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Unforgettable AOA

Sep 6, 2016
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Angle-of-attack display concept

While airplane upset prevention and recovery training (UPRT) continues to be implemented by airlines (ASW 7–8/16, p. 29) over the next few years, complementary strategies call for technologically enhanced applications of angle-of-attack (AOA) data and energy state alerting.

An example of an AOA indicator (Icon A5 Angle of Attack Safety System, and an example of an AOA indexer (Alpha Systems AOA Griffin, above) — each FAA-approved strictly for pilots’ supplemental reference and only in GA aircraft — have similarities to their standard counterparts in military jets and to their optional counterparts in large commercial jets and business jets. An example…

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