Revision 3 to Airplane Upset
Prevention and Recovery training Aid
Henry Defalque
TO/PEL
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(Johannesburg, 19 October2017)
Outline
• Development process
• Outcome
• Main new features
• Access & Demonstration
• Update to Doc 10011 - Manual on Aeroplane
Upset Prevention and Recovery Training
• On-going UPRT workshops
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Development process
• Why:
Revision 2 is arduous to use (440 pages) and not read by line pilots
In 2012, LOSS OF CONTROL AVOIDANCE AND RECOVERY TRAINING meetings:
Regulators, OEMs, SMEs > 100 participants – 6 meetings
OEM break-out new harmonized recovery techniques + need to amend the
Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid (updates/
• How:
Meetings of OEM test pilots and ICAO to develop the revision and test scenarios
Fully supported by the OEMs
• Timeline:
May 2014: first meeting
Published on-line February 2017
Apps available for iPad and other mobiles since September 2017
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Outcome
• Available on-line at:
https://www.icao.int/safety/LOCI/Pages/default.aspx
• The version for laptop/desktop is for interactive use and not for
download
• A version for download to mobiles (iPad…) is available:
Tablets and Smartphones: “I am pleased to inform you that this application
“AUPRTA” is now available on iTunes and APPLE STORE for IOS devices, and on
Google Play and Play Store for Android devices.”
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iTunes application
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Main new features
• Expansion/change of scope:
includes turbo-propeller aeroplanes
Emphasizes prevention of upsets over recovery
Immediate intervention to correct any divergence from desired
flight path
New definition of upset to prevent misuse in training: An airplane
upset is an undesired airplane state characterized by unintentional divergences
from parameters normally experienced during operations.
Use of many videos/pictures to illustrate described concepts
Harmonized recovery techniques: nose high & nose low conditions
Updated FSTD training scenarios – new: demo of rudder use
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Access & Demonstration
• Access: https://www.icao.int/safety/LOCI/Pages/default.aspx
• Demonstration of use
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Update to Doc 10011
• Consequential to Amendment 5 to PANS-TRG: definitions, text where
CBT is used and revised appendix on competency-based UPRT
• Consequential to Revision 3 to the AUPRTA: definitions, reference to
AUPRTA paragraphs, updated training scenarios, alignment of
recovery techniques
• An adapted competency model can be developed based on the ICAO
Competency framework for aeroplane pilots – replacing the example of
core competencies in current Doc 10011
• Update to other references: FAA AC, etc.
• Editorial improvements
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On-going UPRT Workshops
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Thank You
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