Ex 15. Unusual and dangerous attitudes/conditions

Aim: To recognise potentially dangerous conditions of flight, and to recover safely from unusual attitudes.

• From inadvertent mishandling of controls at high speeds
• From inadvertent mishandling of controls in stall recovery in various configurations
• From inadvertent mishandling of controls in a steep turn
• From inadvertent mishandling controls following hitting own wake turbulence in a 360^o steep turn at 45^o to 60^o bank angles

Standard required at end of phase 4

Ability to control aircraft safely in steeper than normal angles of bank, with correctly coordinated roll, pitch, and power, also ability to avoid the spiral dive and wake turbulence. Ability to use sideslipping usefully and safely. Also, a very high degree of understanding the reasons why, and of ability to recognise the onset of dangerous attitudes, together with instinctive and immediate prevention of the aircraft from continuing into potentially dangerous conditions of flight.