Fatal Accidents in General Aviation: "The Flight Decision" 1955 AOPA Pilot Training Film

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'Flight safety film for private general aviation pilots.'

Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_aviation

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General aviation (GA) represents the private transport and recreational flying component of aviation, as well as the manufacturing or building process of those aircraft...

General aviation is the name or term given to all civil aviation "aircraft operation other than a commercial air transport or an aerial work operation". They are flight activities not involving commercial air transportation of passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or hire, or an aerial work operation such as agriculture, construction, photography, surveying, observation and patrol, search and rescue, aerial advertisement, etc. It covers certain commercial and private flights that can be carried out under both visual flight (VFR) and instrument flight (IFR) rules, such as light and ultra-light aircraft, sport aircraft, business aircraft (like private jets), and helicopters. General aviation thus represents the 'private transport' component of aviation. It also includes activities surrounding aircraft homebuilding, flight training, flying clubs, and aerial application, as well as forms of charitable transportation, such as the work of various Angel Flight organizations that exist around the world.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) defines civil aviation aircraft operations in three categories: General Aviation (GA), Aerial Work (AW) and Commercial Air Transport (CAT). The International Council of Aircraft Owner and Pilot Associations (IAOPA) includes the following definitions for General Aviation aircraft activities:

Corporate Aviation: Company own-use flight operations

Fractional Ownership Operations: aircraft operated by a specialized company on behalf of two or more co-owners

Business Aviation (or Travel): self-flown for business purposes

Personal/Private Travel: travel for personal reasons/personal transport

Air Tourism: self-flown incoming/outgoing tourism

Recreational Flying: powered/powerless leisure flying activities

Air Sports: Aerobatics, Air Races, Competitions, Rallies etc.

The majority of the world's air traffic falls into the category of general aviation, and most of the world's airports serve GA exclusively...

General aviation is particularly popular in North America, with over 6,300 airports available for public use by pilots of general aviation aircraft (around 5,200 airports in the U.S., and over 1,000 in Canada). In comparison, scheduled flights operate from around 560 airports in the U.S. According to the U.S. Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), general aviation provides more than one percent of the United States' GDP, accounting for 1.3 million jobs in professional services and manufacturing...