“Primary Flight Instruction Before You Fly” covers flight line safety and pre-flight check that were applicable during training with the United States Navy in 1945. Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer plays a cadet pilot who is a “Private SNAFU” – constantly screwing up. Narrated by the instructor, Robert Taylor.
U.S. Navy Flight Training Film – “The Inverted Spin – Intermediate Acrobatics Part VII”. Points out the difference between an accidental spin and an inverted spin; and demonstrates the procedure of executing an inverted spin.
Navy Training film from 1945 on the first training flight. Part 2. Navy Training Film MN-3474e.
Navy Training film from 1945 on the first training flight. Part 1. Navy Training Film MN-3474d.
Turkish local Government sunk an Airbus #A300 on Saturday (4th July 2016) to create an artificial reef off the coast of Kusadasi that they hope will boost diving tourism to the region.
Small amount of video from #KoreanAir #Boeing 777-300 flight #KE2708 (Tokyo Haneda to Seoul). Fire No 1 and RTO. Sorry about the poor resolution.
Qantas has unveiled new uniforms for their pilots designed by France-based Australian Martin Grant. The single-breasted navy suit with gold trim around the sleeves gives a nautical nod to the first Qantas pilot uniforms from the 1930s. It’s the first new pilot uniform in 13 years.
This training video was originally manufactured by the United States Air Force. The crew of a C-141 Starlifter are confronted with a partially retracted landing gear after departure from a snow covered runway with a destination of New Zealand. The crew are required to confront and solve a range of problems – documented and otherwise. While not specifically mentioned, the crew implement a decision-making model to guide their decision making process.
The following Crew Resource Management (Human Factors) training video shows an overly enthusiastic first officer, Paul Keane, prepare for a flight. The captain quietly accepts Paul’s vehemence (with a restrained frustration) until he reacts in a way that might potentially alienate the FO from providing future input. Earlier intervention by the captain (affirming his command) in a pleasant manner – and in a way that wouldn’t have compromised their working relationship – might have prevented a future damaging confrontation.
This training video is a little dated (and rather poor quality), but it’s still a useful tool. We’ve made minor edits to the original video (with permission). The video takes a look at a single sector that’s littered with human factor and CRM discussion points.
What is groupthink? Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, in which the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome. Group members try to minimize conflict and reach a consensus decision without critical evaluation of alternative viewpoints, by actively suppressing dissenting viewpoints, and by isolating themselves from outside influences.
In quite a bizarre incident, two Russian Su-24 fighters buzzed the USS Donald Cook (on the 12th April 2016) in what is described as aggressive manoeuvres. The vessel was operating in the Baltic Sea (International waters) about 70 miles from Kaliningrad.
