Learning Resources
You can find excellent information about stalls, spins, and related phenomena, much of it free, from many authoritative sources on the Web. Here are some links to resources that we recommend for instructors, pilots, and students.- The Light Airplane Pilot's Guide to Stall/Spin Awareness by Rich Stowell
- Articles by Rich Stowell
- Training Articles at APS Emergency Maneuver Training
- Flightlab Ground School 10. Spins (PDF)
- Chapter 4, "Slow Flight, Stalls, and Spins," from the Airplane Flying Handbook
- Chapter 3, "Aerodynamics of Flight" from the Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
- AC 61-67C, Stall and Spin Awareness Training
- Stall/Spin Information (AOPA members)
- Not Flying Straight and Level (AOPA members)
- "Low Impact Aerobatics," on the AOPA Air Safety Foundation website
- Taming Stalls and Spins (Video from King Schools)
- Q&A about Stalls (Rod Machado)
- William K. Kershner's flight manuals
- Stall/Spin information at www.FAASafety.gov
- FAA Aviation News
- Spin Studies at NASA