features Claude Vuichard & Tim Tucker tell the story behind the Vuichard Technique Rethinking a maneuver in response to an emergency is one thing. Convincing the piloting world that they need to change a long-held practice is quite another. But Claude Vuichard did just that in developing a new escape from the vortex ring state. By Claude Vuichard and Tim Tucker | April 29, 2021 Estimated reading time 16 minutes, 11 seconds. Rethinking a maneuver in response to an emergency is one thing. Convincing the piloting world that they need to change a long-held practice is quite another. But Claude Vuichard did just that in developing a new escape from the vortex ring state. Here, Vuichard and former Robinson chief flight instructor Tim Tucker tell us how they brought the Vuichard Recovery technique to the world.