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Rich Stowell

Rich Stowell is a recognized subject matter expert in loss of control in light airplanes, the 2014 National FAA Safety Team Rep of the Year, and the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year.

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Optimising Student Pilot Development with the Ecological Dynamics Model

The ecological dynamics model (EDM) highlights how scenario-based training can advance pilots from rote learning to a correlation-level of understanding.

Stories

Learn-Do-Fly

Learning to fly has been treated as if it’s different from learning to do other things. But like many sports, flying involves a complex set of physical and mental skills.

Blog Flight training Featured 5 minute read · Dec 11

Knuckleballers

This blog targets flight instructors. It also targets VFR pilots with fewer than 500 hours. Why instructors? Read on Knuckleballer!

Featured Learning to Aviate 5 minute read · Oct 24

Spin Recovery Procedure

I discussed spin recovery with ChatGPT, and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. It went like conversations I’ve had with real pilots over the years.

Blog Flight training Featured 4 minute read · Sep 11

Rich Stowell

Rich Stowell is a recognized subject matter expert in loss of control in light airplanes, the 2014 National FAA Safety Team Rep of the Year, and the 2006 National Flight Instructor of the Year.