This week Jason Paur of Wired had a very nice item about the next step in Icon's evolution. This is its certification as a "spin-resistant" aircraft, one built to minimize (though not absolutely ...

Russian researchers have continued performance analysis of the proposed UZGA TVRS-44 Ladoga twin-turboprop, with assessment of unusual attitudes. The aircraft is being developed as a response to short ...

In December 2000 a tower controller in southern Florida received a single radio transmission: “Mayday mayday mayday Pitts 260DB in an unrecoverable flat spin at 3,500 feet.” The airplane crashed in ...

Norwegian investigators are recommending greater emphasis on spin prevention and recovery for flight instructors, after a fatal accident involving a Diamond Aircraft DA42 NG during a pilot-training ...

In a U.S. Air Force “spin prevention” maneuver, all the steps of a spin entry were carried out up to the point where after one turn, the airplane seemingly paused before entering a fully developed ...

IMAGINE YOU'RE FLYING A LEFT-HAND APPROACH to the local airport. you're on the base leg, perpendicular to the runway, with its near end at your left front quarter as you bank into the left turn for ...

A small plane that crashed into a lake east of Edmonton in 2023, killing two men on board, had entered a spin at low altitude moments before impact, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has ruled ...