Frank fixes so others can fly
Frank Watkins recently received his CASA 2021 scholarship certificate from CASA Board Chair Mark Binskin.
The opportunity to present Frank with his certificate in person...
Five tips when hiring a drone professional
More and more industries are now using drones to improve their business.
From farming and mining to wedding photographers and search and rescue, they are...
Drone technology – the next step forward for safer beaches
A shark is spotted. The alarm echoes. You run out of the water. You’re safe!
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes...
Scarlett’s choice: a life in ATC
Playing three-dimensional chess with real aircraft for pieces isn’t for everyone, but Scarlett McNab excelled, despite no background in aviation.
Most people who become...
Flight Safety Australia winter edition out soon
This winter we explore electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, plan an air safari, revisit a de Havilland Mosquito crash from 1944 and learn lessons...
Preparing for tomorrow’s skies, today
Are you working on something new for aviation? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re calling on designers, manufacturers, inventors and other people...
Total recall
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...
Phoney maintenance
by Roger Alder
‘Never, in the history of aviation maintenance, have so many been distracted by so little.’
With apologies to Sir Winston Churchill, who was...
Taking the low road
A pilot flying at an incorrect level in a busy lane making garbled radio calls creates a wake of confusion and danger
Recently I embarked...
Down to the wire
Flying alone, a recreational pilot falls prey to confirmation bias, and ends up lucky to tell the tale
Back in mid-2017, some friends and I...
Andante, andante
Purely by accident, an instructor learns that taking your time can be the key to survival
By Douglas Robertson
Long ago and far away I was...
More than enough excitement
This pilot was stunned by an inadvertent loop in a hang-glider
The air was just different one week at a Forbes hang-gliding competition a few...
A tightening vice
Trapped between walls of cloud, this pilot was racing against sunset to find a safe landing.
It is sobering to reflect on a flight that...
They say it never strikes twice
This newly minted instructor was jolted out of his complacency by an unexpected thunderstorm
There is a difference between foolishness and being foolish. On this...