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AvioConsult, an independent aircraft expert and consultant, offers:
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Teaching on
Airplane Control after Engine
Failure, because the
knowledge of controlling a multi-engine airplane after engine
failure, as taught at Aeronautical Universities and Experimental
Test Pilot Schools, is not passed on anymore to (airline) pilots since some 40 - 50 years ago, leading to a fatal accident almost
every month.
Please check the Recent activities
below, the
Downloads page for
papers and the
Accidents page for accident reports. |
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Advice and teaching
on airplane flying qualities, performance and (experimental)
flight-testing; |
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Expertise for
accident investigations and is available as expert witness; |
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Aircraft accident investigation report reviews, please check the
Downloads page and the
Accidents page for samples; |
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Writing manuals and checklists. |
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Refer to the
Services Page for more
details. |
Education and
experience are presented below.
Recent activities: the prevention of airplane accidents after engine failure.
Why do accidents after engine failure or while an engine is inoperative
continue to happen on big and small multi-engine airplanes nearly every
month?
Because flight manuals, student pilot textbooks and training manuals inappropriately
use paragraphs out of Aviation Regulations (Part 23 and 25) that are intended
to be used for the design, certification and flight-test of airplanes but
definitely not for their operational use. This
inappropriate use of Regulations results in deficient minimum control speed
definitions and engine emergency procedures for pilots and hence, in inappropriate
crew response to propulsion system malfunctions.
Want to read more about this? Please proceed to the
Downloads page and/ or
the Accidents page. Or play this amateur video,
but with highest level professional content,
from
YouTube:
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A 42 min. video
lecture,
in which the real value of the minimum control
speed airborne (VMCA) is explained
as taught at all formal Test Pilot Schools and
by most aeronautical universities. The included
video clips of two fatal accidents were
originally published by the NTSB and ATSB
(EMB-120ER).
Discussed are
VMCA and the flight-constraints that come with it, but that
are regrettably not published (anymore) in Airplane Flight Manuals and
pilot course books during the past
45 years. The real cause of the two accidents is explained.
The deficient definitions of VMC(A) in most Airplane Flight
Manuals are also reviewed.
Click here
to start the video.
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A pdf file with slides and script used in this video can be
downloaded
here.
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Graduated as
Flight Test Engineer at the USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force
Base, CA (class 1985A). Refer to the
links page. |
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Five years experience
as Chief Experimental Flight Test of the Royal Netherlands Air Force (LtCol
ret'd), responsible for experimental flight testing of all Air Force fixed
wing and helicopter types, evaluation of new aircraft and aircraft systems
and all operational aircraft manuals. |
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Over 15 years
of experience in performing and reporting on experimental flight tests with,
and qualitative evaluations of, aircraft on subjects: performance, flying
qualities, airborne systems, ergonomics of crew stations, airborne
system software, etc. |
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Contributed
to design meetings and reviews for procurement, modification and certification,
and to (experimental) flight testing of:
- Fixed wing
aircraft: KDC-10, C-130, F27, F50, F60, PC-7, Gulfstream IV, A330, NF-5
and F-16;
- Helicopters:
BO-105, AB-412, AS-532 Cougar, CH-47 Chinook, AH-64A Apache and Alouette
III;
- Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle: Sperwer.
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Participated
in start-up of EADS-CASA A330 tanker program. |
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Also experienced
with light, very light and ultra light airplanes and gliders. |
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Developed aircrew
checklists and other flight operations related documentation. |
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Evaluated flight
operations support software. |
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Participated
in NATO Avionics and Navigation Systems Working Groups. |
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Performed Quality
Management System auditing (ISO 9001:2000) as both auditor and lead auditor
(qualified by DNV). |
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Reviewed aircraft
accident investigation reports of accidents with C-130 Hercules, Saab SF-340,
Nomad, Boeing 737 and 747, Piper PA 44-180, Beech C90, BN-2, Cessna 404,
MU-2B, DC-10, EMB-120, etc., and wrote (supplemental) reports (please refer to the
Accidents page). |
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Provided aircraft
expertise as expert witness in law suits in USA and NL. |
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Received flight
test training and flight test experience during the USAF TPS course
(1985) in: T-38A,
C-130H, F-5F, RF-4C, YF-4E, NC-131H, UH-1H, CH-136A, KC-135, Learjet, A-37B,
P-3C, NC-141A, T-34C, DHC-2, DHC-6, Boeing 707, Boeing 737, KC-10A, T-39,
T-43, S-3 and in simulators B-747, B-767, B-727, A-10. |
Private flying experience:
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Private Pilot License (EU and US) and flying
experience in: C-150, C-172, PA-18-135, T-67M, DV20, P92, Rallye 150T, SF28. |
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Glider and Powered
Glider Pilot, instructor and examiner in many
different types. |
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