving a copy of the latest ATSB report on the coffee table - can you?
Toot - toot.
Or; the great waste. Only my opinion - but, perhaps more than any of the recently published ATSB accident reports this particular item - HERE - highlights the loss of an invaluable resource; the 'Crash Comic'.
"These Loss Of Control -Inflight (LOC-I) accidents occur, and continue to occur because of a general misunderstanding that is pervasive throughout the industry: that is that stall occurs because the pilot flew too slow. WRONG. This thought process has, does, and will continue to kill pilots if it is allowed to continue. An aircraft does not stall because it flies too slowly. It stalls only because it exceeded the critical Angle of Attack. Most pilots as some level do know this, but it’s the lack of understanding about how AoA and speed relate to each other; how to use airspeed EFFECTIVELY as stall protection."
Loss Of Control (LOC1) should be, along with flight into IMC topics, examined in detail, put into a narrative form and published regularly. Your old mate Google will, if asked properly provide dozens of weighty tomes; all academically correct; it will provide all manner of 'risk assessment matrix and proforma which can 'quantify' a risk level. All mind bending boring, if essential. The 'Crash Comic' on the other hand provided many examples - the time honoured "I learnt about Flying" series which distilled a pilot's adventure into 'brass tacks' common sense understanding of where, when and how it all turned to worms. Invaluable short narratives which 'stuck' and, I believe prevented many a potential accident. The report (above) from the ATSB fails, dismally, to provide anything in the way of prevention, reoccurrence or increased awareness; so why bother spending time and money providing it, if it serves no purpose? Apart from the obvious..
Our Ag pilots and fire bombers and the folk who train 'em could provide a page or two of valuable insight; probably be happy to do so in the interests of general education. There is a vast storehouse of knowledge available to those who seek it; from dry scientific theory to yarns told over a beer. The thing missing - nowhere to publish them. Perhaps its time ATSB got serious about getting knowledge and a safety message out into industry in a format that delivers the message.
Back in the day, every flight office and flying school had a library of the 'Crash Comic' all dog eared from constant use; the articles discussed when the weather was liquid and lousy; read by itinerant juniors (and seniors) on charter wait time. The articles served a useful purpose; I can't imagine the Kickatinalong flying school leaving a copy of the latest ATSB report on the coffee table - can you?
Toot - toot.