General Aviation Flight Safety

1. Evolution/History: now&then

2. (Modern) applications

2.1. Cirrus (vision)

2.1.1. Ballistic Recovery System/CAPS/Parachute

2.1.2. Automatic emergency landing system

3. Non-fixed wing aircraft fl. safety: Heli, gyrocopter...

4. Aircraft Maintenance

5. Pilot behavior

5.1. Assertiveness

5.2. Communication

5.3. Task Saturation

5.4. Pressure to arrive at destination

6. Hazard statistics

7. External dangers

7.1. Bird defense

7.2. Precautionary weather systems

7.3. FOD prevention,...

8. Emergency equipment

8.1. Emergency Location Transmitter

9. Safety procedures

9.1. Official weather briefings