An image of a visual navigation chart showing Williamtown Military Control and surrounding restricted airspace. Singleton is located to the northwest of Williamtown and restricted areas R564A and R564B are south of Singleton.

Pilots urged to plan ahead after Singleton airspace infringements

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Pilots flying near the Singleton restricted airspace area in the NSW Hunter Valley are urged to exercise heightened caution, with recent airspace infringements occurring in areas used for active military live-firing operations.
Aircraft maintenance engineer Aaron Pollard performing maintenance on an aircraft.

Taking a different route to the skies

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Aaron Pollard's AME scholarship marked another step in a journey that hasn't unfolded as planned - and one he wouldn't change.
A white Cessna 206 parked on an apron under a cloudy sky.

How decision-making models support safer flying

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Decision-making models help you stay aware and make safer choices under pressure.
Grant Eaton on the tarmac pre-flight with a drone

Drone flyer diary: Grant Eaton

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Grant Eaton wasn't looking for a career in drones, but a chance encounter fired his imagination. He is now a highly qualified chief remote...
Safety manager scholarship recipient Daniel Barresi.

Following the dream

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Following his work supporting rescue crew operations during the response to Cyclone Alfred in Queensland last March, Nautilus Aviation’s Safety and Quality Manager, Daniel...
Danny Elassad flying a drone on a city street.

Drone flyer diary: Danny Elassad

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Danny Elassad did not plan for drones to become his full-time career. He began flying to capture new angles for his landscape photography, but...

Imposter syndrome

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One of the many affectionate jokes about the seemingly immortal Douglas DC-3 is how on many surviving examples the aircraft data plate is the...

A tense examination

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Calibration of the instruments used in aircraft overhaul and repair is a small but vital aspect of maintenance safety.

Don’t stop now!

When nothing goes right, distraction and frustration open the door for error.

Tanks for nothing

With up to 70-knot westerly winds forecast at higher altitudes, I calculated a longer-than-usual flight from Bankstown to Griffith in NSW. It would also...

And then I got high

A glider pilot is shaken by an encounter with the sheer power of nature

The night I went over the edge

A simple mistake haunts an unnamed pilot.

Fast-thinking fledging

The textbook reactions of a low-hours pilot facing a deteriorating situation show how ab initio training works – if you listen and take its...
Illustration of hands with puppet strings controlling a plane

Blundering through the authority gap

Almost too late, a young pilot learns the importance of assertiveness as part of flight control