Most aircraft stalls during takeoff are preventable and often result from poor pilot decision-making, inadequate pre-flight planning (e.g., weight, performance, density altitude), or improper aircraft ...
Pilots sometimes need to operate at slow speeds—during tight turns and landings, for instance—and good low-speed handling is ...
With loss of control still the primary cause of aircraft fatalities, the FAA last year released the new Airmen Certification Standards, some aspects of it controversial, to replace the practical test ...