Advanced Flying Training

Our advanced training courses are given by expert instructors to a very high standard. If you are looking for instructors who teach to RAF methods and standards then Swords Aviation will not disappoint. Above all however our instructors are here to ensure that students are, first and foremost, safe and competent pilots.

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Unusual and Extreme Attitudes

Steep Turns and G stalls
Recoveries from unusual and extreme attitudes
Incipient Spins

Full Spin Recoveries

Incipient spins
Spin entries
Fully developed erect spins

High Level

Climb to 28,000 feet (Mk 5) or 25,000 ft (Mk 52)
Oxygen system management and high altitude engine handling
General handling and g-stalls
IAS / Mach number relationship
Appreciation of high altitude winds
Navigation techniques and difficulties associated with slant angle

Basic Aerobatics

Steep Turns and G stalls
Recoveries from unusual and extreme attitudes
Incipient spin recovery
Basic 5 aerobatic manoeuvres
- Loop
- Roll off the Top
- Barrel Roll
- Slow Roll
- Stall Turn

Advanced Aerobatics

Maximum Rate Turns
Descending Max Rate Turns at sustained g
Brush up of 'Basic 5' manoeuvres
Advanced manoeuvres
- Horizontal 8
- Cuban 8
- Vertical Rolls
- Noddy Stall Turns
- Reverse Stall Turn
- Hesitation Rolls
- Basic sequencing
- Run and Break Arrivals

Basic Formation Flying

Full briefing and discussion of the Formation Standard Operating Procedures
Stream Takeoffs
Initial joining up procedures
Echelon port and starboard
Line astern
Breaking and rejoining formation
Run and break formation arrivals
Stream Landings
Emergency procedures including the HEFOP code

Advanced Formation Flying

Formation takeoffs
Formation positions up to 60 degrees bank
Turning joins
Tailchasing

Tailchasing

Techniques of ‘lead’ and ‘lag’
Distance separation awareness
Altitude awareness
Aerobatics and energy management

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