As a Lear 45 Pilot, Derek flies currently for a Fortune 500 Company and has in excess of 9,000 flight hours. He recently received his Jet Upset Recovery Training at Aviation Performance Solutions via the Bombardier Leading Edge Program. (more)

Corporate Learjet Pilot Evaluates APS Upset Recovery Program

James Tait, a British Airways Professional Pilot in Training, recently received his Professional Pilot Upset Recovery Training at Aviation Performance Solutions (APS). James received his training opportunity through the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. (more)

CAE Oxford Aviation Cadet Reviews APS Upset Recovery Course

I firmly believe that this training will save the life of any aviator that should find themselves in an unanticipated flight condition. The emphasis on identification and avoidance alone was worth the training and the final closure I needed. (more)

Army Review of Enhanced Emergency Maneuver Training at APS

Captain Mike Weipert with the US Army leaves a video testimonial on his upset recovery training experience at APS in Arizona USA. Mike flies an RC-12, the military version of the King Air 350. He discusses a recent experience and also how preventing the development of an upset or stall is critical to remaining safe during operational flying ... (more)

US Army RC-12 Upset Recovery Video

Greg Lyons is a 1200-hour flight instructor at the CAE Oxford Aviation Academy in Mesa, Arizona. CAE puts safety first and has invested in the industry's best loss of control in-flight mitigation training to enhance air safety. (more)

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Upset Recovery Training

Professional training dedicated to helping pilots acquire the skills necessary to cope with an unexpected upset is essential. Having flown with APS Emergency Maneuver Training it is clear their training meets the need. By blending academic, simulation, and on-aircraft flight training into an effective syllabus, I think they have one of the best, if not the best, programs for upset recovery training in the world... (more)

Executive Air Safety Chairman, ALPA (2001-04)

Sandy Bayne is the Chief Standards Pilot for South African Airways. As a 30-year A340 Captain, he has accumulated over 15,000 flight hours. He comments on the APS Jet Upset Simulator Instructor: Train-the-Trainer Program. (more)

Airline Chief Standards Pilot on APS Upset Instructor Course

After a few days to distill the training, I can now appreciate even more the benefits of your approach. First off, the training itself is first rate; the quality and knowledge of your instructors, the balanced mix of academics, pre and post briefings, the design and evolution of the sorties, et al. I honestly cannot think of a single area to improve... (more)

Boeing 737 Check Airman on Upset Recovery

Butch flies several different Cessna aircraft including Cessna 421, Cessna 310 and Cessna 182 and discusses a few shocking aspects of aviation addressed in his upset training. (more)

Private Pilot's Evaluation of APS Upset Recovery Training

Rob McDicken, a Corporate Pilot with approximately 11,000 flight hours, currently flies a Citation 560 in Canada. Please listen to the very valuable comments about his personal training experience that he encountered at the APS Arizona facility. (more)

APS Upset Recovery Training for Corporate Pilots in Canada

The course is well constructed and very professionally taught. I made a substantial improvement in my airmanship skills, aeronautical understanding, and overall confidence level, all of which certainly will be of use in my everyday flying. (more)

Cessna 172: Light GA Private Pilot (Upset Recovery)

John Wallace, a former US Airways pilot with more than 12,000 flight hours, is now flying a Global 6000 for Jet Aviation Flight Services. He comments on his Integrated Full Solution: Professional Jet Upset Training at APS in Arizona. (more)

Global Pilot Evaluates APS Bombardier Leading Edge Program

George Munson, a 2,000-hour U.S. Army National Guard pilot, evaluates his on-aircraft Professional Pilot Upset Recover Training. As a highly experienced aviator, he has participated in several seemingly-similar training courses. (more)

National Guard Evaluation of APS Upset Recovery Training

Dr. Albert Gusenbauer came all the way down from Canada to develop his flight skills in stall/spin, upset prevention & recovery training and to spend a few extra days to take advantage of some customized aerobatic instruction. As a relatively new 250-Hour pilot, Albert clearly communicates the value of the APS training strategies and methods to pilots of all skill levels. It was a great pleasure having Dr. Gusenbauer join our team for an entire week in April 2011. Here are a few of his comments ... (more)

Diamond DA-40 Stall/Spin Awareness

In addition to being an A340 instructor and airline pilot, Bradley Bennetts has significant all attitude environment experience as an Aerobatic Pilot in his own Extra 300L aircraft. He has valuable insights on the jet upset program. (more)

Airbus Instructor Pilot Assesses APS Train-the-Trainer Course

APS Texas Upset Recovery Training for Corporate Pilots

Hans Barbachano came to APS Arizona in order to receive the APS A-4 Skyhawk Jet Upset Prevention & Recovery Training. Hans is a Embraer Phenom 100 Private Owner Pilot. (more)

Hans Barbachano

APS was honored to provide upset prevention and upset recovery training to Dane Dougherty of the US Army Air National Guard. Dane is a 5,000 hour pilot, CFII and King Air (C-12) crew member. (more)

Army National Guard Upset Recovery Training: US Army

Guy Stovall, a 100-Hour Private Pilot from Houston, chose Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) as his on-aircraft Upset Recovery Training provider. Guy says he was searching for that "... something missing ...". (more)

100-Hour Private Pilot Evaluates APS Upset Recovery Training

APS Europe 2013 Upset Recovery Evaluation by Bombardier

Video - European Upset Recovery for Bombardier and Learjet

Johann Du Plessis is a senior Captain with South African Airways flying the Airbus A330/340. Captain Du Plessis has accumulated more than 20,000 flight hours as a military pilot, airline pilot and Designated Flight Examiner. (more)

Senior Airline Captain Evaluates Jet Upset Instructor Course

Johnny Woods is the Chief Pilot for South African Airways. In his 40 years as a professional airline pilot, Johnny accumulated 18,900 flight hours and has flown virtually all Boeing and Airbus airliners. (more)

Airline Chief Pilot Evaluates APS Jet Upset Instructor Program

This course will no doubt save lives to those who are able to receive the training. I have been flying for 20 years, mostly being from an airline background, and I felt very comfortable and confident in my skills and abilities. Please read my post-training letter to APS. (more)

King Air 350 Pilot Evaluates APS Upset Recovery Training

Travis Kuntz is a 5,000-hour Corporate Pilot and presently a Captain on the Falcon 20 & Lear 45. He completed, and comments on, his Integrated Full Solution: Professional Jet Pilot Upset Prevention and Recovery Training at APS Arizona. (more)

Corporate Jet Pilot Evaluates APS Upset Recovery Training

Cory Rudd is an experienced U.S. Army aviator who has flown many different rotary and fixed wing aircraft. Presently flying the de Havilland Dash-7 in Korea, he comments on his upset prevention and recovery training with APS. (more)

Dash-7 Pilot on APS Enhanced Emergency Maneuver Training

Joe Moske, a former airline pilot, now flying the Challenger 300 for FedEx Corporate Aviation, completed his Integrated Jet Pilot Upset Prevention & Recovery Training and comments on the training value to jet pilots. (more)

Corporate Pilot on Leading Edge Jet Upset Training at APS

Kirk Eide, a Lear 45 Corporate Pilot with more than 8,000 flight hours, participated in APS Upset Recovery Training. Kirk expressed how disappointed he was initially as he, unfortunately, exceeded the passenger limitations to fly in the Extra 300L. (more)

Tailored APS Upset Recovery Training - It Fits!

Shawn is a Learjet / Global corporate pilot for a Memphis-based Fortune 500 company. Through his Bombardier Leading Edge entitlement, he evaluated APS. (more)

Fortune 500 Upset Recovery Training: Learjet

Listen as Derreck evaluates the program from the aspect of his broad background in military, commercial airlines, and corporate aircraft. (more)

Learjet Bombardier Upset Recovery Training by APS

Scott Kinney, a U. S. Army C-12 Pilot and 16-year professional pilot mostly flying under IMC , he illustrates some very important lessons learned. (more)

Evaluation of APS Upset Recovery Training by U.S. Army Pilot

As a FedEx corporate pilot and with more than 8,000 flight hours, Sam has some very interesting comments to make concerning his training at APS. (more)

APS Upset Recovery Training for FedEx Corporate Pilot

With 10,000 Hours of flight time and 8 type ratings, currently flying the Global and Learjet, Shawn participated in the APS Jet Upset Recovery Training course in Arizona. (more)

Global Upset Prevention and Recovery Training

This is by far the most in-depth and professional training I have encountered ... if every pilot had this training the accident rates would go down tremendously. (more)

APS Aircraft Upset Prevention and Recovery Training Review

I have many years, and hours in aviation, and I think this might well be the best training that I have ever taken. Your Facilities, Instructors and Support Staff are outstanding! (more)

APS Enhanced Emergency Maneuver Training Program Evaluation

Julio Garcia, a 5900-hour Corporate Pilot and Instructor for TAG Aviation-Spain on the Challenger 300 ... listen to the comments about APS Europe. (more)

Corporate Jet Pilot Reviews APS Europe Upset Recovery Course

Ken Strilesky, a professional pilot for 40 years with more than 20,000 hours, evaluates comments on his APS Jet Upset Recovery Training in Dallas, Texas. (more)

Corporate Pilot Evaluates APS Texas Upset Recovery Training

A regulation has been created, 14 CFR 61.156, required before the ATP knowledge test, a pilot must complete a training course that upset training in a Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD). (more)

What is Important in Airline Transport Pilot Training?

As a pre-requisite for his APS A-4 Jet Upset program, Hans participated in the Integrated Full Solution Jet Upset Training Program at APS Texas. (more)

Private Phenom 100 Pilot Reviews APS Upset Recovery Training

Every debrief was a total crew debrief with lessons learned from both the front and back seat. This approach is invaluable to cultivating a safe crew environment. (more)

6,000+ hour King Air Pilot on Upset Training at APS Texas

Matthew Martinez, a former Airline Pilot now flying a Learjet with over 5000 hours, provides an analysis of his APS Texas upset training. (more)

Learjet Corporate Pilot on APS Texas Upset Recovery Training

Michele McVenes is a King Air 350 Pilot with 5,500 hours of total flight time. After finishing her on-aircraft Upset Recovery Training commented on the program. (more)

ATP Pilot Evaluates APS Texas Upset Recovery Training

This is a first class program. I was very impressed with everyone on the team. The instructors were phenomenal and their knowledge is unmatched. I was extremely impressed and I learned a lot of life saving skills. I highly recommend APS to all professional and recreational pilots. (more)

Cessna Company Test Pilot on APS Upset Recovery Training

As a new pilot, managing psychological responses are critical to safe piloting. The techniques, knowledge and skills taught by APS Europe gave me a better understanding and improved my ability to handle the unexpected. (more)

Upset Prevention & Recovery Training for Student Pilots

We noticed the stall trend line higher than usual and I checked the speed brakes stowed to make sure that wasn't causing the problem. About 1000' AGL we began to get bumped around a bit. My hands were on the yoke (autopilot still engaged). (more)

Real Life Save Due to APS Upset Training

Justin Charbon is een student aan CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. Om de veiligheid van haar studenten, docenten en de vliegschool in zijn algemeenheid te verbeteren, heeft CAE geïnvesteerd in hoogwaardige loss of control in-flight (LOC-I) training. (more)

CAE Oxford Upset Recovery Training (in Dutch)

Brett, a 14,000-hour Corporate Jet Pilot flying the Global Express 6000 for Jet Aviation Flight Services, recently received his Jet Upset Prevention and Recovery Training at the Aviation Performance Solutions (APS) facility in Phoenix, Arizona. (more)

Global Express Pilot Reviews APS Jet Upset Recovery Training

A Global pilot from Russia relays his observations and lessons learned from his experiences during jet upset recovery training at Aviation Performance Solutions. (more)

Global Pilot from Russia on Upset Recovery Training

Bob Davis, a corporate G550 pilot, participated in the APS Professional Pilot Upset Recovery Training on-aircraft program and communicated his assessment on video. (more)

Gulfstream G550 Upset Recovery Training

Josh Smith, a Gulfstream 550/450 pilot with a large corporate flight department assesses the APS Integrated Jet Upset Prevention and Recovery Training program. (more)

Gulfstream 550/450 Pilot Assesses APS Jet Upset Training