AOPA’S Air Safety Institute Releases ‘Meet the Extra 300’ — First In a New Beyond Proficient Video Series

The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) released its first video in a new Beyond Proficient video series that takes you into the cockpit of an Extra 300 aerobatic airplane.

“The videos demonstrate how upset recovery training with a qualified aerobatics flight instructor can help pilots better understand the dynamics of unusual attitudes and gain knowledge on how to safely recover,” said ASI Senior Vice President Richard McSpadden. “In addition, the series highlights how advanced and aerobatic maneuvers help pilots build confidence through heightened awareness of the airplane’s dynamics.”

The video series introduces recovery from accelerated stalls—including base-to-final skidded and slipped turns leading to stall/spin scenarios—nose pitched down stall recovery, and aerobatics such as aileron rolls, loops, Cuban eights, split-S maneuvers, and more.

View Meet the Extra 300 now.

Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.