Proficient approaching professional
Specific programs for weekend and fair-weather pilots to hone their skills are money well spent.
Imagine it's a clear sunny day – perfect conditions. You're...
Wings Award winner profile — Trent Robinson
Trent Robinson's life has been soaring among the clouds since he was a child. Growing up with a father who was an airline pilot...
See you, see me: ADS-B
Automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) could save your life which is why the government will pay you to fit it.
What is ADS-B?
ADS-B is a system...
Drone Flyer Diary — Dean West
Meet Dean West, a Darwin-bred dad-of-four and veteran, whose day job involves supporting emergency services and averting disasters with the aid of cutting-edge drone...
Confused landing led to sting in the tail
A chain of misunderstandings and miscalculations brought a student and instructor terrifyingly close to a hangar during a go-around after a tail strike.
The comfort of control
The benefit of flying in controlled airspace is you are no longer alone in the sky but have a team working to keep you...
Dirty plus thirty
A 12-factor classification of maintenance hazards remains as relevant as it was in 1993. Gordon Dupont’s' dirty dozen’, identifies manageable distinct safety problems, breaking a huge vague challenge into 12 smaller ones.
Back in the box: the importance of tool control for safety
Technology can assist, but not replace, human thoroughness in controlling this foreign object damage hazard
Aircraft maintenance is an unforgiving way to make a living.
As...
One wrong turn
A recreational pilot's first flight after learning the basics of navigation unravels into an embarrassment that could have been a disaster.
Earth, wind and water
The elements humble a newly qualified pilot.
I was a freshly minted CPL with the world at my feet, or so I thought.
After arriving in...
Planning for remote possibilities
The tiniest change of heading took this pilot out of his comfort zone.
As a low-hours VFR-only recreational pilot who is super safety conscious, I...
I didn’t plan on that
Sticking to a rigid schedule when circumstances have changed is the opposite of safe flight planning.
I was building hours after my PPL and was...
The still of the night
On a very dark night, not understanding an engine's operating characteristics almost led to disaster.
I am a flight instructor for a flying club located...
Aluminium overcast
A low-hours student keeps their cool despite a frightening incident that was not their fault.
Sometimes it's interesting to look at how you handle sudden...