The OU School of Aviation has a rich tradition of excellence and operational safety. Such a legacy did not just happen suddenly but is a result of the dedication of hundreds of individuals of the past and present who have committed themselves to carry out tasks and flying missions the right way – following regulations within our SOPs. As operators and maintainers, we will incorporate Operational Risk Management (ORM) principles in our daily operations so that risk is continually assessed and most importantly – undue risk is mitigated. Read the entire Safety Policy letter. (pdf)
February 2025 - Introduction to Human Factors and Safety Culture - By FAA Safety Briefing
January 2025 - How to Talk Like a Pilot - By Jennifer Caron, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
November 2024 - Striving for a Safer Surface - By Nicole Hartman, FAA Safety Briefing magazine
September 2024 - Ground is Good - By William Dubois
August 2024 Beyond Rote Learning - A Principles-based Approach to Flight Training - By Rich Stowell
July 2024 Working With ATC - By LeRoy Cook
June 2024 Of Sound Mind and Body - By Larry Fields, FAA Flight Standards Service Executive Director
May 2024 A Macro Lens on Weather - By Tom Hoffmann, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
March 2024 What is a Briefing? - By James Williams, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
December 2023 CFIT and Normalization of Deviation Bias - By FAA Safety Briefing
November 2023 Surviving the Season, Best Practices for Winter Weather Readiness - By Nicole Hartman, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
October 2023 IS THAT MY RUNWAY? - By Tom Hoffmann, FAA Safety Briefing
September 2023 PilotSpeak - A Beginner’s Guide to the Aviation Lexicon. - By Susan K. Parson, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
August 2023 The Art of Airplane Introductions. How to Make a Good First Impression with a Proper Preflight Inspection - By FAA Safety Briefing
July 2023 Did I Do Something Wrong? Mandatory Occurrence Reports - By AOPA
June 2023 See a Safety Issue? File a NASA Report - By Jennifer Caron FAA Safety Briefing Magazine
May 2023 When Flying Private Kills - By Jeff Wise
March 2023 Introduction to Safety Risk Management - By FAASTeam
February 2023 Safety is No Accident - By Susan K. Parson, FAA Safety Briefing Magazine Editor
September 2022 Why Do Good People Violate Procedures? by Guy Minor, National FAA Safety Team
August 2022 Stabilized Approach and Landing by FAA Safety Team (pdf)
June 2022 Aeronautical Decision Making by FAA Safety Team
April 2022 Timely and Proper Completion of Checklists (In-Range) by Dave McClurkin (pdf)
March 2022 A Pilot Goes One Airport too Far by Peter Garrison for FLYING magazine
February 2022 The Startle Response by FAA Safety Briefing
January 2022 Make your winter safety list, check it twice by Federal Aviation Administration
December 2021 Vectors for Safety/Accident Analysis by Gene Benson
October 2021 Risky Business by Susan Parson, FAA Safety Briefing
September 2021 The Basic Elements of Aviation Communication by Jennifer Caron, FAA Safety Briefing
July 2021 SPLAT! The Story of Snarge by James Williams, FAA Safety Briefing Associate Editor
May 2021 Fairbanks Controller Prevents Wrong Airport Landing by C. Troxell, FAA Communications
April 2021 - Difficult Conversations by Richard McSpadden for AOPA (pdf)
March 2021 From the flight deck - wrong airport landings by FAA (video)
February 2021 Embracing the Cold Weather by Sarah Rovner, Flying magazine
January 2021 I’ve got the flight controls... Or do you? by FAASTEAM
December 2020 - Controlled flight into terrain by FAASTeam
November 2020 - Use of Weather Information by FAA
October 2020 - UND Seminole Goose collision by NTSB
September 2020 - Top 10 Tips for Managing Risk by Jeb Burnside
August 2020 - Pattern Precision by FAA
July 2020 - Never Again: Finding FOD by AOPA
June 2020 - Poor Safety Culture by NTSB
March 2020 - The Importance of Accurate Flight Planning by Ryan Ferguson
February 2020 - Non-Tower Airport Operations by Joe Shelton
January 2020 - WX Watch: Winter Jet Streams by Thomas A. Horne
December 2019 - Carbon Monoxide by FAA (pdf)
November 2019 - After the Flight by Tom Hoffmann (pdf)
October 2019 - Real Pilot Story: Bird Strike by AOPA (video)
September 2019 - Preflight Precision by Dale Smith
August 2019 - See and Avoid by David McClurkin (pdf)
July 2019 - Wake Turbulence by David Lodes (pdf)
June 2019 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
May 2019 - Security Awareness by AOPA
April 2019 - Weak Battery? by Dave McClurkin (pdf)
March 2019 - FOD Awareness is Everyone's Responsibility by USAF
December 2018 - Is Your Aircraft Talking To You? Listen! by NTSB (video)
November 2018 - Cold Weather Operations by AOPA
October 2018 - See and Be Seen by NTSB (pdf)
September 2018 - Wake Turbulence Avoidance by Humble Aviation (video)
August 2018 - Preflight Precision by Dale Smith (AOPA)
July 2018 - Wake Turbulence by David Lodes (pdf)
June 2018 - Carb Heat by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
May 2018 - Why We Practice Stalls by David Kenny (pdf)
April 2018 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
March 2018 - What's in Your Flight Bag? by David Lodes (pdf)
February 2018 - Westheimer Tower, radio check? by Harrison Scott (pdf)
January 2018 - Six Basic Risk Mitigation Steps to Hone Flying Skills by FAA Safety Team
December 2017 - FOD Awareness is Everyone's Responsibility by USAF
November 2017 - Professionalism in Aviation by NBAA by NBAA
October 2017 - Accident Case Study: VFR into IMC by AOPA (video)
September 2017 - Collision Avoidance: See, Sense, Separate by AOPA (video)
August 2017 - Pilots and Medication by FAA (pdf)
July 2017 - Personal Pressure by David Kenny (pdf)
June 2017 - Checklist Usage by David Lodes (pdf)
May 2017 - Reduced Inflight Visibility and Diversion by Billy Kreikemeier (pdf)
April 2017 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
March 2017 - After the Flight by Tom Hoffmann (pdf)
February 2017 - AOPA's Air Safety Institute's online tutorial on radio communications (pdf)
November 2016 - Carbon Monoxide by FAA (pdf)
October 2016 - AOPA Courses (pdf)
September 2016 - Safety Policy by Ken Carson (pdf)
August 2016 - Task Load vs. Capabilities for Pilots (video)
June 2016 - Organization Responsibilities of Risk Management by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
May 2016 - Checklist Usage by David Lodes (pdf)
April 2016 - Those Terrible T's by FAA (pdf)
December 2015/January 2016 - Deadly Pressure by David Kenny (pdf)
November 2015 - Runway Incursion Avoidance by FAA (pdf)
October 2015 - Crosswind Landing Directors Safety Policy (pdf)
August/September 2015 - Safety Policy by Ken Carson (pdf)
July 2015 - See and Be Seen by NTSB (pdf)
June 2015 - Personal Pressure by David Kenny (pdf)
May 2015 - Checklist Usage by David Lodes (pdf)
April 2015 - Westheimer Tower, radio check? by Harrison Scott (pdf)
March 2015 - What's in your flight bag? by David Lodes (pdf)
February 2015 - Can this Airplane do that? by Bruce Landsberg (pdf)
December 2014/January 2015 - "FAA Safety Team WINGS Pilot Proficiency Program” by Bryce Bailey (pdf)
November 2014 - Crosswind Landing Directors Safety Policy (pdf)
October 2014 - See and Avoid by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
August/September 2014 - Safety Policy by Ken Carson (pdf)
July 2014 - Carb Heat by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
June 2014 - Organization Responsibilities of Risk Management by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
May 2014 - NTSB General Aviation Safety Alert - "Maintenance Risk Management” (video)
April 2014 - Virga by Bryce Bailey (pdf)
December 2013/January 2014 - "How ‘warm’ air can turn ugly” (pdf)
September 2013 - NTSB General Aviation Safety Alert - "Risk Management” (video)
August 2013 - “Ah the Good Old Days!” Prelude by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
July 2013 - Passenger Brief Video by Jermaine Phillips (pdf)
June 2013 - Organization Responsibilities of Risk Management by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
May 2013 - Deadly Pressure by David Kenny (pdf)
April 2013 - Using Your Resources by Chip Legett (pdf)
December 2012/January 2013 - The Weather Never sleeps by Robert N. Rossier (pdf)
November 2012 - Can this Airplane do that? by Bruce Landsberg (pdf)
October 2012 - Expecting the Unexpected Part II by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
September 2012 - Asleep at the Yoke by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
August 2012 - Effects of temperatures extremes on pilots by Pilotfriend.com
July 2012 - Please read two areas within the Gene Benson Vectors Newsletter:
May 2012 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
April 2012 - Landmark Accidents by Bruce Landsberg (pdf)
March 2012 - Aviate, Navigate, Communicate, by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
January 2012 - Sterile Cockpit by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
November 2011 - Using Your Resources by Chip Legett (pdf)
September 2011 - See and Avoid by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
July 2011 - Crosswind Landing Director Safety Policy (pdf)
June 2011 - Organization Responsibilities of Risk Management by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
May 2011 - Expecting the Unexpected by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
April 2011 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
March 2011 - Personal Pressure David Kenny (pdf)
February 2011 - “Ah the Good Old Days!” Prelude by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
January 2011 - Asleep at the Yoke by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Dec 2010 - Not So Fast! by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Oct 2010 - Crimson 13 Saga by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Sep 2010 - Nowhere to Turn by David Kenny (pdf)
Aug 2010 - Carb Heat by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Jul 2010 - Colorado Rocky Mountain High by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Jun 2010 - VFR Limbo by Bob Robertson (pdf)
May 2010 - Deadly Pressure by David Kenny (pdf)
April 2010 - A Flight Near Thunderstorms by Brad Russell (pdf)
Mar 2010 - Say It Right - Mastering Radio Communication (pdf)
Feb 2010 - Sterile Cockpit by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
Jan 2010 - Never Again Online: New York City Fog by Nick Carroll (pdf)
November 2009 - Online Safety Courses by AOPA Air Safety Foundation
October 2009 - Short Field Landings by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
September 2009 - Why We Practice Salls by David Kenny (pdf)
July 2009 - NASA's "Aircrew Reporting System" – “CALLBACK” by Ken Carson (pdf)
June 2009 - Never Again Online: Lost Dances by Loren A. Bauman (pdf)
April 2009 - One aviation hero you DON’T want to emulate!
March 2009 - Asleep at the Yoke by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
February 2009 - Aviate, Navigate, Communicate by David A. McClurkin (pdf)
January 2009 - Never Again Online: Chain of Events by Kirk Fowler (pdf)
