AEROBATICS

TURN YOUR PILOT SKILLS UPSIDE DOWN WITH AEROBATICS

Red aerobatic airplane flying over green farmland with a river in the background.

Expand your horizons, improve your skills and confidence, and learn how to fly in any attitude. Basic aerobatic maneuvers taught include: spins, loops, rolls, hammerheads, immelmans, and cuban eights.

For advanced instruction, including competition aerobatics, we recommend training in the Bellanca Decathlon we have available at Reid-Hillview.

Time: 10 hrs dual minimum required by AeroDynamic Aviation, plus final check with Chief Instructor before solo.

See it in action
Red and white aerobatic aircraft flying upside down over a rural landscape.
Small red and white airplane flying over a river valley with farmland and mountains in the background.

UPSET RECOVERY AND SPIN TRAINING

PREPARE FOR THE UNEXPECTED WITH FLIGHT TRAINING

We will fly a fully aerobatic Citabria, tailwheel, tandem seating, stick control aircraft. Your training will include ground instruction on the maneuvers we will perform, safety procedures, recognition and avoidance of upsets, stalls and spins. We will perform stalls, spins and recovery from accidental upsets and unusual attitudes that could be caused by, for example, wake turbulence.

Learn what it takes to FLY AEROBATICS AND MASTER UPSET RECOVERY

  • The ground portion of the training will include a classroom discussion of topics including:
    – Forces of Flight
    – Aerodynamics
    – Angle of Attack
    – How a wing stalls
    – Adverse yaw
    – Wing Loading
    – Stall entry and recovery
    – Spin entry and recovery
    – Aircraft limitations and performance
    – AC 61-67C (link below)

    The flight portion will include an introduction to the airplane and practicing specific maneuvers including:
    – Coordination exercises
    – Slow flight
    – Power-off stall recognition and recovery
    – Power-on stall recognition and recovery
    – Improper stall recovery, secondary stalls, slipping and skidding stalls.
    – Incipient spin entries and recoveries
    – Developed spins and P-A-R-E techniques
    – Unusual attitude recoveries

  • Cost: Approximately $2000-$2500

    Introductory Aerobatic Flight available on Flight Deals.

  • For years, CFI applicants in the Bay Area having been coming to Aerodynamic Aviation for their spin training endorsement. Our instructors are highly skilled in teaching you spin & upset recovery and transferring that knowledge to make you comfortable in recovering from stall/spins. The course and cost are similar to the Upset/Unusual Attitude & Spin Training, but with an emphasis on how to effectively teach your students stall/spin awareness and how to recover from anything a student might surprise you with.

A red airplane flying in a blue sky with white clouds, leaving a contrail behind.