Flight Safety Australia

There's a new way to understand what a safety management system (SMS) looks like in an aviation operation.

Busy ground operations increase the risk of runway incursions at Class C and D airports. Why does this happen and how can you prevent entering a runway without clearance? Read practical tips that will help you stay clear of the runways.

With 30 years’ aviation leadership across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam, CEO Paul Daff brings expertise to the club’s safety system.

Agricultural drones are becoming a more practical and safer tool for farmers managing time-critical work. Ricky Connelly and his team at Velterra Drone provide...

When can the holder of a remotely piloted aircraft operator’s certificate (ReOC) operate a very small, small or medium RPA near a person...

As one of Australia’s youngest Grade 1 flight instructors, Eloise Dorans Knowles is already helping guide the next generation of pilots.

A new approach to gaining engineering qualifications aims to boost supply in this important trade.

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 newly minted pilot faces their first emergency, with the added complication of it happening in tightly controlled airspace. Spoiler: it ended well.

About 8 years ago on a perfect winter's morning, I was conducting a flight from a Class D aerodrome. It was an IFR flight...

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

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...

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

A simple mistake haunts an unnamed pilot.