How to fly safely in an academic environment?

Flying is a major achievement for mankind. While in the beggining of aviation age, accidents were common, in the last hundred years, the industry developed a set of tools such that modern airplanes are safe and reliable. With the goal of bringing the best standards of industry to our flight tests in the LNCA and to improve the Engineering education at ITA, the "Group of Experimental Teaching Activities" (GALE - Grupo de Atividades Letivas Experimentais) was created. You can se more information about this iniative in the website (portuguese).