Understanding The Angle-Of-Attack

Fred George September 30, 2020
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The FAA has been actively promoting angle-of-attack (AoA) indication systems as a means of reducing general aviation loss of control (LOC) accidents for several years. An analysis of nearly 2,500 general aviation accidents that occurred from 2001 to 2010, mostly in light aircraft, pointed to LOC as...
Fred George

Fred is a senior editor and chief pilot with Business & Commercial Aviation and Aviation Week's chief aircraft evaluation pilot. He has flown left seat in virtually every turbine-powered business jet produced in the past three decades.

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