Training and Workforce
Flight Research Introes High-Mach Upset Training
The Mojave, Calif., company has added upset recognition and recovery training in a Northtop F-5 fighter jet.
Flight Research chose the Northrop F-5 for its HiPer URRT (upset recognition and recovery training) program. The company also has MiG 21s available, and is considering using them as well. Though it’s a Soviet-era fighter, there were tens of thousands of MiG 21s built, making them relatively easy to maintain.
Flight Research chose the Northrop F-5 for its HiPer URRT (upset recognition and recovery training) program. The company also has MiG 21s available, and is considering using them as well. Though it’s a Soviet-era fighter, there were tens of thousands of MiG 21s built, making them relatively easy to maintain.

Loss of control inflight (LOC-I) is one of the aviation industry’s prime safety targets. That has opened a potentially lucrative market for training providers, and Flight Research Inc. (FRI, Booth 752) recently announced one of the latest programs to address the issue. Based at Mojave, Calif., the company has been providing upset recognition and recovery training (URRT) since 1981, but its latest course directly addresses high-Mach, high-performance jet operations. The new program, HiPer (High Performance) URRT, includes academics and a dynamic flight in one of FRI’s Northrop F-5 jet fighters. The first class is set to meet next month.