In recent years the very term "airmanship" has almost left the vocabulary of pilots and safety organisations ❋ Unknown (2009)
Still to be answered is how seasoned pilots for a top airline, flying one of the industry's most advanced jets, violated such a fundamental rule of airmanship. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
Both accidents highlighted lapses in basic airmanship and poor manual flying skills, compounded by overreliance on automation. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
If the crew of Flight 447 had followed basic airmanship and kept the plane flying level until airspeed indications returned to normal, "it would have been a log entry, instead of a crash," Mr. Voss said Thursday in an interview. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
Disregarding a fundamental rule of airmanship that calls for lowering the nose of a plane to gain speed in the event of an aerodynamic stall, the 32-year-old co-pilot at the controls of Flight 447 continued to pull up the nose of the plane, despite extended stall warnings. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
The goal is to improve the knowledge and caliber of newly hired co-pilots, partly by giving extra flight-time credits to civilian job-seekers who graduate from four-year academic institutions or other advanced-training programs in which they study such things as aeronautics and airmanship. ❋ Andy Pasztor (2011)
SHAPIRO: The Kirk crew had long forgotten the name of this helicopter pilot, but they never forgot his stunning airmanship. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In airmanship class Mr. Rigby had taught them about how riggers “belayed,” which was Service-speak for sliding down a rope without breaking your neck. ❋ Mr. Scott Westerfeld (2010)
Pattie was simultaneously stunned and impressed: “It was not a show of flamboyance but a highly professional maneuver, executed with superb airmanship.” ❋ Barrett Tillman (2010)
Mostly it was airmanship: navigation, fuel consumption, weather predicting, and endless knots and command whistle tunes to learn. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)
In one airmanship lecture Mr. Rigby had filled a wineglass to the brim—even during hard turns not a drop had spilled over. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)
He was looking at airmanship, so he wanted to keep his best men. ❋ MR. SCOTT WESTERFELD (2009)
The ditching has been praised by investigators, industry officials and various federal officials as a dramatic example of outstanding decision-making by the crew, excellent airmanship and fast emergency evacuation. ❋ Unknown (2009)
