Reap the safety benefits of installing ADS-B

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Ensure a safe landing on your next journey, knowing that you can see and be seen by those around you. Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) is...

Drone flyer diary: Renee Bartolo

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Sitting in a shipping container during a Tasmanian winter is Dr Renee Bartolo, who is prepping remote pilots for a voyage down to Antarctica...
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Stay away from bushfires

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El Niño adds weight and urgency to our annual bushfire warning. Summer 2023–24 has started early, it seems, with scorching September temperatures on Australia’s east...

Helicopter operator and electric flight pioneer connect

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  In the latest incremental step towards electric aviation, one of the world’s largest civil helicopter operators has teamed up with a pioneer of electric...

Safety scholarships on offer

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Are you an aviation safety manager or do you know someone who is? If so, why not apply for one of this year’s CASA safety...

Bearing failure doomed Leicester stadium crash helicopter

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The crash which killed a Premier League football club owner and 4 others was due to a catastrophic failure of the tail rotor pitch...
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Back in the box: the importance of tool control for safety

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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...

Total recall

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If not for an experienced engineer’s long and detailed memory, a serious in-flight incident might have remained a mystery By Robert Wilson It’s something not meant...
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Dog legs and goat tracks

By Christopher Kelman He was heading straight for disaster with 2 passengers on board, when something clicked in. How one pilot learnt his limitations and...
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Lurching towards disaster

A jump pilot becomes acquainted with the particular hazards of this sport in a story that reflects standards at the time it took place. We needed...
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A tumble of numbers

Subtle psychological pressures and an unintentional signal almost killed this experienced flier in the first hours of their career. Whichever way you look at it,...
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Alice, through the looking glass

A private pilot reflects on an early flight and how they would do things differently now. I was flying from Canberra to Alice Springs in...
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Decision or design

A gliding incident was the culmination of factors, including ergonomics, maintenance and pilot action. I had over 250 hours of gliding, including an infrequent 12...
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Stuck on top

Up there, wishing you were down here – an often-told story but chilling every time. During the hour-building phase of my commercial pilot licence training,...