Eagle East Aviation, the Lawrence Airport Educational Foundation, and the Boston FSDO recently sponsored a weekend-long emergency maneuver training clinic at Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM). Spin expert, author, and Master Flight Instructor Rich Stowell conducted an evening safety seminar and provided several days of hands-on training in his trademark emergency maneuver techniques.

More than (85) people attended the free seminar on Emergency Maneuver Training and the PARE® Spin Recovery Checklist. Pilots also traveled to LWM from New York, Maine, New Hampshire, and around Massachusetts for an opportunity to train with Stowell. In spite of some lingering low clouds, the clinic put up the following numbers: (19) training sorties in (7) different airplanes; more than (150) assorted stalls; (40) spin entries/recoveries; (5) flight reviews given. All this without a single Sic-Sac deployment!

According to Eagle East co-owner Tim Campbell, "We're always looking for new ways to showcase our airport and promote aviation safety. The feedback from this clinic has been very positive, and we hope to do this again next year."

Ed Higgins, who pilots a Beech Sport when he's not on duty as the Chief of the Lynn, MA Fire Department, commented: "I go to a lot of safety seminars, and this was by far the best one I've ever attended. As for the hands-on training, it was a great thrill to be able to experience in reality the concepts we had learned in the seminar. Stowell is a great instructor with the ability to put the student at ease and to communicate his knowledge in a way that is easily understood. After one hour with Stowell, I feel I'm already a better pilot. I can't wait to have him return so I can take my next lesson."

FMI: www.eagle-east.com, http://www.richstowell.com