Aerobatics Training

FLIGHT TRAINING

• Loop
• Aileron (ballistic) roll
• Barrel roll
• Slow (level) roll
• Stall turn
• Half roll off the top of a loop
• Half cuban eight (rolling on down line) or half loop up, half barrel roll down (quarter clover rolling downwards)

THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Technical Subjects
  – Legislation affecting aerobatic flying
  – Airframe and engine limitations (revision)
  – Stalling & spinning (principles of flight)
• Physical Limitations
  – Body stresses (‘G’ forces)
  – Disorientation
  – Airsickness
• Limitations Applicable to the Specific Aeroplane Type
  – Load factors
  – Airspeeds
  – Engine (including inverted flight limitations)
• Emergency Drills
  – Aircraft abandonment
• Aresti System
  – Notation for basic aerobatic manoeuvres