Over the crowd: planning a live drone broadcast at the AFL
Flying a first-person view (FPV) drone over 50,000 football fans took months of planning, managing 96 identified risks and a close look at the physics of a 15-joule impact. Here’s how Birds Eye Media, Channel 7 and CASA worked together to make it happen.
Agricultural aviation: safety resources to use with your clients
Farmsafe Australia Toolbox Talks provide practical checklists and discussion questions to help pilots, operators, landholders and ground crews identify hazards, clarify responsibilities and improve planning and communication for agricultural aviation work.
AME scholarship winner: Stephen Eli
A journey built on determination.
Drone flyer diary: Mathew Hilyard
Mathew Hilyard leads Western Australia DPIRD's statewide drone program, covering a coastline that stretches across more than 2.5 million square kilometres.
Building a safety system that works
Nick Johnson from Corsaire Aviation Group shares lessons from managing safety across a complex operation. He discusses the importance of fostering a culture where people feel comfortable speaking up and the challenge of creating a practical safety management system that works for the people using it.
Three practical steps to implementing your SMS
If you've recently developed your safety management system (SMS), the next step is to put it into practice.
Putting the pieces together: modular engineer licensing
A new approach to gaining engineering qualifications aims to boost supply in this important trade.
Imposter syndrome
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...
When the curtain falls early
When it comes to weather, trusting your eyes ahead of forecasts is advice that works.
Long day’s journey into night VFR
Circumstances, contingencies and pressure from a passenger push an otherwise conscientious low-hours pilot towards a dangerous decision.
Fancy meeting you here
A student’s advanced lesson in non-controlled airspace serves up a lesson in situational awareness, and its difficulty.
Make yourself heard
Lookout is important, but so is keeping your ears open and, when appropriate, opening your mouth.
The silence over Kingaroy
What you cannot hear can still hurt you, as this pilot was shocked to discover, despite due diligence. Only the mk1 eyeball saved the day.
Was I the villain?
A thorough self-debrief after an unsettling encounter leads a pilot to some sobering conclusions about procedure and visibility.
